Brett Dean: In spe contra spem, Viola & Cello Concertos and Orchestral Works

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LPO–0130
2 CD set
Total playing time: 02:29:39
Released: 29 November 2024

Made in Poland
℗ 2024 London Philharmonic Orchestra Ltd
© 2024 London Philharmonic Orchestra Ltd

Producers: Andrew Walton, K&A Productions (CD1 tracks 2–4, CD2 tracks 6–14); Nick Parker, Floating Earth (CD1 tracks 1 & 5–13, CD2 tracks 1–5)
Engineers: Deborah Spanton, K&A Productions (CD1 tracks 2–4, CD2 tracks 6–14); Mike Hatch, Floating Earth (CD1 tracks 1 & 5–13, CD2 tracks 1–5)
Mastering Engineer: Deborah Spanton, K&A Productions
Executive Producers: Elena Dubinets, David Burke, Graham Wood
Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes Ltd

Recorded at the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall, London

CD: Brett Dean: In spe contra spem, Viola & Cello Concertos and Orchestral Works

LPO Composer-in-Residence 2020–23

Brett Dean
Amphitheatre
Viola Concerto
In spe contra spem
Cello Concerto
Three Memorials
Notturno Inquieto
The Players

Edward Gardner conductor
Vladimir Jurowski conductor
Karina Canellakis conductor
Hannu Lintu conductor
Enrique Mazzola conductor
Alban Gerhardt cello
Lawrence Power viola
Emma Bell soprano
Elsa Dreisig soprano*
Bartosz Glowacki accordion
London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO)

_{*Elsa Dreisig appears courtesy of Erato/Warner Classics.}

Brett Dean was the London Philharmonic Orchestra’s Composer-in-Residence from 2020–2023; this release brings together seven works recorded live in concert during his tenure. Together with five leading conductors and five outstanding soloists, the LPO skilfully navigates the diverse facets of Dean’s orchestral writing, from the vivid soundscapes and virtuosity of the Viola and Cello Concertos, to the drama of In spe contra spem – quoting letters and speeches by Queen Elizabeth I and Mary, Queen of Scots – and the theatrical accordion work The Players, which revisits scenes from Dean’s award-winning 2017 opera Hamlet.

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