Brandenburgisches/Porcelijn - Rontgen: Symphony Nos 9 & 21, Serenade

This month the extensive and successful R�ntgen edition recorded on cpo continues. This new disc continues to demonstrate that R�ntgen was the most imaginative composers living in Holland during the second half of the nineteenth century. During the last year of his life R�ntgen experimented with tonality and composed his �bitonal� Symphony No. 9, which remained unpublished during his lifetime, but heard here, and an absolutely rewarding listening experience! The CD also includes his Symphony No. 21, a work based on a chromatic, descending melody of three 6/4 measures, and a Serenade performed on only one occasion but praised by the critics above all because of its masterful orchestration.