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Istrian Rhapsody / Repušic, Munich Radio Orchestra
BR Klassik

Istrian Rhapsody / Repušic, Munich Radio Orchestra

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Details

Composer
Natko Devcic, Dejan Lazic, Ivan Matetic Ronjgov
Artist
Dejan Lazic, Stjepan Veckovic, Munchner Rundfunkorchester
Format
CD
Label
BR Klassik
Released
May 19, 2023
Catalog #
BRK900332
UPC
4035719003321

About

The folk music of the Croatian peninsula of Istria is as characteristic as it is extraordinary. Its melodies, harmonies and rhythms are unique, and sonorously expressed by the sopila - a traditional shawm instrument - as well as through choral singing and folk dances. The music with its asymmetrical rhythms is based on the so-called "pentatonic Istrian scale", which consists of major and minor seconds and is thus clearly different from the other musical styles of Croatia. Numerous non-Istrian musicians and composers have been fascinated by it - among them the Croatian composer Natko Devčić, with his "Istrian Suite" for orchestra (1946), or the young Croatian pianist and composer Dejan Lazić with his "Concerto in Istrian Style for Piano and Orchestra” op. 18 (2014/2021), or his "Alterations on the Istrian Folk Hymn" op. 29 (2022).

Natko Devčić was one of Croatia's most important composers and music educators, leaving a lasting impression on subsequent generations of musicians. His most lasting success as a composer came with his "Istrian Suite" for orchestra from 1946, which uses Istrian folk music as a source of inspiration and as a link between Slavic late Romanticism and the avant-garde.

Dejan Lazić’s five-movement "Concerto in Istrian Style for Piano and Orchestra” op. 18 is closely connected to Istrian music, with its melodies, harmonies and rhythms, and features the "Istrian scale" as well as the typical melodies played in thirds. The central movement of the concerto is an extended cadenza in which Lazić – who has already composed cadenzas for piano concertos by Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven and also arranged Brahms' Violin Concerto op. 77 for piano and orchestra – demonstrates his diverse experience in this field. Lazić's "Alterations on the Istrian Folk Hymn" op. 29 were written for the present CD and are dedicated to the Munich Radio Orchestra and its principal conductor Ivan Repušic.

The song "Draga nam je zemlja", recorded by Ivan Matetić Ronjgov, was and continues to be sung as a folk hymn in Istria, and in his work Lazić has taken its melody as the basis for a theme and twelve variations with coda for orchestra.

Tracklist 12 tracks

  1. 1 I. Overture 07:51
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Overture
    Duration
    07:51
    Composer
    Dejan Lazić
    Performer
    Dejan Lazić
    Ensemble
    Münchner Rundfunkorchester
    Conductor
    Ivan Repušić
  2. 2 II. Intermezzo 10:07
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Intermezzo
    Duration
    10:07
    Composer
    Dejan Lazić
    Performer
    Dejan Lazić
    Ensemble
    Münchner Rundfunkorchester
    Conductor
    Ivan Repušić
  3. 3 III. Cadenza ad libitum 09:18
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Cadenza ad libitum
    Duration
    09:18
    Composer
    Dejan Lazić
    Performer
    Dejan Lazić
    Ensemble
    Münchner Rundfunkorchester
    Conductor
    Ivan Repušić
  4. 4 IV. Canon and Rondo (on Istrian Folk Tunes) 07:22
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Canon and Rondo (on Istrian Folk Tunes)
    Duration
    07:22
    Composer
    Dejan Lazić
    Performer
    Dejan Lazić
    Ensemble
    Münchner Rundfunkorchester
    Conductor
    Ivan Repušić
  5. 5 V. Finale 01:51
    Track
    5
    Title
    V. Finale
    Duration
    01:51
    Composer
    Dejan Lazić
    Performer
    Dejan Lazić
    Ensemble
    Münchner Rundfunkorchester
    Conductor
    Ivan Repušić
  6. 6 I. Predigra (Prelude) 04:32
    Track
    6
    Title
    I. Predigra (Prelude)
    Duration
    04:32
    Composer
    Natko Devčić
    Ensemble
    Münchner Rundfunkorchester
    Conductor
    Ivan Repušić
  7. 7 II. Poskočnica (Leaping Dance) 02:23
    Track
    7
    Title
    II. Poskočnica (Leaping Dance)
    Duration
    02:23
    Composer
    Natko Devčić
    Ensemble
    Münchner Rundfunkorchester
    Conductor
    Ivan Repušić
  8. 8 III. Uspavanka (Lullaby) 04:46
    Track
    8
    Title
    III. Uspavanka (Lullaby)
    Duration
    04:46
    Composer
    Natko Devčić
    Ensemble
    Münchner Rundfunkorchester
    Conductor
    Ivan Repušić
  9. 9 IV. Finale 06:03
    Track
    9
    Title
    IV. Finale
    Duration
    06:03
    Composer
    Natko Devčić
    Ensemble
    Münchner Rundfunkorchester
    Conductor
    Ivan Repušić
  10. 10 Istarska narodna himna (Istrian Folk Anthem) (arr. D. Lazić for 2 sopile) 00:30
    Track
    10
    Title
    Istarska narodna himna (Istrian Folk Anthem) (arr. D. Lazić for 2 sopile)
    Duration
    00:30
    Composer
    Ivan Matetić Ronjgov
    Performer
    Stjepan Večković
  11. 11 Istarska narodna himna (Istrian Folk Anthem) (arr. D. Lazić for choir) 02:45
    Track
    11
    Title
    Istarska narodna himna (Istrian Folk Anthem) (arr. D. Lazić for choir)
    Duration
    02:45
    Composer
    Ivan Matetić Ronjgov
    Ensemble
    Croatian Radio and Television Choir
    Conductor
    Tomislav Fačini
  12. 12 Alterations on the Istrian Folk Anthem, Op. 29 04:44
    Track
    12
    Title
    Alterations on the Istrian Folk Anthem, Op. 29
    Duration
    04:44
    Composer
    Dejan Lazić
    Ensemble
    Münchner Rundfunkorchester
    Conductor
    Ivan Repušić