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C5 0408
Rott: Complete Orchestral Works, Vol.1
Label Catalogue Number:
C5408
C5408
Running Time: 00:51:44
Release Date: September 2020
Originally recorded in 2019
Originally recorded in 2019
Genre:
Classical
Orchestral & Concertos
Classical
Orchestral & Concertos
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About
‘It simply cannot be gauged what music has lost with him’ (Gustav Mahler) Hans Rott was a composer from Gustav Mahler’s time who had been unknown or known only by name even to most pundits. Many people have expressed the opinion, perhaps justifiably, that only his tragic fate prevented him from going down in the annals of music as Mahler’s equal and establishing a permanent position in the repertoire. A member of Bruckner’s circle within the music scene in Vienna, he developed a pronounced antipathy towards Johannes Brahms. In view of many of his works, it is difficult to comprehend that during Rott’s lifetime presumably not one of them was performed in public, but that only presentations took place under the aegis of internal conservatory events. With these recordings Capriccio attend to fill the gap with his (some of them reconstructed) orchestral works and document these fascinating worlds of music for the eternity.
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Reviews
“…These two volumes, impressively played by the distinguished Gürzenich orchestra, sensitively interpreted by the young English conductor Christopher Ward, and expertly recorded by the Capriccio team, are a must-have item for all enthusiasts of this unjustly neglected composer.”
Cat no: C5 0414 & C5 0408
Daniel Foley – thewholenote.com – 30 June 2021
“… Christopher Ward and his players deliver polished and enthusiastic performances of Rott’s scores and the recording is satisfyingly detailed and expansive…”
Christian Hoskins – Gramophone magazine – November 2020
“… The young British conductor Christopher Ward directs Cologne’s Gürzenich Orchestra in Capriccio’s first volume of Rott’s orchestral works with obvious commitment and makes no attempt to batten down the Wagnerian elements that course so freely; nor should he. With a thoughtfully balanced recording and concise notes this is a revealing document of Rott’s music, and the reconstruction of the Hamlet overture has the advantage of being heard in its world premiere recording.”
Jonathan Woolf – MusicWeb-International.com – 30 September 2020
“… A contemporary of Mahler — and yet, unknown to most people of his day — Hans Rott’s music gets a benevolent celebration with this new recording of his Orchestral Works on Capriccio. The first in a new volume — and featuring world premiere recordings — these works are expertly performed by Christopher Ward and Gurzenich Orchester Koln, who seek to preserve Rott’s fascinating legacy on disc.”
Barry Forshaw – CDChoice.co.uk – 23 September 2020
“… even these mainly student pieces show an incipient musical genius with an original mind and a mastery of vivid orchestration.”
David Cairns – The Sunday Times (Culture magazine) – 27 September 2020
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