The appeal of this recording comes from its historical value, the incorporation of two infrequently heard concertos (Pfitzner and Fortner), and, given the dates of its recording, its generally pleasing sound quality. However, the performances themselves are sometimes a bit questionable. The disc opens with the Bruch G minor Concerto, one of the ...
Of all the releases in Hänssler's Günter Wand-Edition, this may be the most significant. It's not that the other releases have been in negligible, but they have to a large extent duplicated repertoire Wand had recorded commercially. Not so this disc: of the five works here, only one had been previously recorded by Wand. Even more importantly, two ...
Günter Wand, one of West Germany's most passionate advocates for contemporary music, was appointed director of the Westdeutscher Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester in Cologne in 1945, and he immediately set the orchestra on a course of performing newly written music, as well as music that had been banned under the Nazis. This CD includes four modern ...
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