Name: Bartok, Casken, Beethoven
Brand: Thomas Zehetmair

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Universal Music GmbH

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2023-02-24

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4858391

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Thomas Zehetmair

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Modern Composition

ECM Records, also known as "The Creative Label," is a German independent label that was co-founded by producer Manfred Eicher, Manfred Scheffner, and Karl Egger in Munich (Pasing) in 1969. With the label code LC 2516 / LC 02516, ECM stands for Edition of Contemporary Music and focuses on jazz and Western classical music. They showcase both acoustic and electronic artists who produce eclectic versions of contemporary music.

ECM's extensive catalog features a wide range of genres, from contemporary works by renowned composers like Steve Reich, Arvo Pärt, and Philip Glass to experimental and electronic jazz from artists such as Nils Petter Molvær, Pat Metheny Group, and Jan Garbarek. Over the past 40+ years, ECM has released more than 1500 recordings that have been acclaimed for their exceptional music quality, creative production techniques, and outstanding sound.

Although an independent label, ECM titles are distributed by Universal Music Group (UMG) in the US, Japan, and throughout Europe. However, they have also collaborated with other distributors over the years. Notably during the period when Polydor distributed ECM products in Germany; [l447694] was used for pressing identified by a CP suffix on labels and runouts. Afterward,[l25946] became their primary distributor.

This powerful New Series album represents "a résumé and a departure" for Thomas Zehetmair, a summing up of his work with the Royal Northern Sinfonia. In his years as Music Director of the British chamber orchestra, Zehetmair was noted both for bringing compelling new music into the repertoire and for insightful performances of classical and modern composition, qualities very much in evidence on this concert recording from The Sage, Gateshead.  The album opens with John Casken's double concerto That Subtle Knot, written in 2012-3 for Zehetmair, Ruth Killius and the Northern Sinfonia. Inspired by the poetry of John Donne, the composition establishes a broad arc between the English Renaissance and music of today. Ruth Killius shines in a revelatory performance of Bartók's Viola Concerto, and Zehetmair as conductor fully brings out what liner note writer Giselher Schubert describes as "the juggernaut propulsive thrust" of Beethoven's Symphony No. 5.  Thomas Zehetmair: violin, conductor Ruth Killius: viola Royal Northern Sinfonia  Tracks: John Casken: That Subtle Knot, double concerto for violin, viola and orchestra, calm / foating / Béla Bartók: Concerto for Viola and Orchestra, Moderato / Adagio religioso - Allegretto / Allegro vivace / Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 c-minor op. 67, Allegro con brio / Andante con moto / Allegro / Allegro

Bartok, Casken, Beethoven

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