Gottwald: Choral arrangements

Choral director, composer and musicologist, Clytus Gottwald turns his attention to complex and masterly choral arrangements of works from the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Works by European composers including Wagner, Mahler, Debussy and Webern are arranged in up to sixteen parts, performed by the Rodolfus Choir, directed by Ralph Allwood.

SIGCD102 65 minutes 52 seconds

'With a young choir whose members have spent weeks intensively polishing their craft, there is a collective enthusiasm for the music and for art of choral singing which transcends matters of technique ...
'Do his arrangements stand up well against the original? The answer is mainly yes. This is thanks to the persuasive performance of the young singers of the Rodolfus Choir, who do not blench at what is ...