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Andriessen: Miroir de Peine / Alexander, Porcelijn, Fischer, Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra
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Andriessen: Miroir de Peine / Alexander, Porcelijn, Fischer, Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra

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Composer
ANDRIESSEN, HENDRIK
Artist
Fischer, Porcelijn
Format
CD
Label
Brilliant Classics
Released
Jul 23, 2021
Catalog #
BRI96105
UPC
5028421961057

About

The opulent soundworld of a Dutch late-Romantic master, still too little known outside his native country. Rarefied spirituality and refined sensuousness are the hallmarks of Hendrik Andriessen's (1892-1981) idiom, which offers an ethereal synthesis of Franckian chromaticism with an individual interpretation of classical forms and church modes. Though he trained as an organist, his writing for other solo instruments is fluent and idiomatic. The concertos for violin, cello and oboe share the silken textures of his better-known orchestral music, and this album won glowing reviews when first released in 2000. The album’s headline work is Miroir de peine, a languorous song-cycle to Henri Vangeon’s poems of religious ecstasy describing the suffering of Christ from the perspective of the Virgin Mary. It has attracted the advocacy of great sopranos from Elly Ameling to Christiane Stotijn. This 1991 recording by Roberta Alexander won an enthusiastic welcome from the critics for the poise and beauty of her performance and the richness of the engineering. Andriessen esteemed Franck as ‘a musical philosopher in the truest sense of the word,’ who drew ‘intense sentiments from the intuitive side of his genius into an orderly gestalt.’ Much the same could be said of Andriessen’s own idiom throughout his career, as this half-century retrospective over his career confirms, from the solemn lushness of Magna res est amor of 1919 to the Chromatic Variations and Cello Concertino of 1970. The Violin Concerto (1968-9) is still essentially couched in a Romantic vein, but shaded with more 20th-century accents of tonal anxiety, akin to Vaughan Williams and Casella in the 1930s. Any listener for whom conservatism is not a dirty word will relish becoming acquainted with Andriessen’s powerful expressive voice in these beautifully prepared and engineered performances.

Tracklist 19 tracks

  1. 1 I. Agonie au jardin 03:11
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Agonie au jardin
    Duration
    03:11
    Composer
    Hendrik Andriessen
    Performer
    Roberta Alexander
    Ensemble
    Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra
    Conductor
    David Porcelijn
  2. 2 II. Flagellation 02:00
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Flagellation
    Duration
    02:00
    Composer
    Hendrik Andriessen
    Performer
    Roberta Alexander
    Ensemble
    Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra
    Conductor
    David Porcelijn
  3. 3 III. Couronnement d'épines 02:25
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Couronnement d'épines
    Duration
    02:25
    Composer
    Hendrik Andriessen
    Performer
    Roberta Alexander
    Ensemble
    Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra
    Conductor
    David Porcelijn
  4. 4 IV. Portement de croix 03:12
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Portement de croix
    Duration
    03:12
    Composer
    Hendrik Andriessen
    Performer
    Roberta Alexander
    Ensemble
    Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra
    Conductor
    David Porcelijn
  5. 5 V. Crusifixion 02:51
    Track
    5
    Title
    V. Crusifixion
    Duration
    02:51
    Composer
    Hendrik Andriessen
    Performer
    Roberta Alexander
    Ensemble
    Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra
    Conductor
    David Porcelijn
  6. 6 Magna res est Amor 04:13
    Track
    6
    Title
    Magna res est Amor
    Duration
    04:13
    Composer
    Hendrik Andriessen
    Performer
    Roberta Alexander
    Ensemble
    Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra
    Conductor
    David Porcelijn
  7. 7 Fiat Domine 02:31
    Track
    7
    Title
    Fiat Domine
    Duration
    02:31
    Composer
    Hendrik Andriessen
    Performer
    Roberta Alexander
    Ensemble
    Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra
    Conductor
    David Porcelijn
  8. 8 Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Kuhnau 13:20
    Track
    8
    Title
    Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Kuhnau
    Duration
    13:20
    Composer
    Hendrik Andriessen
    Ensemble
    Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra
    Conductor
    David Porcelijn
  9. 9 Variations on a theme by Couperin 15:46
    Track
    9
    Title
    Variations on a theme by Couperin
    Duration
    15:46
    Composer
    Hendrik Andriessen
    Performer
    Paul Verheij, Ernestine Stoop
    Ensemble
    Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra
    Conductor
    David Porcelijn
  10. 10 Chromatic Variations 12:56
    Track
    10
    Title
    Chromatic Variations
    Duration
    12:56
    Composer
    Hendrik Andriessen
    Performer
    Tom Reinders, Herman Vincken, Maurits Bosman, Dmitri Ferschtman
    Ensemble
    Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra
    Conductor
    David Porcelijn
  11. 11 I. Largo - Allegro ma non troppo 06:15
    Track
    11
    Title
    I. Largo - Allegro ma non troppo
    Duration
    06:15
    Composer
    Hendrik Andriessen
    Performer
    Michael Müller
    Ensemble
    Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra
    Conductor
    Thierry Fischer
  12. 12 II. Allegro con spirito 04:22
    Track
    12
    Title
    II. Allegro con spirito
    Duration
    04:22
    Composer
    Hendrik Andriessen
    Performer
    Michael Müller
    Ensemble
    Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra
    Conductor
    Thierry Fischer
  13. 13 I. Sonata: Allegro 04:57
    Track
    13
    Title
    I. Sonata: Allegro
    Duration
    04:57
    Composer
    Hendrik Andriessen
    Performer
    Henk Swinnen
    Ensemble
    Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra
    Conductor
    Thierry Fischer
  14. 14 II. Aria: Andante 04:02
    Track
    14
    Title
    II. Aria: Andante
    Duration
    04:02
    Composer
    Hendrik Andriessen
    Performer
    Henk Swinnen
    Ensemble
    Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra
    Conductor
    Thierry Fischer
  15. 15 III. Fugato a capriccio: Allegro ma non troppo 04:10
    Track
    15
    Title
    III. Fugato a capriccio: Allegro ma non troppo
    Duration
    04:10
    Composer
    Hendrik Andriessen
    Performer
    Henk Swinnen
    Ensemble
    Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra
    Conductor
    Thierry Fischer
  16. 16 Canzona 11:59
    Track
    16
    Title
    Canzona
    Duration
    11:59
    Composer
    Hendrik Andriessen
    Performer
    Michael Müller
    Ensemble
    Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra
    Conductor
    Thierry Fischer
  17. 17 I. Allegro moderato 10:46
    Track
    17
    Title
    I. Allegro moderato
    Duration
    10:46
    Composer
    Hendrik Andriessen
    Performer
    Tinta Schmidt von Altenstadt
    Ensemble
    Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra
    Conductor
    Thierry Fischer
  18. 18 II. Grave e lento 05:44
    Track
    18
    Title
    II. Grave e lento
    Duration
    05:44
    Composer
    Hendrik Andriessen
    Performer
    Tinta Schmidt von Altenstadt
    Ensemble
    Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra
    Conductor
    Thierry Fischer
  19. 19 III. Allegro vivace 05:52
    Track
    19
    Title
    III. Allegro vivace
    Duration
    05:52
    Composer
    Hendrik Andriessen
    Performer
    Tinta Schmidt von Altenstadt
    Ensemble
    Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra
    Conductor
    Thierry Fischer