Mátyás Seiber - Solo Works with Orchestra (Various Artists)

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Composer: Mátyás Seiber

• Concertino for Clarinet & String Orchestra
• 3 Pezzi for Cello & Orchestra
• Pastorale and Burlesque for Flute & String Orchestra
• Elegy for Viola & Small Orchestra
• Notturno for French Horn & String Orchestra
• 4 Chansons populaires françaises

Georg Arzberger, clarinet

Uli Witteler, cello

Primin Grehl, flute

Hervé Joulain, horn

Katharina Ruckgaber, soprano

Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen

Fedor Rudin, conductor

Date: 2026

Label: haenssler CLASSIC

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Mátyás Seiber (1905–1960) was a versatile and influential composer known for his exceptional musical range and innovation. Notably the world’s first professor of jazz, he later played an active role in the International Society for Contemporary Music and appeared at major festivals. After settling in England, he achieved popular success with a sentimental ballad that earned him the prestigious Ivor Novello Award. Seiber’s output spanned a wide variety of genres, including a cappella choral works, chamber and solo compositions, songs, as well as radio, film, and orchestral music, demonstrating both technical mastery and stylistic diversity.