Paul Graener - Wiener Sinfonie, Die Flote von Sanssouci, etc | Sterling CDS1090

Paul Graener - Wiener Sinfonie, Die Flote von Sanssouci, etc

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Label: Sterling

Cat No: CDS1090

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Release Date: 28th February 2011

Contents

Works

Graener
Wiener Sinfonie Op.110

Graener
Die Flote von Sanssouci Op.88

Graener
Turmwachterlied Op.107

Graener
Flotenkonzert Op.116

Artists

Andreas Knoop (flute)
Cornelia Grohmann (flute)
Alternburg-Gera Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor

Eric Solen

Works

Graener
Wiener Sinfonie Op.110

Graener
Die Flote von Sanssouci Op.88

Graener
Turmwachterlied Op.107

Graener
Flotenkonzert Op.116

Artists

Andreas Knoop (flute)
Cornelia Grohmann (flute)
Alternburg-Gera Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor

Eric Solen

About

All four works on this CD come from Paul Graener's later period, which started around 1930 with the suite 'Die Flöte von Sancouci'. This suite was to prove to be Graener's most popular orchestral piece.

It is both remarkable and revealing - bearing in mind the background of the war in April 44, the bombing in Berlin and the need to flee from the city - that Graener chose to base his last completed work on this particular German folk song from 1793 - Enjoy your life. This choice indicates an unbroken optimism that comes from Graener's unwaveringly positive attitude to life. The call to 'enjoy your life' is thus both a motto and an exhortation. Moreover, the final rondo is a symbol of the composer's gratitude to Wilhelm Zimmermann, who helped Graener financially.

The flautist in Die Flöte von Sanssouci is Andreas Knoop; the flautist in the Flute Concerto is Cornelia Grohmann.

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