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New Kansas City Symphony CD to be released November 10
The Kansas City Symphony, led by Music Director Michael Stern, will release their second CD for award-winning audiophile label Reference Recordings on November 10, 2009. Titled Britten's Orchestra, this project explores the compositional genius of British composer Benjamin Britten's music. Recording sessions were held in June in the outstanding acoustics of the Community of Christ Auditorium in Independence, Missouri.
The Kansas City Symphony, led by Music Director Michael Stern, will release their second CD for award-winning audiophile label Reference Recordings on November 10, 2009. Titled Britten's Orchestra, this project explores the compositional genius of British composer Benjamin Britten's music. Recording sessions were held in June in the outstanding acoustics of the Community of Christ Auditorium in Independence, Missouri.
Included is music from Britten's dramatic score to Peter Grimes, one of the true operatic masterpieces of the 20th century. His important, controversial Sinfonia da Requiem is rooted in the darkness of World War II. The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra is a delightful piece used in music education for decades as an introduction to the orchestra's different instrumental families.
"These works by Britten are all very close to my heart, and we all put a lot of ourselves into these performances. Above all, I am very proud of how everyone in the Kansas City Symphony plays on this recording. Working with Reference Recordings and with David Frost on this project was also very special experience. I think that the recorded sound they captured is tremendous, and it makes us all very excited as we plan our next collaborations," said Stern.
This new release was produced by four-time Grammy Award winner David Frost. Frost says he is honored to work with Reference Recordings engineer "Prof." Keith Johnson for the first time.
"We are delighted to continue our relationship with Reference Recordings and look forward to building on the great success of our first project together. I feel that Britten's Orchestra is superior both sonically and musically, and look forward to sharing it with music lovers worldwide," said Executive Director Frank Byrne.
The Kansas City Symphony's first project for Reference Recordings, The Tempest, debuted to critical acclaim. It is a high-resolution recording of two sets of incidental music to Shakespeare's The Tempest, by Sir Arthur Sullivan and Jean Sibelius.
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Both CD's are available online at www.allegro-music.com.
The Kansas City Symphony has previously recorded for Naxos, and Michael Stern has recorded for Sony, Arabesque, Denon, Hyperion, and Naxos.
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