Renewal / Hughes, Azkoul, United Strings of Europe

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BIS
Release Date
January 7, 2022
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Osvaldo Golijov, Joanna Marsh, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Caroline Shaw
    • PERFORMER
      Ruby Hughes, United Strings Of Europe, Julian Azkoul
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      January 07, 2022
    • UPC
      7318599925493
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      BIS-2549
    • LABEL
      BIS
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. In Winter's House (arr. J. Azkoul for string orchestra)

      Composer: Joanna Marsh

      Ensemble: United Strings of Europe

      Conductor: Julian Azkoul

    2. Entr'acte (version for string orchestra)

      Composer: Caroline Shaw

      Ensemble: United Strings of Europe

      Conductor: Julian Azkoul

    3. No. 1. Night of the Flying Horses

      Composer: Osvaldo Golijov

      Ensemble: United Strings of Europe

      Performer: Ruby Hughes

      Conductor: Julian Azkoul

    4. No. 2. Lúa Descolorida

      Composer: Osvaldo Golijov

      Ensemble: United Strings of Europe

      Performer: Ruby Hughes

      Conductor: Julian Azkoul

    5. No. 3. How Slow the Wind

      Composer: Osvaldo Golijov

      Ensemble: United Strings of Europe

      Performer: Ruby Hughes

      Conductor: Julian Azkoul

    6. I. Allegro vivace assai - Presto

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Ensemble: United Strings of Europe

      Conductor: Julian Azkoul

    7. II. Allegro assai

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Ensemble: United Strings of Europe

      Conductor: Julian Azkoul

    8. III. Adagio

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Ensemble: United Strings of Europe

      Conductor: Julian Azkoul

    9. IV. Finale: Allegro molto

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Ensemble: United Strings of Europe

      Conductor: Julian Azkoul

    10. And the Swallow (arr. J. Azkoul for string orchestra)

      Composer: Caroline Shaw

      Ensemble: United Strings of Europe

      Conductor: Julian Azkoul


Having released their debut album In motion in 2020, the musicians that make up United Strings of Europe (USE) return with another innovative program: Renewal. The title refers in part to the fact that the majority of the works included are heard in arrangements and adaptations tailormade for the ensemble by Julian Azkoul, who also directs it from the violin. In Winter’s House by Joanna Marsh and Caroline Shaw’s and the swallow are both originally choral works while a second work by Shaw, Entr’acte, was conceived for string quartet, but is here heard in the composer’s own version for string orchestra. A similar treatment has been given Mendelssohn’s F minor String Quartet, one of the composer’s final works, written in reaction to the unexpected death of his beloved sister Fanny. For the centerpiece of the disc, Osvaldo Golijov’s Three Songs, USE is joined by soprano Ruby Hughes. The three songs were written for different occasions, but were rearranged by the composer to form a single work, capturing various strands of his immigrant identity as well as specific moments of inspiration, both felicitous and tragic. This is the first time all three songs appear with string orchestra on album.