The End of Time
Works by George Butterworth
& Rudi Stephan
Sinfonieorchester Aachen
Kazem Abdullah · conductor
Ensemble Aix
The End of Time
Sinfonieorchester Aachen
Edition: Coviello Classics
Booklet: de / en
Media: SACD / Download
COV 91418
LIVE RECORDING
The German Rudi Stephan and Briton George Butterworth both died around the age of 30 in the first world war, before they could complete their predicted by experts brilliant career. At the threshold of modernity both found their own way of musical expression: Stephan in wild expressiveness, Butterworth in rather quiet, almost other-worldly melancholy.
| George Butterworth (1885-1916) Two English Idylls (1911) |
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| 1. | I | Allegro scherzando | 4:53 |
| 2. | II | Adagio non troppo | 3:46 |
| 3. | A Shropshire Lad – Rhapsody (1912) | 10:36 | |
| 4. | The Banks of Green Willow – Idyll (1913) | 6:00 | |
| Rudi Stephan (1887-1915) music for 7 string instruments (1911) |
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| 5. | I | Sehr ruhig | 16:41 |
| 6. | II | Nachspiel | 10:38 |
| 7. | music for orchestra (1912) | 15:54 | |
| Total time: | 1:08:32 | ||
