Brett Dean - In spe contra spem; Concertos; Orchestral Works (Various Artists)

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Composer: Brett Dean (b. 1961)

Disc 1:

• Amphitheatre (scene for orchestra)
• Viola Concerto
• In spe contra spem

Disc 2:

• Cello Concerto
• 3 Memorials
• Notturno inquieto
• The Players (for accordion and orchestra)

Lawrence Power, viola

Alban Gerhardt, cello

Emma Bell, soprano

Elsa Dreisig, soprano

Bartosz Glowacki, accordion

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Enrique Mazzola, conductor

Hannu Lintu, conductor

Edward Gardner, conductor

Karina Canellakis, conductor

Vladimir Jurowski, conductor

Date: 2024

Label: London Philharmonic Orchestra

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Brett Dean (born 23 October 1961 in Brisbane) is an Australian composer, violist and conductor. He studied viola with Elizabeth Morgan and John Curro at the Queensland Conservatorium, and was a prizewinner in the ABC Symphony Australia Young Performers Awards. From 1985 to 1999, Dean was a violist in the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra and began composing during this period. He was the composer-in-residence for the Taiwanese National Symphony Orchestra's 2016/17 season and the Creative Chair for the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich's 2017/2018 season.

Brett Dean was the London Philharmonic Orchestra's Composer-in-Residence from 2020-2023; this release brings together seven works recorded live in concert during his tenure. Together with five leading conductors and five outstanding soloists, the LPO skilfully navigates the diverse facets of Dean's orchestral writing, from the vivid soundscapes and virtuosity of the Viola and Cello Concertos, to the drama of In spe contra spem - quoting letters and speeches by Queen Elizabeth I and Mary, Queen of Scots - and the theatrical accordion work The Players, which revisits scenes from Dean's award-winning 2017 opera Hamlet.

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