A marvellous orchestral tribute to Knussen and Henze

‘It’s hard to imagine finer, more compelling elucidation of these four, dense and acrobatic scores’

Freya Parr

Published: July 23, 2019 at 10:14 am

‘It’s hard to imagine finer, more compelling elucidation of these four, dense and acrobatic scores’

Henze Los Caprichos; Heliogabalus Imperator – allegoria per musica; Englische Liebslieder; Ouverture zu einem theatre BBC Symphony Orchestra/Oliver Knussen/Anssi Karttunen (cello) Wergo WER 73442 72:11 mins

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Freya Parr

Digital Editor and Staff Writer, BBC Music Magazine

Freya Parr is BBC Music Magazine's digital editor and staff writer, editing and writing on all styles of music across both the website and print magazine. She has also written for titles including the Guardian, Circus Journal, Frankie and Suitcase Magazine, and runs The Noiseletter, a fortnightly arts and culture publication. Freya's main areas of interest and research lie in 20th-century and contemporary music. She's a regular sea shanty singer, folk obsessive and occasional flautist, pianist, organist and musical theatre director.

A marvellous orchestral tribute to Knussen and Henze

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