....A Portrait
Sheet Music

SKU: NX.AVI-8553247

By C.Tezlaff, I.Faust, and S.Kam. By Thorsten Encke. Classical. CD. Naxos #AVI 8553247. Published by Naxos (NX.AVI-8553247).

This new release is the first portrait of one of the most important German composers, Thorsten Encke. He writes in the liner notes: "As a composer, I spend many hours alone at my desk, painstakingly fleshing out my ideas. The written score reduces the vast array of sonorities I had previously imagined. It obliges me to formulate a clear vision, without blurring the contours. The score's limitations force us to become inventive. The problem of notation in itself is what ultimately leads us to express ourselves in new ways. What is my current personal motto? This, perhaps: to retain a love of experiment in terms of content and expression; to remain clear in my musical language." Each of the pieces presented on this album are world premiere recordings, and are presented by some of the finest ensembles in the world, including Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, musica assoluta, the NDR Radiophilharmonie, and more.