Bruk: Orchestral Music Vol. 5

Lithuanian State Symphony Orchestra;
Resnis, Imants

TOCC 0661

This fifth instalment of the recent symphonic output of Fridrich Bruk (born in Ukraine in 1937 but a Finnish resident since 1974) brings two large canvases inspired by painters: Symphony No. 13 (2014) by the revolutionary Soviet artist Kazimir Malevich, and No. 14 (2015) by Edvard Munch’s famous painting The Scream. Bruk may seem to write in a kind of stream of consciousness, but his works are subtly bound together through a network of motifs and details of scoring. Even so, the orchestral writing in both pieces is wildly inventive, a kaleidoscope of colour and counterpoint, sitting somewhere between Villa-Lobos and Pettersson in its profligate abundance, with hints here and there of Prokofiev and Szymanowski.

Works:

•Bruk: Symphony No. 13, The Painter Malevich (1878–1935)
• Bruk: Symphony No. 14, The Scream

CD

Muzyka klasyczna

Toccata Classics

05-03-2024

5060113446619