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Exile

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Composer
Andrzey Panufnik, Franz Schubert, Ivan Wyschnegradsky, Eugene Ysaye
Artist
Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Thomas Kaufmann, Camerata Bern
Format
CD
Discs
1
Label
Alpha
Released
Jan 24, 2025
Catalog #
ALPHA1110
UPC
3701624511107

About

This programme brings together composers who, for the most part, were compelled to flee their homeland. In 1920, Ivan Wyschnegradsky took refuge in Paris, where he wrote for a quarter-tone piano at a time when, in Russia, the slightest dissonance was considered a political provocation. Andrzej Panufnik left his native Poland in 1954. Alfred Schnittke settled in Hamburg in 1990, eight years before his death, having spent most of his life in the Soviet Union. Although Schubert never moved away from Vienna, the pain and solitude of his inner exile are palpable in his music. Finally, the Belgian violin virtuoso Eugene Ysaye emigrated on account of the First World War and it was in the United States, in 1917, that he wrote the melancholy musical poem recorded here, which he called Exil! Is exile nothing but pain and isolation, or also a source of inspiration which, with music, expresses what words cannot say, acting as the ultimate refuge? 'Let's listen to what they have to say', suggests Patricia Kopatchinskaja, herself 'uprooted for ever'. She is joined by cellist Thomas Kaufmann and her friends from Camerata Bern.

Critic reviews

  • “A characteristically intriguing and engaging programme from Patricia Kopatchinskaja – including some discoveries – performed with the violinist’s usual intensity.”

    Gramophone, Editor’s choice, February 2025

  • “In this brilliantly recorded programme, Patricia Kopatchinskaja and Camerata Bern eschew some of the more familiar exiled composers of the 20th century, opting instead to feature a sequence of fascinating and stylistically diverse works, all of which deserve to be far better known.”

    BBC Music Magazine, 5 stars, February 2025

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  • “As always, Kopatchinskaja is on fire for the music. Her playing takes center stage in the concerto by Andrzej Panufnik, which was commissioned by Yehudi Menuhin and composed for him, as the orchestra only has a subdued role here.”

    Pizzicato, 5 stars, January 2025

Tracklist 13 tracks

  1. 1 Kugikly (arr. J. Keren for string ensemble) 04:44
    Track
    1
    Title
    Kugikly (arr. J. Keren for string ensemble)
    Duration
    04:44
    Composer
    Anonymous
    Ensemble
    Camerata Bern
  2. 2 I. Largo 03:53
    Track
    2
    Title
    I. Largo
    Duration
    03:53
    Composer
    Alfred Schnittke
    Performer
    Thomas Kaufmann, Vital Julian Frey
    Ensemble
    Camerata Bern
  3. 3 II. Presto 05:51
    Track
    3
    Title
    II. Presto
    Duration
    05:51
    Composer
    Alfred Schnittke
    Performer
    Thomas Kaufmann, Vital Julian Frey
    Ensemble
    Camerata Bern
  4. 4 III. Largo 10:40
    Track
    4
    Title
    III. Largo
    Duration
    10:40
    Composer
    Alfred Schnittke
    Performer
    Thomas Kaufmann, Vital Julian Frey
    Ensemble
    Camerata Bern
  5. 5 Cucuşor cu pană sură (Cuckoo with Grey Feather) 02:24
    Track
    5
    Title
    Cucuşor cu pană sură (Cuckoo with Grey Feather)
    Duration
    02:24
    Composer
    Traditional
    Performer
    Vlad Popescu
    Ensemble
    Camerata Bern
  6. 6 I. Rubato 06:42
    Track
    6
    Title
    I. Rubato
    Duration
    06:42
    Composer
    Andrzej Panufnik
    Performer
    Patricia Kopatchinskaja
    Ensemble
    Camerata Bern
  7. 7 II. Adagio 08:50
    Track
    7
    Title
    II. Adagio
    Duration
    08:50
    Composer
    Andrzej Panufnik
    Performer
    Patricia Kopatchinskaja
    Ensemble
    Camerata Bern
  8. 8 III. Vivace 06:08
    Track
    8
    Title
    III. Vivace
    Duration
    06:08
    Composer
    Andrzej Panufnik
    Performer
    Patricia Kopatchinskaja
    Ensemble
    Camerata Bern
  9. 9 5 Minuets and 6 Trios, D. 89: No. 3. Minuet and 2 Trios in D Minor (arr. P. Kopatchinskaja for string ensemble) 05:05
    Track
    9
    Title
    5 Minuets and 6 Trios, D. 89: No. 3. Minuet and 2 Trios in D Minor (arr. P. Kopatchinskaja for string ensemble)
    Duration
    05:05
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Ensemble
    Camerata Bern
  10. 10 I. Allegro scherzando 04:27
    Track
    10
    Title
    I. Allegro scherzando
    Duration
    04:27
    Composer
    Ivan Wyschnegradsky
    Ensemble
    Camerata Bern
  11. 11 II. Andante 04:00
    Track
    11
    Title
    II. Andante
    Duration
    04:00
    Composer
    Ivan Wyschnegradsky
    Ensemble
    Camerata Bern
  12. 12 III. Allegro risoluto 03:44
    Track
    12
    Title
    III. Allegro risoluto
    Duration
    03:44
    Composer
    Ivan Wyschnegradsky
    Ensemble
    Camerata Bern
  13. 13 Exil, Op. 25 08:17
    Track
    13
    Title
    Exil, Op. 25
    Duration
    08:17
    Composer
    Eugène Ysaÿe
    Performer
    Patricia Kopatchinskaja
    Ensemble
    Camerata Bern