Release Date: 01 November 2019
Label: Odradek Records
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 0855317003639
Genres: Classical Chamber Music
Composer/Series: The Wartime Triptychs
Description
Of the many masterpieces Szymanowski wrote during World War I, the works which best embody the achievements of this period are a series of three triptychs, all with mythology as a backdrop: 'Métopes for piano', Op. 29, 'Mythes for violin and piano', Op. 30, and 'Masques for piano', Op. 34.
A landmark of the violin repertoire, 'Mythes' is also one of the most strikingly original statements of early 20th-century music. Szymanowski was widely praised for its writing; in his own words it was "epoch-making". 'Métopes' represents a level of experimentation in harmony and form a few steps further on from 'Mythes'.
Despite their fiendish difficulty, 'Mythes' and 'Métopes' were not conceived as public statements – their messages are imbued with intimacy and confidentiality. The same cannot be said of 'Masques', which decisively admits the extravagance of the musical language nurtured in the previous triptychs and expands it in every way. All three works share a move from darkness to light, from death to life, infiltrated by a hedonistic joie de vivre.
Ronaldo Rolim grew up in Brazil before moving to the United States in 2005. He has been mentored by Flavio Varani, Benjamin Pasternack and Boris Berman, and currently resides in Philadelphia. Rolim tours extensively on the international stage as a solo recitalist, with orchestras, and as a chamber musician.
Tracklisting
Nuno Côrte-Real, Ensemble Darcos & Coro Ricercare
Yoichi Sugiyama
Artur Pizarro, Sinfonieorchester Wuppertal, Julia Jones
Ingibjorg Azima
Jenaer Philharmonie, Simon Gaudenz
Carion Wind Quintet
Johannes Fleischmann
Tony Addison Sextet
Quatuor Molinari
Ariane Brisson; Philip Chiu
Renato Criscuolo|Aldo Criscuolo
Ragna Schirmer, Hofkapelle Munchen, Rudiger Lotter
Piercarlo Sacco|Andrea Dieci
Peter Hanson (violin); Andrew Arthur (fortepiano)
Nina Kotova; Fabio Bidini
Marie-Elisabeth Hecker; Martin Helmchen
