Release Date: 02 June 2023
Label: DUX Recording Producers
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 5902547018973
Genres: Classical Orchestral
Description
DUX presents the world premiere recording of Jeajoon Ryu's Symphony No 2, performed here by Seoul International Music Festival Orchestra, under the direction of conductor Ralf Gothoni. Also performing are Sunhae Im (soprano), Myungjoo Lee (soprano), Jungmi Kim (mezzo-soprano), Oliver Kook (tenor), Samuel Youn (bass-baritione), The National Chorus of Korea, and Suwon City Choir.
During the COVID-19 pandemic Jeajoon Ryu created his Symphony No. 2; a piece comprised of four movements. Ryu sets texts from Shakespeare's sonnets, which Shakespeare himself wrote in isolation as a result of the plague. Ryu used the sound of school bells for the theme of music, which was inspired by watching his nephews not being able to go to school.
This grand piece of 75 minutes was composed to bring courage and joy to the audience, who were going through those difficult times. Ryu hopes to share a moment of healing and hoping for a brighter future again through his music.
Symphony No. 2 premiered on 22 October 2021 at the Goyang Aram Nuri Arts Center. Jeajoon Ryu recreated the relevant social issues of 2021 with his musical imagination.
"Ryu's big-boned symphony for orchestra and voices presents a world of violently conflicting emotions as it heads towards a stirring finish." – BBC Music Magazine
"The tune of Ryu's tongue is strongly tangible, anchored, non-romantic, and fine. Moods such as melancholy, despair, fear, anxiety, hopelessness, and tranquillity are transmitted unhindered. Ryu's thoughts were conveyed with a focused, intense, and incredible curiosity." - Aija Haapalainen, Turun Sanomat, Finland, June 19, 2018
"The committed performers deliver an exciting and expressive interpretation under the direction of Ralf Gothoni." - Pizzicato
Tracklisting
Tomasz Skweres, Ensemble Reconsil, Osterreichisches Ensemble fur Neue Musik, Orkiestra Muzyki Nowej
Aukso - Chamber Orchestra Of The City Of Tychy, Camerata Silesia Katowice City Singers' Ensemble, M
Rafal Janiak, Soloists, Choir and Orchestra of the Lodz Grand Theatre
Milosz Maczynski
Kacper Nowa, Lukasz Krupinski
Joanna Morska-Osinska
Ewa Gawronska, Various Artists
Altberg Ensemble, Jorg-Andreas Botticher
Hans-Jurg Strub; Wurttembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen; Christian Erny
Sinfonieorchester Gottingen
London Sinfonietta; David Atherton
Antal Dorati; Philharmonia Hungarica
Karel Ancerl; Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Yoichi Sugiyama
David Rabinovich
Badische Staatskapelle, Georg Fritzsch
