Founded in 2010, the Metamorphosen Berlin is a small string orchestra consisting of leading chamber and orchestral musicians from throughout Germany and international competition winners. The program begins with one of Elgar's most endearing works, the Serenade for Strings, Op. 20. Still popular in programs today, along with Britten's Simple Symphony, Op. 4, and Peter Warlock's Capriol Suite, these are tonal works from a time where the music of continental Europe was veering toward chromaticism. The highlight on this album ...
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Founded in 2010, the Metamorphosen Berlin is a small string orchestra consisting of leading chamber and orchestral musicians from throughout Germany and international competition winners. The program begins with one of Elgar's most endearing works, the Serenade for Strings, Op. 20. Still popular in programs today, along with Britten's Simple Symphony, Op. 4, and Peter Warlock's Capriol Suite, these are tonal works from a time where the music of continental Europe was veering toward chromaticism. The highlight on this album is the world premiere recording of the Metamorphosen Berlin's founder and conductor Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt's arrangement of nine Elgar works for cello and strings. These works were written for piano solo or violin and piano, with Elgar's soon-to-be wife Alice as the dedicatee of several of the violin works. Schmidt does well with the scoring, and the melodies sing from his cello. Those who watched television in the late '90s and early 2000s will instantly recognize the encore, the...
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