La transfiguration de Notre Seigneur Jesus-Christ
Olivier Messiaen
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Reviews (4)
The guardian
d. 3. Mar. 2022
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Andrew Clements (musikanmelder)
d. 3. Mar. 2022
"On 13 March, Wolfgang Rihm will celebrate his 70th birthday ... These performances, with Tamara Stefanovich, Christian Gerhaher, Tabea Zimmermann and Jörg Widmann as the outstanding soloists, come from Musica Viva, Munich's annual new-music series, and bring together two of Rihm's works from the beginning of the century with the Stabat Mater, for baritone and viola, of 2020. They also demonstrate vividly how protean Rihm's music can be, and are a reminder of how, throughout his career, his music has always been in a dialogue with the past, and of how he has never been afraid to use whatever musical language seemed appropriate".
Fono Forum
2022 Mai
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Bernd Feuchtner
2022 Mai
"Klanglust vermitteln die drei Stücke ... Christian Gerhaher fährt den spätmittelalterlichen Text wie mit dem Finger eines ekstatischen Mönchs nach, bald vor Liebessehnsucht aufschreiend [Stabat Mater] ... Die fünf BR-Musiker mit Tamara Stefanovich ziselieren die statische Klangsphäre mit grossem Sinn für Nuancen in den Raum [Sphäre nach Studie] ... und Wiedmann meisselt seinen extremistischen Solopart in gewohnter Souveränität in die Luft, umhegt von den neun ausgezeichneten Intstrumentalisten [Male über Male]".
Diapason
2022 été
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Pierre Rigaudière
2022 été
The gramophone
2022 June
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Liam Cagney
2022 June
"In our polystylistic age, has any major composer been more polystylistic than Wolfgang Rihm? On the turn of a dime, he writes music that's neo-expressionistic, post-serial or neo-Romantic. Alongside the volume of his output - north of 500 works and counting - it can leave you either exhausted, impressed or confused ... First the mainstream. Sphäre nach Studie for chamber ensemble is a piano-driven slow-burner. Half an hour long, it's written in pointillistic style ... but ultimately the form is uninvolving and the material doesn't warrant the length. More lyrical i Rihm's Stabat mater ... The work's neo-atonal style comes across like a Renaissance song as reimagined by Berg. Male über Male 2 ... is similar lyrical, making full use of the clarinet's range ... But, as before, with little development, the basic material feels too stretched over four movements".