a r t i s t : Nicolas Bacri (Jean-Jacques Kantorow)
t i t l e : Strum und Drang
d a t e : 2009
l a b e l : Bis
c a t : BIS-CD-1579
s o u r c e : CDDA
g e n r e : Avantgarde
r l s. d a t e : Apr/2010
t r a c k s : 12
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 73,1 MB
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The French composer Nicolas Bacri has said that melody is the
essence of all music; it is certainly an essential feature of
these works, composed between 1995 and 2004. The programme
mirrors Bacris involvement with the melodic genre par
excellence, the concerto: four of the works included are
concertante works with one or two solo instruments in
interplay with a small-scale orchestra. Concerto nostalgico
Lautomne and Concerto amoroso Le printemps dedicated to Lisa
Batiashvili and Francois Leleux, the soloists on this
recording form part of a projected Four Seasons cycle,
whereas the Flute Concerto û here interpreted by Sharon
Bezaly and the brief Nocturne for cello and strings, with
soloist Riitta Pesola, stand on their own. But besides his
many concertos, Bacri has also composed no less than six
symphonies. Of these, Symphony No. 4 was commissioned to form
part of a concert-cycle dedicated to Sturm und Drang
compositions of the late-Classical era. Bacri himself has
described the process as putting myself in the skinö of a
composer of the Classical period. He adds the following
qualification: Even though I havent been afraid to sketch the
outlines of an aesthetic vocabulary of another time, I have
also tried to present an emotional content arising from the
musical pre-occupations I feel to be my own.This highly
accessible, colourful and melodic music is here interpreted
by the Tapiola Sinfonietta under Jean-Jacques Kantorow, a
team whose previous recordings on BIS have been
enthusiastically received by the reviewers. A recent disc of
works by Saint-Saens was for instance described as æa
smorgasbord of distinctive orchestral colours in Classic FM
Magazine, while the German website klassik.com discovered æa
truly magnificent orchestral sound as flexible as it is
transparent.
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01-concerto amoroso le printemps for oboe, violin and [03:36]
string orchestra, op. 80 no. 2 - 1. mosaica
02-concerto amoroso le printemps for oboe, violin and [07:37]
string orchestra, op. 80 no. 2 - 2. notturno
03-concerto amoroso le printemps for oboe, violin and [02:09]
string orchestra, op. 80 no. 2 - 3. mosaica ii
04-concerto for flute and orchestra, op. 63 - 1. largo [05:04]
misterioso-allegro moderato
05-concerto for flute and orchestra, op. 63 - 2. estatico [05:27]
06-concerto for flute and orchestra, op. 63 - 3. andante [05:37]
scorrevole
07-concerto nostalgico l automne for oboe, cello and [10:35]
string orchestra, op. 80 no. 1 - elegia-scherzo alla fu
08-nocturne for cello and string orchestra, op. 90 [04:25]
09-symphony no. 4 symphonie classique strum und drang, [03:35]
op. 49 - 1. allegro fuocoso, omaggio a richard strauss
10-symphony no. 4 symphonie classique strum und drang, [03:35]
op. 49 - 2. arietta, omaggio a igor stravinsky
11-symphony no. 4 symphonie classique strum und drang, [03:15]
op. 49 - 3. menuetto, omaggio a arnold schoenberg
12-symphony no. 4 symphonie classique strum und drang, [03:59]
op. 49 - 4. finale, omaggio a kurt weil
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