Unusual sonorities from Thomas Larcher

Listen to a clip from his Böse Zellen for piano and orchestra

Larcher
Madhares: String Quartet No. 3; Böse Zellen; Still
Till Fellner (piano), Kim Kashkashian (viola); Munich Chamber Orchestra/Dennis Russell Davies; Quatuor Diotima

ECM 476 3651 65:43 mins

‘Thomas Larcher has a fabulous ear for unusual sonorities which he fashions into surprisingly logical narratives, yet at pivotal moments employs a more traditional, tonal, almost Romantic expression’ Neil Smith

A full review plus star ratings is published in our September 2010 issue

Audio clip: 'IV' from Böse Zellen