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

Snapshots: Fiftieth birthday tributes for Oliver Knussen

Rolf Hind, Nicolas Hodges, London Sinfonietta, George Benjamin

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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

CD Album (SINF CD1-2004)
  1. Bruce Nockles, trumpet - 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