Lourié: Chamber & Instrumental Music, Vol. 1 - Works with Wind Instruments

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The turbulent life of Arthur Lourié (1891–1966) – student of Glazunov, friend of Blok, lover of Akhmatova, commissar of the Soviet regime, exile in Germany, France and the USA, ghost-writer for Koussevitzky – is reflected in the wide range of references in his music, from echoes of the ceremonies of ancient Greece to Neo-Baroque and Neo-Classical procedures perhaps inspired by his collaboration with Stravinsky in Paris. Some of the works in this first of two albums surveying his chamber and instrumental music have an almost ritual formality; in others a mischievous grin is not far from the surface.

REVIEWS:

The personnel is spearheaded by flautist Birgit Ramsl and they all play with commendable accomplishment and verve that serve Lourié well. There are also four premiere recordings. However you sum him up, stylistically, his remains a cultured, cultivated and agreeably cosmopolitan voice, drawing on Russian and French traditions to irradiate the ritual formality of his music.

-- MusicWeb International



Product Description:


  • Release Date: January 06, 2023


  • Catalog Number: TOCC0652


  • UPC: 5060113446527


  • Label: Toccata Classics


  • Number of Discs: 1


  • Period: 20th Century


  • Composer: Arthur Lourie


  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Basel: Lucie Brotbek Prochaskova Musicians of the Arthur Lourie Festival


  • Performer: Birgit Ramsl, Raphael Leone, Paolo Beltramini, Candy Grace Ho, Gottlieb Wallisch, Egidius Streiff, Hansjurgen Waldele, Nicolas Rihs, Simon Lilly, Nicolas Suter, Agnes Mauri, Mateusz Pawel Kaminski