Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis & other orchestral works - BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins

Konzertmusik for brass and strings Op 50[17'45]
1
Mäßig schnell, mit Kraft – Sehr breit, aber stets fließend[8'59]
2
Lebhaft – Langsam – In ersten Zeitmass[8'46]
Symphony 'Mathis der Maler'[26'55]
3
Engelkonzert[9'06]
4
Grablegung[4'11]
5
Versuchung des heiligen Antonius[13'38]
Symphonic Metamorphosis after themes by Carl Maria von Weber[21'18]
6
Allegro[4'17]
7
Scherzo: Turandot[7'53]
8
Andantino[4'19]
9
Marsch[4'49]

‘This is ideal repertoire for the BBCSSO, with its beefy lower strings, its bright, biting brass and searing violins’ (The Guardian)

This album contains Hindemith’s most popular orchestral works, including the Balanchine-choreographed Symphonic Metamorphosis, performed with lapidary precision and great empathy by Hyperion regulars the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Martyn Brabbins, who have proved themselves consummate interpreters of this composer. Countermanding his reputation a composer of grim, gritty music, this is Hindemith at his most genuinely enjoyable—as Gavin Plumley writes in his informative booklet notes: ‘Hindemith’s music is both intelligible and intellectual, as entertaining as it is finely wrought’.