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Benjamin
Britten
Works for String Orchestra
Simple Symphony op.
4 (1933/34)
Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge op. 10 (1937)
Prelude and Fugue op. 29 (1943)
Franz Schubert:
- Quartet Movement in C minor D 703
- Five German Dances D 90
- Six German Dances D 820 (Orchestrated by
Anton Webern)
- Andante con moto from the String Quartet
in D minor D 810 "The death and the maiden"
(Version for String Orchestra by Gustav Mahler)
Anton Webern:
Slow Movement (1905)
Five Movements op. 5
Movement for String Orchestra in D minor. Fragment (World Premiere
Recording)
ThePress
about this CD: Musik
& Theater:
"A very communicative CD"
"exciting and revealing"
"An exquisite string sound, bright
and at the same time pleasantly warm"
Neue Luzerner Zeitung:
"A new sound"
"An excellent result"
"Highly concentrated play"
The
Press: Frankfurter
Allgemeine Zeitung:
"Fiedler and the Lucerne Strings presented an
authentic and brilliant interpretation which can hardly
be surpassed by anyone else in the world.”
Basler Zeitung:
"Highly motivated Lucerne Festival Strings"
"High tension"
