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Adès: Märchentänze & Other World Premieres / Kuusisto, Nuñez, Collon, Finnish RSO
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Adès: Märchentänze & Other World Premieres / Kuusisto, Nuñez, Collon, Finnish RSO

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Details

Composer
Thomas Ades
Artist
Tomas, Pekka, Nuñez, Nicholas, Kuusisto, Collon
Format
CD
Label
Ondine
Released
Oct 07, 2022
Catalog #
ODE 1411-2
UPC
761195141120

About

In the Autumn of 2021, the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra together with its new chief conductor, Nicholas Collon, arranged a Thomas Adès festival in Helsinki devoted to the world famous composer’s music in addition to works by other composers chosen and conducted by Thomas Adès (b. 1971). One of the highlights of the festival’s program was the world première of Märchentänze in its version for violin and orchestra performed by violinist Pekka Kuusisto, Adès’ long-time artistic partner. This new album by the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra includes four recent and exciting orchestral works written by the composer between 2016 and 2021 in world première recordings.

In addition to the Märchentänze, this album includes Adès’ orchestral Hotel Suite from Powder Her Face, an adaptation based on the music from the opera through which Adès first made a widespread name for himself in the mid-1990s. The orchestral version of Lieux retrouvés, originally written for Steven Isserlis, could be described as a cello concerto in the spirit of Marcel Proust. Orchestral work Dawn was written for the 2020 London Proms for ‘orchestra at any distance’, due to the coronavirus pandemic. Adès’ Dawn comes across as timeless music floating in a serene universe of beauty all its own.

REVIEW:

These performances by the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra (FRSO) under their current Chief Conductor, British-born-and-trained Nicholas Collon (b. 1983) are magnificent and bring out all the subtle colorations in these superbly scored works. That said, Finnish violinist Pekka Kuusisto gets a big hand for his superb playing in Märchentänze [T-10 thru 13]. And the same goes for Finnish cellist Tomas Nuñez in Lieux retrouvés [T-6 thru 9].

The recordings were made in October 2021 (Hotel… & Lieux…) and April-May 2022 (Märchentänze & Dawn) in the Helsinki Music Center’s Concert Hall. They present consistently generous, dynamically wide-ranging sonic images with both soloists centered, well captured and effectively highlighted. As for the orchestral timbre, it’s characterized by titillating highs, a pleasant midrange and clean bass. While these recordings are good on headphones, this colorfully scored music is even better over a good home theater system.

-- Classical Lost and Found (Bob McQuiston)

Tracklist 14 tracks

  1. 1 I. Overture 03:50
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Overture
    Duration
    03:50
    Composer
    Thomas Adès
    Ensemble
    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Nicholas Collon
  2. 2 II. Scene with Song 06:26
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Scene with Song
    Duration
    06:26
    Composer
    Thomas Adès
    Ensemble
    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Nicholas Collon
  3. 3 III. Wedding March 02:17
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Wedding March
    Duration
    02:17
    Composer
    Thomas Adès
    Ensemble
    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Nicholas Collon
  4. 4 IV. Waltz 04:10
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Waltz
    Duration
    04:10
    Composer
    Thomas Adès
    Ensemble
    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Nicholas Collon
  5. 5 V. Finale 02:09
    Track
    5
    Title
    V. Finale
    Duration
    02:09
    Composer
    Thomas Adès
    Ensemble
    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Nicholas Collon
  6. 6 I. Les eaux 04:46
    Track
    6
    Title
    I. Les eaux
    Duration
    04:46
    Composer
    Thomas Adès
    Performer
    Tomas Nuñez
    Ensemble
    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Nicholas Collon
  7. 7 II. La montagne 04:10
    Track
    7
    Title
    II. La montagne
    Duration
    04:10
    Composer
    Thomas Adès
    Performer
    Tomas Nuñez
    Ensemble
    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Nicholas Collon
  8. 8 III. Les champs 03:41
    Track
    8
    Title
    III. Les champs
    Duration
    03:41
    Composer
    Thomas Adès
    Performer
    Tomas Nuñez
    Ensemble
    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Nicholas Collon
  9. 9 IV. La ville - cancan macabre 03:31
    Track
    9
    Title
    IV. La ville - cancan macabre
    Duration
    03:31
    Composer
    Thomas Adès
    Performer
    Tomas Nuñez
    Ensemble
    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Nicholas Collon
  10. 10 No. 1. — 04:08
    Track
    10
    Title
    No. 1. —
    Duration
    04:08
    Composer
    Thomas Adès
    Performer
    Pekka Kuusisto
    Ensemble
    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Nicholas Collon
  11. 11 No. 2. — 04:08
    Track
    11
    Title
    No. 2. —
    Duration
    04:08
    Composer
    Thomas Adès
    Performer
    Pekka Kuusisto
    Ensemble
    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Nicholas Collon
  12. 12 No. 3. A Skylark for Jane 02:07
    Track
    12
    Title
    No. 3. A Skylark for Jane
    Duration
    02:07
    Composer
    Thomas Adès
    Performer
    Pekka Kuusisto
    Ensemble
    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Nicholas Collon
  13. 13 No. 4. — 03:44
    Track
    13
    Title
    No. 4. —
    Duration
    03:44
    Composer
    Thomas Adès
    Performer
    Pekka Kuusisto
    Ensemble
    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Nicholas Collon
  14. 14 Dawn, Chacony for orchestra 06:13
    Track
    14
    Title
    Dawn, Chacony for orchestra
    Duration
    06:13
    Composer
    Thomas Adès
    Ensemble
    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Nicholas Collon