Lou Koster – Der Geiger von Echternach

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The Luxembourg composer Lou Koster (1889-1973), whose orchestral music I mentioned in another thread today, wrote a large-scale ballad for soloists, chorus  and orchestra – Der Geiger von Echternach. She completed the piano score in 1967, and the work was orchestrated by conductor Pierre Cao and first performed in 1972. In 2009 a live recording of a new performance was made in Luxembourg and this is available as a CD with very throrough documentation in three languages from Le Centre national de l'audiovisuel (CNA) Their webshop is here, and they currently have 4 CDs in stock. I for one am happy to have invested 15 Euros plus p&p in this disc. The music I find very accessible, (late) 19th century in style, melodious and at times quite moving.