Luca Ranieri- Hindemith: Der Schwanendreher (CD) Eugenia Ottaviano our heroes offer up 20-minutes

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Luca Ranieri- Hindemith: Der Schwanendreher (CD) Eugenia Ottaviano our heroes offer up 20-minutesPaul Hindemith's Der Schwanendreher (literally 'the swan turner') is a viola concerto based on medieval German folk songs. While the 'swan turner' was literally someone who turned the spit of a roasting swan, metaphorically it referred to an itinerant minstrel whose street organ or hurdy gurdy was cranked via a swan's neck handle. He composed the work between September and October 1935, and it was premiered at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, with the