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Bamberger Symphoniker/Jonathan Nott Schubert Epilog (Tudor)
There is an entire subset of classical composition devoted to reorchestrations of previously written works, an example of which are the Schoenberg, Berg, and Webern transcriptions of Johann Strauss Jr. waltzes. The pieces found on the intriguing Schubert Epilog, however, take this technique one step further. Here, five contemporary composers -- Luciano Berio, Aribert Reimann, Hans Werner Henze, Hans Zender, and Kurt Schwertsik -- have taken works by Franz Schubert and used them as springboards for their own original treatments. Berio's "Rendering per Orchestra," for example, is a three-movement suite that includes snippets from recognizable Schubert pieces -- including the famous "Unfinished Symphony" -- as well as portions of the sketches for what would have been his 10th Symphony. Reimann's "Metamorphosen ber ein Menuett von Schubert" begins with a literal transcription of Schubert, then veers off into a mystical and atonal place. Henze's contribution springs from the well-known lied "Erlknig" but uses only that song's incessantly galloping tempo as the rhythmic underpinning of a totally original melody. "Schubert-Chre 1-4" by Hans Zender are orchestral renderings of a series of choral pieces, in which the orchestrations are free to wander beyond Schubert's written harmonies. The final work, Schwertsik's "Epilog zu Rosamunde," not only gives the disc its name but is also a darkly ominous orchestral tour de force.See the full content of this document
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