Britten/hagen/strauss
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LWC1241
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Description
Ensemble Allegria presents here a combination of works as an invitation to enjoyment as well as reflection.
We are offered variations, metamorphoses and fragments, three different artistic working concepts.
Variation and metamorphosis are similar artistic tools inasmuch as the material to be used is workable and encourages modification. At the same time, the basic material is recognisable or, in any case, reconstructible.
Of course in the works heard here the motif of transformation is intended. And whereas musical variations — as with Benjamin Britten — typically retain a theme's form and length more or less unaltered, a metamorphosis — as Richard Strauss calls his work — can by contrast pertain to everything from the shortest motifs to entire movements. Lars Petter Hagen's "Strauss Fragments" were commissioned by Ensemble Allegria.
All three composers on this CD stand in debt to an older colleague. Britten had a close association with his teacher Frank Bridge and reveals this through his variations. Strauss explicitly cites Ludwig van Beethoven's third symphony in his "Metamorphoses", and Hagen's composition is based on this latter work. Composing on the basis of music one does not hold in high regard often results in a caricature. This is by no means the case here.
"In an overcrowded field, there are many good options for the Britten and Strauss - though the Britten is a version to rank with the finest, and the sheer immediacy of the sound ensures and engrossing listen by any standards. Do listen to it." - Gramophone
"the combination of Britten, Strauss and the newly commissioned Strauss Fragments from Lars Petter Hagen makes for an attractive programme." – BBC Music Magazine (3 STARS)
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Tracklisting
- 1. Benjamin Britten: Variations On A Theme Of Frank Bridge, Op. 10 (1937): Introduction And Theme
- 2. Variation 1. Adagio
- 3. Variation 2. March
- 4. Variation 3. Romance
- 5. Variation 4. Aria Italiana
- 6. Variation 5. Bourrée Classique
- 7. Variation 6. Wiener Walzer
- 8. Variation 7. Moto Perpetuo
- 9. Variation 8. Funeral March
- 10. Variation 9. Chant
- 11. Variation 10. Fugue And Finale
- 12. Lars Petter Hagen: Strauss Fragments (2020): I. Adagio
- 13. II. Etwas Fliessender
- 14. III. Sehr Langsam
- 15. IV. Etwas Bewegter
- 16. V. Transfiguration
- 17. VI. Opening
- 18. Richard Strauss: Metamorphosen (1945)
Disc 1
Side 1
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PRE-ORDER
Cecilie Ore: H2O Trilogy
Engegard Quartet, NyNorsk Messingkvintett
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A Desperate Light
Trondheim Symphony Orchestra, Peter Szilvay, Aage Richard Meyer, Cam Kjoll, Ruth Potter
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Beethoven String Trios, Op. 9
Ssens Trio
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An die Musik
Torleif Thedee & Marianna Shirinyan
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Donna Barbara - Songs of Barbara Strozzi
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Christian Sinding: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1-3
Magnus Boye Hansen, Mathias Halvorsen
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She Composes Like A Man
Tine Thing Helseth, tenThing Brass Ensemble
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Asheim: Høgsongen / Tchaikovsky: Serenade
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Volt 22 - Bartok, Haydn, Shostakovitch
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