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BBC Music Magazine

January 2026

Steph Power is wowed by Richter de Vroe's orchestral experimentalism

Nicolaus Richter de Vroe

TetraДb IV; Shibuya Movements; Euforia

Isao Nakumura, Irvine Arditti et al; Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks/Peter Rundel, Cristóbal Halffter, Mariss Jansons BR Klassik 900649 57:02 mins

Following their first feature release of music by Nicolaus Richter de Vroe comes this second from the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Born in 1955 in the then GDR and long based in Munich, the composer and violinist deserves wider recognition.

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