The recording, which will be released in mid-October on the NEOS label, includes major compositions from recent years. Der Verwandler, a compositional exploration of the alchemist Johann Friedrich Böttger, is presented by the SWR Vocal Ensemble and SWR Symphony Orchestra under Brad Lubman.
In addition, the CD contains
i-Formation for two orchestras and two conductors, launched on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Kölner Philharmonie and recorded by the WDR Sinfonieorchester under Jukka-Pekka Saraste and the Gürzenich-Orchester Köln under François-Xavier Roth.
In 2016 Vito Žuraj received the Claudio Abbado Composition Prize, awarded by the Karajan Academy of the Berlin Philharmonic. The commissioned composition
Alavò, written as a result of the prize, can also be heard on the new CD, interpreted by the soprano Rinnat Moriah, the pianist Jean-Frédéric Neuburger, and the Karajan Academy of the Berlin Philharmonic under Stanley Dodds.
Vito Žuraj, Alavò
NEOS 12102
EAN: 4260063121029
