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Thomas Ades

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Thomas Ads Presents Beethoven!A Collection of Symphonies and Barrys Beethoven!Thomas Ads (b. 1971) is a popular British composer, conductor, and pianist who has been hailed as the second coming of Benjamin Britten. Ads, who was selected as a judge for the 2020 Toru Takemitsu Composition Award in Japan and whose works have been performed and recorded by many renowned artistsmaking his career as a composer particularly brilliant in recent yearsconducts the Britten Sinfonia in this collection of Beethoven symphonies.This unique Beethoven anniversary album combines works by Irish composer Gerald Barry (b. 1952)who has served as Composer-in-Residence for the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, among other rolesnamely Beethoven and his Piano Concerto.Composed in 2008 for the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Beethoven is a mini-opera in which a soloist sings the text of Beethovens enigmatic Imm