In this world premiere recording of Bernd Richard Deutsch’s Phantasma, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and Gianandrea Noseda lead us into the highly ornamental world of Gustav Klimt. The Viennese composer based this work on the Beethoven Frieze, a comprehensive homage to Beethoven at the Secession Building in Vienna. Klimt’s idealised world vision, sparkling colour explosions, symbols, even the colour gold: Deutsch makes them all come alive.
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