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Rolf Hind, Nicolas Hodges, London Sinfonietta, George Benjamin - Snapshots: Fiftieth birthday tributes for Oliver Knussen

Snapshots: Fiftieth birthday tributes for Oliver Knussen

by Rolf Hind, Nicolas Hodges, London Sinfonietta, George Benjamin

Release date: 01 Mar 2004

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CD Album 13 tracks £8.99
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Rolf Hind, Nicolas Hodges, London Sinfonietta, George Benjamin - Snapshots: Fiftieth birthday tributes for Oliver Knussen

13 musical tributes to Oliver Knussen on his 50th birthday, from composers including Elliott Carter, Louis Andriessen and Magnus Lindberg.


Reviews:

"A joyful disc, ebulliently performed"
The Times


Tracklisting:

Rolf Hind, Nicolas Hodges, London Sinfonietta, George Benjamin - Snapshots: Fiftieth birthday tributes for Oliver Knussen (SINF CD1-2004)

CD Album

1. Bruce Nockles, trumpet/ London Sinfonietta/ George Benjamin, conductor - Very Sharp Trumpet Sonata
2. Rolf Hind, piano/ Nicolas Hodges, piano - Fifty Fifty
3. London Sinfonietta/ George Benjamin, conductor - only two notes for olly (the other five for later)
4. Rolf Hind, piano/ Nicolas Hodges, piano - Dancing Landscape
5. Paul Silverthorne, viola/ John Orford, bassoon - Au Quai
6. Rolf Hind, piano - Olly on the Shore
7. London Sinfonietta/ George Benjamin, conductor - Light the First Light of Evening
8. Rolf Hind, piano - I suppose a fugue is out of the question
9. London Sinfonietta/ George Benjamin, conductor - Flourish, with fireflies
10. Nicolas Hodges, piano - Quasi una passacaglia
11. London Sinfonietta/ George Benjamin, conductor - Snapshots
12. London Sinfonietta/ George Benjamin, conductor - Olicantus
13. London Sinfonietta/ George Benjamin, conductor - Bubo bubo