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Britten: The Rape Of Lucretia

Bostridge Ian Knussen,Angelika Kirchschlager,Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble,Oliver Knussen

Recorded live in 2011 at the Aldeburgh Festival, which Benjamin Britten founded in 1948, this performance of his dark, intense chamber opera The Rape of Lucretia stars Angelika Kirchschlager, Peter…

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Carter Late Works

Knussen Oliver Aimard Pierre Laurent

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Anderson Heaven Is Shy Of Earth The Comedy Of Change

Knussen Oliver Bbc So And Chorus

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Rosary Songs

Titles: An die Schwester * Nahe des todes * Amen

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Sonya’s Lullaby

An engaging solo piano work by Oliver Knussen that draws the listener into its hazy texture and present fleeting moments of tension and release that make for compelling if nonspecific…

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Symphony No.3

Oliver Knussen’s reputation as a master of the large orchestra was cemented by his Third Symphony. Composed in 1979 when Knussen was just 27 and the result of six years…

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Songs and a Sea Interlude

This delightful 17-minute song cycle for soprano and orchestra was derived from Knussen’s fantasy opera Where the Wild Things Are. It brings together the bulk of solo scenes involving the…

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Symphony No.2

Composed in 1970-71 when its composer was still in his teens, Knussen’s Symphony No.2 may only clock in at 17 minutes, but its brevity belies the enormous emotional world it…

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Three Little Fantasies

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Fanfares for Tanglewood

Oliver Knussen composed this arresting 2-minute work for the Tanglewood Music Center, where he was Head of Contemporary Music from 1986 to 1993. Three groups of brass and percussion, spaced…

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Four Late Poems and an Epigram of Rainer Maria Rilke

Titles: Idol * Gravity * Imaginary Life * Gong

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Three Little Fantasies

The parts to Knussen’s wind quintet, Three Little Fantasies.

Three Little Fantasies for wind quintet is a 7-minute flash of Oliver Knussen’s mercurial wit and concision. Written in 1970 when…

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Whitman Settings

Titles: When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer * A Noiseless Patient * Spider * The Dalliance of the Eagles * The Voice of the Rain

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Whitman Settings

Titles: When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer * A Noiseless Patient * Spider * The Dalliance of the Eagles * The Voice of the Rain

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Elegiac Arabesques

This short, lyrical duo for cor anglais and clarinet, a memorial to the Polish composer Andrzej Panufnik, was composed in 1991. A little over three minutes long, it was later…

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Horn Concerto

Described by its composer as ‘more concert aria than concerto’, this 13-minute work was written for the legendary Barry Tuckwell. A rich exploration of the horn’s many characters, from Mahlerian…

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Alleluya Nativitas: Score, Score

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Alleluya Nativitas: Score & Parts

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Trumpets

Written for the Matrix Ensemble, this four minute work for voice and three clarinets uses text by Georg Trakl.

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Ocean de Terre

…a sumptuous piece, clotted with color, dense with incident, yet also transparent in its deisgn: it lets you know where you are.

Richard Dyer, Boston Globe, 7 August 1991

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Autumnal

Knussens wastes not a note, and though the work lasts only for seven minutes, its density of thought suggests something of sonata structure. - Paul Griffiths, Musical Times, January 1981

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Ophelia Dances Book 1

Dazzling and exquisite by equal measure, Ophelia Dances (1975) remains one of Oliver Knussen’s most performed works . Its composer has long been fascinated by Ophelia and states that here…

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Coursing

Coursing through this dazzlingly energetic 6-minute work for 12 players are numerous versions of a long unison melody. Begun in 1978 and completed by Knussen in early 1981, Coursing was…

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Music for a Puppet Court

Dedicated to Peter Maxwell Davies, whose own engagement with Medieval and Tudor music was so influential to Knussen’s generation, this characterful 10-minute work for antiphonically divided chamber orchestra is bookended…

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Hums and Songs of Winnie-the-Pooh

Taking the word Hum literally, Knussen has subjected A.A.Milne to some lighthearted but intense expressionist treatment, even developing a series of aphorisms which present such incidents as Piglet meeting the…

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Masks

Oliver Knussen’s Masks for flute with optional glass chimes is an intriguing and unusual piece which explores the dramatic aspects of performance. It begins and ends of stage, and is…

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Frammenti da ‘Chiara

Mostly inhabiting a hushed pianissimo, the free floating melismas and luminous harmonies of this work for two antiphonal choirs of female voices explore one word: ‘chiara’ (‘clear’ in Italian) and…

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Variations

Oliver Knussen’s Variations for piano were composed in 1989 and premiered by Peter Serkin. Although they are concise - the twelve variations play for a little more than six minutes…

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Songs without Voices

I recovered an old enthusiasm for writing songs, and it occurred to me to try to apply this to the instrumental sphere , Oliver Knussen said of 1992’s Songs without…

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Flourish with Fireworks

…creates a shimmering tapestry of sound that ranges satisfyingly wide within a brief-span - a fine display piece for conductor and every section of the orchestra.

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Two Organa

Two Organa from 1994 is for large ensemble, lasting 6 minutes. The first piece, ‘Notre Dames des Jouets’ is based on a white note music box; the second, twice as…

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Horn Concerto

The piano score and solo part to Oliver Knussen’s Horn Concerto Op. 28. Piano reduction by Lionel Friend.

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Prayer Bell Sketch

Prayer Bell Sketch is a hauntingly beautiful study in weight and measure, resonance and reverberation composed by Oliver Knussen. Lasting 6-minutes, it recollects and rearranges a few clear, bell-like harmonies…

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Violin Concerto

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One of Oliver Knussen’s most celebrated works, the Violin Concerto, begins and ends with the same arresting sonority - a clangorous tubular-bell chord and a stratospheric high E…

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Reflection (Op. 31a)

This enchanting 8-minute piece for violin and piano - Oliver Knussen’s penultimate work - is made up of various kinds of musical reflection: melody reflected in its inversion; a six-note…

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Secret Psalm for Unaccompanied Violin: 1990/2003

Secret Psalm was originally written in 1990 for Nona Liddell to play at the memorial concert for Michael Vyner (1943-1989), Artistic Director of the London Sinfonietta for many years, who…

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Requiem – Songs for Sue: For Soprano and Ensemble, Full Score

Oliver Knussen wrote this requiem entitled Songs for Sue, a setting of four poems for soprano and 15-piece ensemble, as a memorial tribute to his late wife. The music received…

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