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Inside Eroica / Flex Ensemble

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Details

Composer
BEETHOVEN WILLIAMSON
Artist
FLEX ENSEMBLE
Format
CD
Label
CAvi-music
Released
Jan 01, 2021
Catalog #
AVI 8553025
UPC
4260085530250

About

The present release is the second album on Avi with the Dutch/French/German group Flex Ensemble. The release features a new arrangement of Beethoven’s Third Symphony, “Eroica,” for piano quartet, completed by the composer’s pupil and friend Ferdinand Ries. Additionally, Canadian/German composer Gordon Williamson wrote two pieces reflecting the Eroica. Both embrace the Beethoven arrangement, and are receiving here their world premiere recording. “When we first found out about an arrangement for piano quartet of Beethoven’s Third Symphony, we were of course very curious! It seemed exciting and perhaps a bit crazy to play an entire symphony with just the four of us, but in fact, in the days before recordings, it was very common to hear and play transcriptions. It was a way to get to know the latest symphonic works, even if you lived nowhere near a big town or city. But even though the idea of transcribing symphonies wasn’t new, for us it offered a totally different and fresh perspective on a very familiar piece of music.” (Martha Bijlsma)

Tracklist 13 tracks

  1. 1 Allegro in B Minor, Op. 8 09:30
    Track
    1
    Title
    Allegro in B Minor, Op. 8
    Duration
    09:30
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Tim Horton
  2. 2 I. Allegro giusto 13:48
    Track
    2
    Title
    I. Allegro giusto
    Duration
    13:48
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Tim Horton
  3. 3 II. Andante 04:29
    Track
    3
    Title
    II. Andante
    Duration
    04:29
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Tim Horton
  4. 4 III. Allegro vivace 05:32
    Track
    4
    Title
    III. Allegro vivace
    Duration
    05:32
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Tim Horton
  5. 5 No. 1. Sehr langsam 02:22
    Track
    5
    Title
    No. 1. Sehr langsam
    Duration
    02:22
    Composer
    Arnold Schoenberg
    Performer
    Tim Horton
  6. 6 No. 2. Sehr rasch 01:26
    Track
    6
    Title
    No. 2. Sehr rasch
    Duration
    01:26
    Composer
    Arnold Schoenberg
    Performer
    Tim Horton
  7. 7 No. 3. Langsam 02:48
    Track
    7
    Title
    No. 3. Langsam
    Duration
    02:48
    Composer
    Arnold Schoenberg
    Performer
    Tim Horton
  8. 8 No. 4. Schwungvoll 01:32
    Track
    8
    Title
    No. 4. Schwungvoll
    Duration
    01:32
    Composer
    Arnold Schoenberg
    Performer
    Tim Horton
  9. 9 No. 5. Walzer 02:49
    Track
    9
    Title
    No. 5. Walzer
    Duration
    02:49
    Composer
    Arnold Schoenberg
    Performer
    Tim Horton
  10. 10 No. 2. Oiseaux tristes 04:23
    Track
    10
    Title
    No. 2. Oiseaux tristes
    Duration
    04:23
    Composer
    Maurice Ravel
    Performer
    Tim Horton
  11. 11 No. 3. Une barque sur l'ocean 07:30
    Track
    11
    Title
    No. 3. Une barque sur l'ocean
    Duration
    07:30
    Composer
    Maurice Ravel
    Performer
    Tim Horton
  12. 12 No. 4. Alborada del gracioso 07:12
    Track
    12
    Title
    No. 4. Alborada del gracioso
    Duration
    07:12
    Composer
    Maurice Ravel
    Performer
    Tim Horton
  13. 13 No. 5. La vallee des cloches 06:08
    Track
    13
    Title
    No. 5. La vallee des cloches
    Duration
    06:08
    Composer
    Maurice Ravel
    Performer
    Tim Horton