Enjott Schneider - Mozart & Beethoven meeting Yin & Yang (Various Artists)

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Composer: Enjott Schneider

• Raptus. Die Freiheit des Beethoven (for orchestra)
• Mozart Ascending (Musical thoughts about the unfinished Oboe Concerto KV 293)
• Yin & Yang (Concerto for sheng and orchestra)
• Inner Worlds (for orchestra)

Juliana Koch, oboe

Wu Wei, sheng

Jena Philharmonic Orchestra

Simon Gaudenz, conductor

Date: 2019

Label: Wergo

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Review

In his latest portrait album, Munich composer Enjott Schneider once again reveals new and fascinating interrelationships between classical and contemporary music, and between the Western and Far Eastern traditions. Two of the works deal directly with two of the central figures in the history of Western music: Raptus. Die Freiheit des Beethoven investigates the meaning of freedom and the contrasts between the heroic style of Beethoven's youth and the cryptic works of his later years. Mozart Ascending for Oboe and Orchestra reflects on Mozart's unfinished Oboe Concerto KV 293 and the otherworldly nature of the Salzburg master's genius. Far Eastern influences dominate in Yin & Yang. Concerto for Sheng and Orchestra. The soloist in this concerto for the traditional Chinese instrument is Wu Wei, a virtuoso artist who has introduced the Sheng to European audiences and to whom the work is dedicated. Innenwelten - Innerworlds presents eight symphonic interludes from Bahnwärter Thiel, Schneider's opera based on the tragic novella by Gerhart Hauptmann. The opera's central figure is hypersensitive and filled with inner visions, taciturn and not given to overt expression.

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Enjott Schneider (born 1950 in Weil am Rhein) is a German composer, musicologist and educator. He studied music and humanities at Freiburg, earning a doctorate under Hans-Heinrich Eggebrecht. Schneider held academic posts in Freiburg and Munich, and later taught composition in Regensburg. He gained prominence in the 1980s as a leading film composer, scoring major German television series and films. His diverse output spans symphonies, operas, concertos and organ works, often blending styles from classical to rock. A prolific author and studio founder, he has received numerous prestigious awards for his music.

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