hans werner henze radio symphonie orchester berlin gerd albrecht the bassarids 2xcd Uruguay Monte Santo 4:18

Monte Santo 4:18

bringing clarity and precision to Waxman's often complex orchestration

Waking The Dead

but the collection works as both a film companion and a genre-spanning sampler

hans werner henze radio symphonie orchester berlin gerd albrecht the bassarids 2xcd Uruguay Monte Santo 4:18Hans Werner Henze was a 20th century German composer of restless ambition, blending serialism with lyricism. "The Bassarids" is his 1966 opera based on Euripides' Bacchaea confrontation between civilization and primal chaos, rendered through Henze's complex, sometimes violent musical language. This isn't straightforward opera; it's theatrical modernism that demands attention. Gerd Albrecht and the Berlin Radio Symphony conduct this 1991 recording with