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Eller: Violin Concerto, Fantasy, Symphony Legend & Symphony No. 2 / Elts, Skride, Estonian National Symphony

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Details

Composer
ELLER, HEINO
Artist
Skride, Elts
Format
CD
Label
Ondine
Released
Nov 09, 2018
Catalog #
ODE 1321-2
UPC
761195132128

About

Heino Eller (1887-1970) can be considered as one of the founders of Estonian professional music culture. Eller’s legacy is twofold – in his prolific instrumental compositions he forged an elaborate style that successfully combined both modern and national elements, and as a prominent professor of composition during half a century he influenced generations of Estonian composers. This new recording by the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Olari Elts and featuring violinist Baiba Skride includes some of the highlights from the composer’s catalogue of orchestral works and is a fitting tribute to the centenary of Estonia’s independence. Heino Eller’s Violin Concerto in B minor was the first in its genre in Estonian music. First written in the 1930s the one-movement work was scheduled to be performed in Tallinn on June 1940. For reasons unknown, the work was withdrawn until March 1965 when Neeme Järvi conducted the premiere. Another work for violin and orchestra, Fantasy, was first written in 1916 and orchestrated in 1964. Fantasy is one of the earliest compositions that bears the hallmarks Eller´s individual style, and its sensitive lyricism and charming simplicity give the work an enduring appeal. The Symphonic Legend is Eller’s largest score prior to the First Symphony (1936). It was premiered on June 1923 in Tartu, and Eller revised the score for performance in 1938. A work with a wealth of musical material and masterly orchestration, Symphonic Legend was next performed only in 2014 by Olari Elts with the Estonian NSO, and the current recording is the first. Heino Eller wrote three Symphonies between the 1930s and 1960s. Unlike his other two Symphonies, the 2nd Symphony has only one movement. The severe and at times tragic nature of the music was incompatible with the demands of the official Soviet cultural ideology.

Tracklist 4 tracks

  1. 1 Violin Concerto in B Minor 23:16
    Track
    1
    Title
    Violin Concerto in B Minor
    Duration
    23:16
    Composer
    Heino Eller
    Performer
    Baiba Skride
    Ensemble
    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Olari Elts
  2. 2 Symphonic Legend 23:54
    Track
    2
    Title
    Symphonic Legend
    Duration
    23:54
    Composer
    Heino Eller
    Ensemble
    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Olari Elts
  3. 3 Fantasy in G Minor 06:18
    Track
    3
    Title
    Fantasy in G Minor
    Duration
    06:18
    Composer
    Heino Eller
    Performer
    Baiba Skride
    Ensemble
    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Olari Elts
  4. 4 Symphony No. 2: I. Andante - Allegro molto 13:44
    Track
    4
    Title
    Symphony No. 2: I. Andante - Allegro molto
    Duration
    13:44
    Composer
    Heino Eller
    Ensemble
    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Olari Elts