Cheap Thrills Records

Reimagined Orchestrations
Artist: Brahms / Kansas City Symphony
Format: CD
New: Available $18.99
Wish

Formats and Editions

More Info:

REFERENCE RECORDINGS r proudly presents an imaginative album of three compositions by Johannes Brahms, in an outstanding interpretation from Michael Stern and the Kansas City Symphony. It features the first recording of American composer and Kansas City native Virgil Thomson's 1957/8 orchestration of Brahms: Eleven Chorale Preludes for organ, op 122. It also contains composer Bright Sheng's enchanting orchestration of the Brahms Intermezzo for solo piano, op. 118, No. 2, and the beloved and spectacular Arnold Schoenberg orchestration of the Piano Quartet No. 1 in G Minor, op. 25. " Brahms: Reimagined Orchestrations" was produced by GRAMMYr winner Peter Rutenberg, who has over half a century of experience in the music industry as a producer, composer, director, and teacher. This album was engineered by RR's esteemed technical team, composed of GRAMMYrwinning engineer 'Prof ' Keith O. Johnson and multi-GRAMMYrnominated engineer Sean Royce Martin. For nearly 50 years, REFERENCE RECORDINGS has been one of the most innovative and respected independent labels in the music business. Reference Recordings releases have been highly praised for their dedication to high quality sound in the service of great music. After more than 175 releases, RR is still recording what many consider to be the finest-sounding classical, jazz and blues discs in the world.
        
back to top