Amazon.co.uk: Stephan - Orchestral Works: Rudi Stephan, Oleg Caetani, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Music

Composer: Rudi Stephan
Conductor: Oleg Caetani
Orchestra: Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Audio CD (10 Oct 2005)
Please Note: Requires SACD-compatible hardware
SPARS Code: DDD
Number of Discs: 1
Format: SACD
Label: Chandos
ASIN: B000BLI36Q
Average Customer Review: (1 customer review)
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 261,700 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Impressive late romantic music, 15 Mar 2007

By	JJA Kiefte "Joost Kiefte" (Tegelen, Nederland) - See all my reviews

I am not sure whether to call this music romantic, for all three compositions have a dark, brooding, almost scary quality that makes one feel slightly uneasy (as if Stephan had premonitions of the terrible things that were to happen in a short while and that would put a premature end to his life on the Eastern Front). But it is an intoxicating uneasiness, the large orchestra constantly in search of an opening to brighter textures, but never finding it. Not the kind of music one would like to expose the fainthearted to, but fascinating in a way that goes beyond explication.
Stephan left only a very small body of music (and some of that was lost in the next war) and one wonders how he would have developed further had he not died in 1915 (at the same age as Mozart, and look what a musical legacy he left!). This music puts me back on the ground in my brightest hour. Life is to be endured after all, not enjoyed (or is it?).

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