Salzburg Biennale - Festival For New Music 2009
This 2010 release captures the Salzburg Festival's contemporary music event, featuring some of Europe's most compelling 21st-century composers. Beat Furrer, György Kurtág, and Mauricio Sotelo present intricate chamber and ensemble works that push classical music into experimental territory. The sound is dense and cerebral—string quartets interact with solo piano, voices layer with larger ensembles—creating an immersive landscape of contemporary composition. These are pieces that demand attention: they're not background music, but rewarding for listeners drawn to serious, innovative classical work. If you're interested in what modern composition sounds like beyond the concert hall hype, this documents where it actually lives.
Item Details+
| Genre | Classical |
| Style | Contemporary |
| Notes | Mint (NM or M-) Good Plus (VG+) Sleeve is VG+ to EX. |
| Media | Near Mint (NM or M-) |
| Sleeve | Very Good Plus (VG+) |
| Label | Neos |
| Year | 2010 |
| Country | Europe |
Tracklist+
1-1. Beat Furrer - Spur For Piano And String Quartet
1-2. Mauricio Sotelo - Audéeis For Voice And String Quartet
1-3. Beat Furrer - Xenos For Ensemble
. György Kurtág - …Quasi Una Fantasia… Op. 27/1 For Piano And Instrument Groups
1-8. György Kurtág - What Is The Word Op. 30b For Alto, Voices And Ensemble
. Steve Reich - Different Trains For String Quartet And Pre-recorded Tape
. György Ligeti - Drei Stücke Für Zwei Klaviere
2-7. György Ligeti - Continuum For Harpsichord
. Steve Reich - Sextet For Percussion And Keyboards
3-1. Toshio Hosokawa - Landscape V For Shô And String Quartet
3-2. John Cage - Two3 For Shô And Conches
. Galina Ustvolskaya - Composition No. 2 “Dies Irae”
. Toshio Hosokawa - Cloud And Light For Shô And Orchestra
. Klaus Huber - Kammerkonzert “Intarsi”. In Memoriam Witold Lutosławski
4-7. Franck Christoph Yeznikian - Harnischstriemen (Faltenachsen)
. Klaus Huber - Tempora Concerto For Violin And Small Orchestra
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