Andriessen: Rosa - The Death Of A Composer (Gesamtaufnahme)

Name: Andriessen: Rosa - The Death Of A Composer (Gesamtaufnahme)
Brand: Nonesuch (Warner)
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The fifth Nonesuch release for this celebrated Dutch composer is a collaboration with filmmaker Peter Greenaway (Prospero's Books, The Draughtsman's Contract), who created the libretto and staging for this intensely engaging work, which has been widely hailed overseas. Conceived as an opera but departing from conventional notions of the genre, the story line of Rosa explores the notion of a melodramatic conspiracy against composers, beginning with the shooting of Anton Webern in 1945, and concluding with the killing of John Lennon, with a rogue's gallery of mythical musical eccentrics in between. Scored for vocalists and chorus with amplified strings, saxophone, woodwinds, vibraphone and piano, the orchestration has a biting drive and urgency that is the hallmark of the composer's singular style.

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Release Date:: 2000-05-17
Publication Date:: 2000-05-17
Publisher:: Nonesuch (Warner)
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:: [email protected]

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