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Gernot Wolfgang

Vienna and the West

Albany Records

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05/27/2019 - Chitosepia Hall / Nagasaki, Japan
05/29/2019 - Grace Hall / Yokohama, Japan
07/11/2019 - WASBE / Bunol, Spain
07/16/2019 - University of South Florida / Tampa, FL
07/20/2019 - White Recital Hall / Kansas City, MO
07/21/2019 - St. Mary?s Episcopal Church / Kansas City, MO
08/02/2019 - From Vienna with Love / Porec, Croatia
08/02/2019 - From Vienna with Love / Porec, Croatia
08/03/2019 - From Vienna with Love / Rovinj, Croatia
08/03/2019 - From Vienna with Love / Rovinj, Croatia
08/24/2019 - Three Short Stories / Burbank, CA
10/27/2019 - From Vienna with Love / Baabdath, Lebanon
1 Road Signs
2 Passage to Vienna
3 Route 33
4 Windows
5 Impressions - Carnival in Venice
6 Impressions - Dream
7 Impressions - Country Road
8 From Vienna With Love
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Albany Records just released composer Gernot Wolfgang's chamber music CD VIENNA AND THE WEST. The album is a follow-up to his CD PASSING THROUGH, which received rave reviews and went on to be nominated for a 2016 GRAMMY Award in the category Best Classical Compendium.

VIENNA AND THE WEST was recorded from May 15-18, 2018 in Los Angeles by some of the city's finest classical musicians, among them members of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Los Angeles Opera Orchestra, first-call studio musicians and several GRAMMY nominees (including one winner). GRAMMY nominated Rich Breen was the engineer for these sessions. 

  • On 'Vienna and the West,' Gernot Wolfgang creates a hybrid musical language all his own / Mainly Piano
    Posted At: July 29, 2020

    Subtitled "Groove-Oriented Chamber Music, Vol. 4," Vienna and the West is part of a series of albums by composer Gernot Wolfgang that includes Common Ground (2006), Short Stories (2011) and Grammy-nominated Passing Through (2016). This album is the first of Wolfgang's music that I've heard, so I can't compare it to his previous recordings, but I love that he has created a hybrid genre of sorts that combi...

  • Gernot Wolfgang displays a unique compositional voice on 'From Vienna With Love' / Classical CD Reviews
    Posted At: July 22, 2020

    I love discovering new 21st Century music. Over the past few years, I have gained much pleasure from composers such as Guillaume Connesson, Joseph Phibbs, Kenneth Fuchs and Paul Patterson. Another potential candidate for the list is a name completely unfamiliar to me, Gernot Wolfgang. This is a somewhat difficult disc for me to describe in words, simply because Mr. Wolfgang displays such a unique com...

  • Gernot Wolfgang's diverse background reflects 'Vienna and the West' / PublicRadio90
    Posted At: May 1, 2019

    Gernot Wolfgang is a composer, born in Austria, who moved to Los Angeles with dreams of becoming a film composer.  He started his life in Austria in the jazz scene, but also began composing.  Over the years, he became well-versed in jazz, chamber music, and film score music; his newest album, "Vienna and the West," reflects this background through his compositional output. Classiclectic - P...

  • Sophisticated textures evoke cinematic images on Gernot Wolfgang's 'Vienna and the West' / sonograma magazine
    Posted At: May 1, 2019

    Catalan version - La consolidació d'un llenguatge i un estil cambrístic propis, li han atorgat a Gernot Wolfgang, en obres com ara Short Stories o Vienna and the West, la consideració de clàssic contemporani. Albany Records publica el nou disc de Gernot Wolfgang.   El compositor austríac Gernot Wolfgang combina les seves arrels musicals austríaques a...

  • If you are searching for a distinct fusion of styles, try Gernot Wolfgang's 'Vienna and the West' / theWholeNote
    Posted At: April 29, 2019

    If you are searching for a fresh and distinct fusion of styles, something classically based yet different, this is the album you might want to consider. Gernot Wolfgang, an Austrian-born composer now based in Los Angeles, masters an idiosyncratic fusion of the elements of the Second Viennese School with contemporary jazz in this selection of chamber music pieces featuring various combinations of instrume...

  • Gernot Wolfgang talks 'groove inspired' chamber music with classical radio
    Posted At: April 25, 2019

    Gernot Wolfgang's chamber music album - VIENNA AND THE WEST is a follow-up to the composer's PASSING THROUGH, which received rave reviews and went on to be nominated for a 2016 GRAMMY Award in the category Best Classical Compendium. Recorded in Los Angeles by members of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, and Los Angeles Opera Orchestra, the Albany Records recording prese...

  • Gernot Wolfgang's Groove-Oriented Chamber Music is treated subtly and artfully on Vienna and the West / textura
    Posted At: April 11, 2019

    Not for the first time, the subtitle "Groove-Oriented Chamber Music" appears on the cover of a Gernot Wolfgang release, which in the most regrettable imagining would amount to some vulgar orchestral-techno mashup. Vienna and the West thankfully commits no such offence, and the term itself functions more as a hook to grab the listener's attention. The gesture reflects the Austrian-born, LA-based compo...

  • Vienna and the West pays masterful tribute to Gernot Wolfgang's native land and current home / CutCommon
    Posted At: April 3, 2019

    Gernot Wolfgang is one of those contemporary chamber music composers that pushes musical boundaries while simultaneously keeping his audience incredibly engaged and entertained. Gernot is originally from Bad Gastein, Austria, but has been based in Los Angeles for the past 23 years. His latest album for Albany Records Vienna and the West is a collection of works that touch on the composer's connection to ...

  • Gernot Wolfgang - Vienna and the West creates driving, resinous fun / MusicWeb International
    Posted At: April 1, 2019

    Gernot Wolfgang was born in Bad Gastein in 1957 but has lived in Los Angeles for a number of years where he has written numerous compositions and accepted commissions, and where he also teaches and works as an orchestrator in films and television. This album title, Vienna and the West, is subtitled ‘Groove-Oriented Chamber Music, Vol 4' and if that's not enough to intrigue, then I don't know what i...

  • 'Vienna and the West' filters Gernot Wolfgang's Austrian roots via California / Review Graveyard
    Posted At: March 7, 2019

    Albany Records release Gernot Wolfgang's new album of chamber music, Vienna and the West. This is the composers follow-up to Passing Through and the fourth in Groove-Oriented Chamber Music series. If you've been following Gernot Wolfgang's Groove-Oriented Chamber Music series then you'll already have a pretty good idea of what to expect on his fourth volume, Vienna and the West. The six c...
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