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Bacewicz / Enescu / Sinfonia Of London- Music For Strings (Hybr)

SKU: 095115532522
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the album cover for Bacewicz / Enescu / Sinfonia Of London - Music For Strings (Hybr)
the album cover for Bacewicz / Enescu / Sinfonia Of London - Music For Strings (Hybr)

For this their fourth album of music for string orchestra, John Wilson and Sinfonia of London present a programme of works by three composers from the Franco-Belgian school of string pedagogy, who were all themselves virtuosic string players. George Enescu studied in Paris and Vienna, spent much of his life in France, and was internationally lauded as a concert violinist and conductor in both Europe and America. Much of his music remained unknown after his death - a situation improved thanks to some high-profile champions of his work, not least his most famous pupil Yehudi Menuhin. When Enescu supplied a preface for a new edition of his Octet, in 1950, he sanctioned it's performance by a full string orchestra, the form in which we hear it on this recording. Completed in 1924, Ysaye's Harmonies du soir is scored for string quartet and string orchestra, enabling Ysaye to exploit the contrast between intimate and full string sound, a technique inspired by Vaughan Williams in his Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis. Affectionately known as the 'First Lady of Polish Music', Grazyna Bacewicz was an outstanding virtuoso violinist, a formidable pianist, and ground-breaking composer. A great deal of her output was written for strings, including the Concerto for String Orchestra, written in 1948. Often described as neoclassical, the work takes some inspiration from the baroque concerto grosso, but is distinctly modern in it's harmonic language and was particularly admired by Lutoslawski.

Tracklist:

  1. Octet, Op. 7 in C major for Four Violins, Two Violas, and Two Cellos~Très modéré - Même temps - Mouvement - Mouvement - Plus
  2. Octet, Op. 7 in C major for Four Violins, Two Violas, and Two Cellos~Très fougueux - Moins vite - Premier Mouvement - Moins vit
  3. Octet, Op. 7 in C major for Four Violins, Two Violas, and Two Cellos~Lentement - Plus animé - Un peu moins vite - Premier Mouve
  4. Octet, Op. 7 in C major for Four Violins, Two Violas, and Two Cellos~Mouvement de Valse bien rythmée - Un peu lent - Mouvement
  5. Harmonies du soir, Op. 31 (Poème No. 8) for String Quartet and String Orchestra
  6. Concerto for String Orchestra~I. Allegro - L'istesso tempo
  7. Concerto for String Orchestra~Andante - [ ] - Tempo I
  8. Concerto for String Orchestra~Vivo - Meno - A tempo - Meno - Tempo I - Meno - A tempo - Meno - Tempo I
Format: New CD/Classical

Bacewicz / Enescu / Sinfonia Of London- Music For Strings (Hybr)

SKU: 095115532522
Regular price ¥168.00
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Release Date: 04.12.2024

 
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For this their fourth album of music for string orchestra, John Wilson and Sinfonia of London present a programme of works by three composers from the Franco-Belgian school of string pedagogy, who were all themselves virtuosic string players. George Enescu studied in Paris and Vienna, spent much of his life in France, and was internationally lauded as a concert violinist and conductor in both Europe and America. Much of his music remained unknown after his death - a situation improved thanks to some high-profile champions of his work, not least his most famous pupil Yehudi Menuhin. When Enescu supplied a preface for a new edition of his Octet, in 1950, he sanctioned it's performance by a full string orchestra, the form in which we hear it on this recording. Completed in 1924, Ysaye's Harmonies du soir is scored for string quartet and string orchestra, enabling Ysaye to exploit the contrast between intimate and full string sound, a technique inspired by Vaughan Williams in his Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis. Affectionately known as the 'First Lady of Polish Music', Grazyna Bacewicz was an outstanding virtuoso violinist, a formidable pianist, and ground-breaking composer. A great deal of her output was written for strings, including the Concerto for String Orchestra, written in 1948. Often described as neoclassical, the work takes some inspiration from the baroque concerto grosso, but is distinctly modern in it's harmonic language and was particularly admired by Lutoslawski.

Tracklist:

  1. Octet, Op. 7 in C major for Four Violins, Two Violas, and Two Cellos~Très modéré - Même temps - Mouvement - Mouvement - Plus
  2. Octet, Op. 7 in C major for Four Violins, Two Violas, and Two Cellos~Très fougueux - Moins vite - Premier Mouvement - Moins vit
  3. Octet, Op. 7 in C major for Four Violins, Two Violas, and Two Cellos~Lentement - Plus animé - Un peu moins vite - Premier Mouve
  4. Octet, Op. 7 in C major for Four Violins, Two Violas, and Two Cellos~Mouvement de Valse bien rythmée - Un peu lent - Mouvement
  5. Harmonies du soir, Op. 31 (Poème No. 8) for String Quartet and String Orchestra
  6. Concerto for String Orchestra~I. Allegro - L'istesso tempo
  7. Concerto for String Orchestra~Andante - [ ] - Tempo I
  8. Concerto for String Orchestra~Vivo - Meno - A tempo - Meno - Tempo I - Meno - A tempo - Meno - Tempo I