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Lajos Dudas: Brückenshlag
ByOn the present Brückenshlag picks up where Benny Goodman left off with his classical recordings of Mozart, Brahms, Debussy, and Copland with his own treatments of Webern, Bartok, and a good measure of this own compositions. Recorded live at Zeughaus/Neuss on April 10, 2016, Dudas flexes his creative muscles, displaying the depth of his musical acumen. The Webern "Five Sets for String Orchestra" are necessarily atonal, angular and anxious. Interspersed among the Webern are Dudas' "Three Intermezzi" which meld well with the twelve-tone Webern while recalling the iconoclasm of Morton Feldman's modern clarinet interpretations. In contrast, the Dudas-arranged Bartok is at once both lyrical and mysterious with the Slavic fragrance of Hungary. The recital concludes with a jazz ballet suite. Dudas' tone is dense and sure and the support by the Deutsche Kammerakademie Neuss, under the direction of Leo Siberski. The recital as a whole is an essential look at 20th Classical composition rendered by a master of his instrument. When one wishes to get serious about music, this is the music to get serious with.
Track Listing
Anton von Webern: Five Sets for Sting Orchestra. Op. 5 / Lajos Dudas: Three Intermezzi; Bela Bartok-Lajos Dudas: Hungarian Pictures; Lajos Dudas: Balletmusic in Four Sets; Jazzclarinet and String Orchestra.
Personnel
Lajos Dudas
clarinetLajos Dudas: clarinet; Philipp van Endert: guitar; Martin Gjakonovski: bass; Kurt Billker: drums; Deutsche Kammerakademie Neuss, Leo Siberski: conductor.
Album information
Title: Brückenshlag | Year Released: 2016 | Record Label: JazzSick Records