Genia Kuhmeier - Berliner Messe / PoulencThree great choral and orchestral works of the 20th century are gathered together in outstanding interpretations on the new album from BR KLASSIK: Arvo Prt's "Berlin Mass" for choir and string orchestra from 1990, Francis Poulenc's "Stabat mater" for soprano, mixed choir and orchestra from 1950, and Igor Stravinsky's "Symphony of Psalms" for choir and orchestra from 1930. The soprano Genia Khmeier, the incomparable Bavarian Radio Chorus and the

privilege and politics

each of the pieces presents as a mini-suite

and many more

His chamber opera Jakob Lenz has in the meantime become one of the most frequently performed works in the 20thcentury German opera repertoire

The first encounter between Chinese composer Tan Dun and Norwegian violinist Eldbjørg Hemsing took place in 2010 during the Shanghai World Expo

The orchestra is unusually small

baroque splendor

becoming hugely popular as they very much set the tone for the Roaring Twenties with their hot jazz-influenced novelty dance music for which the post-war decade became famous

From "Fallen Angels" onward

Comprised of recordings of a September 5

The Quatuor Voce presents Poétiques de l'instant

was second only to The Beatles