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composer
various composers
title
Plaisirs illuminés
full list of composers
Coll, Francisco, Ginastera, Alberto, Veress, Sándor
performers
Camerata Bern, Gabetta, Sol, Kopatchinskaja, Patricia
catalogue number
Alpha 580
description
This recording presents the double concerto for violin, cello and orchestra of the Spanish composer Francisco Coll, born in 1985. Les Plaisirs Illuminés, a title inspired by Dalí’s painting of the same name, is rooted in Spanish traditions, including flamenco, yet is resolutely modern: ‘Its music is very lively rhythmically, it dances and sings – but at the same time it is very abrupt, always in search of extremes’, says Patricia Kopatchinskaja. For this world premiere conducted by the composer, she is reunited with a longstanding partner who pursues an equally brilliant international career, the cellist Sol Gabetta. The programme also features Stravinsky’s Concerto in D for string orchestra, composed in 1946 at the request of Paul Sacher for the twentieth anniversary of the Basler Kammerorchester, and the Musica concertante for twelve strings by the Hungarian-born Swiss composer Sándor Veress, premiered by the Camerata in Bern in 1966. A year earlier, the Argentinian composer Alberto Ginastera wrote his fascinating Concerto for Strings. A kaleidoscope of colours and sounds from all over the world...
format
CD x 1
label
Alpha
release date
1/15/21
EAN / barcode
3760014195808
Award-winning product:
BBC Music Magazine: 'Concerto Choice' (2014)
Gramophone: 'Editor´s Choice' (2021)
Gramophone: 'Editor´s Choice' (2021)
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