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Henze: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 and 3; Five Night Pieces - Aaron Shorr (piano); Peter Sheppard Skærved (violin); Saarbrucken Radio Symphony Orchestra; Christopher Lyndon-Gee (conductor)
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  1. Violin Concerto No. 1
  2. Violin Concerto No. 3
  3. Fünf Nachtstücke, for violin & piano
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Although not for every violin devotee, this disc of Hans Werner Henze's First and Third violin concertos plus his Fünf Nachtstücke for violin and piano will thrill those for whom the anguished Alban Berg and mournful Karl Amadeus Hartmann's concertos are the sin qua non of twentieth century works in the genre. The First Concerto of 1946 was the 20-year-old composer's first "adult" work, but its maturity of expression and strength of purpose belie Henze's lack of experience. The Third Concerto of 1997 was the 71-year-old ...

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