]http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/cpo/detail/-/art/heinrich-von-herzogenberg-requiem-op-72/hnum/1588284] (http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/cpo/detail/-/art/heinrich-von-herzogenberg-requiem-op-72/hnum/1588284)
More Herzogenberg on its way from CPO ;D
Thanks re this too- intriguing!!
Totenfeier is a pretty austere work - powerful, but certainly not an easy listen. It was apparently written in the wake of the death of the composer's wife and it has a sense of numbed grief about it. I imagine it would be make a deep impression if heard live: evidently Grieg was moved on hearing the piece in Dessau. The idiom is a sort of mélange of Brahms and Bach.
My Herzogenberg collection groweth again! If CPO keeps going I may some day need a dedicated shelf. That would be wonderful!
(Unfortunately this Requiem isn't released in the 'States yet, but it will be. Takes a few months.)
Meanwhile, thank you for the heads-up Mr. Howe, I shall bide my time by replaying everything I already have.
8th July. That's the date of the release in the US (per Amazon). But we can pre-order....