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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Roberto Gerhard is a dead composer, both literally and in terms of his reputation. The kind of high modernist style he worked in has fallen out of favour, and is almost never to be heard in concert halls these days. This is a great shame: Gerhard was a composer of powerful, often visceral music, and it's a great pity that fashion and prejudice have conspired to cast him to the margins. So full credit is due to Matthias Bamert and the BBC Symphony Orchestra for producing the series of recordings of which this is one. Unfortunately I can't wholeheartedly recommend the disc; while there's nothing particularly wrong with the performance, it seems strangely lifeless and noncommittal. The recording the same orchestra made with Norman del Mar in the 60s of the Concerto for Orchestra is much better, with a palpable sense of excitement and a determination to communicate the power of the score. If you can track down a copy of that LP, you're in for a treat. But as it's unlikely to be rereleased any time soon, this current recording will probably have to suffice.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Fascinating!
1 May 2003
Format:Audio CD
If you're into late Schoenberg, (Think of Variations for Orchestra, op.31) You will have a pretty good idea what Roberto Gerhard sounds like. Only Gerhart's percussion textures are much more complex. Take the Concerto for Orchestra for example. It's a kaleidoscope of colors and textures thats constantly changing. The opening is quite fierce, but it takes you in like a black hole. It's persistently mutating from hard to soft, darkness to light. The Symphony is no different, a whirlwind of color that will keep you intrigued throughout. If you like modern and post-modern classical music, I highly recommend this disc! .
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Modern but not atonal
1 July 2008
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
This is the first Gerhard disc that I purchased and is perhaps my favorite. I think it is excellent modern orchestral music. However, I recommend that one listen to Gerhard before purchasing any of his compositions. He is not for everyone. But if you like Stostakovich, you will probably like Gerhard. I haven't listened to most of the modern composers (Glass, Reich, etc.) but Gerhard wrote some beautiful (IMO) music. Wikipedia has a nice article about Gerhard and compare him to Bartok and Stravinsky. He was supposedly much influenced by Schoenberg. I have a lot of Stravinsky and some Bartok but don't know Schoenberg. Gerhard's works are to me quiet different in structure from Stravinsky, and I am actually more fond of Gerhard. For some reason, I think Gerhard's music has a flavor (sound) like Rachmaninoff. I must point out that I don't know that much about music - I just listen to a lot of music.
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