Quarterly Critic’s Choice
The best and most interesting new releases of the previous three months are awarded a place on the Quarterly Critic’s Choice. Evaluation criteria are artistic quality, repertoire value, presentation, and sound quality. From 2014 onward, the Long Lists are stored directly with each Quarterly Critic’s Choice.
Contemporary Classical Music
Milica Djordjević: Mali Svitac, ...
& Quicksilver, Čvor, Mit o ptici (musica viva #44). Bavarian Radio Chorus and Symphony Orchestra, Duncan Ward, Peter Rundel, Johannes Kalitzke. BR-Klassik 900644 (Naxos)
For Milica Djordjević, composing is an exploration of sound. She dissects and listens to the silence; undulating developments spark large-scale outbursts. In her music, the composer achieves an incredible density of events, which the BR Symphony Orchestra brings to life in exemplary fashion in this portrait, showcasing works written between 2016 and 2023. The sound quality is simply stupendous. Two world premieres are included. In »Mit o ptici« (Bird Myth), orchestra and choir combine to form an organically-growing, jointly-breathing body of sound: a veritable audio thriller! For the jury: Marco Frei