BIS
Renewal / Hughes, Azkoul, United Strings of Europe
$10.99
Details
- Composer
- Osvaldo Golijov, Joanna Marsh, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Caroline Shaw
- Artist
- Ruby Hughes, United Strings Of Europe, Julian Azkoul
- Format
- SACD
- Label
- BIS
- Released
- Jan 07, 2022
- Catalog #
- BIS-2549
- UPC
- 7318599925493
About
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.
Tracklist 10 tracks
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1 In Winter's House (arr. J. Azkoul for string orchestra) 04:30
- Track
- 1
- Title
- In Winter's House (arr. J. Azkoul for string orchestra)
- Duration
- 04:30
- Composer
- Joanna Marsh
- Ensemble
- United Strings of Europe
- Conductor
- Julian Azkoul
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2 Entr'acte (version for string orchestra) 10:40
- Track
- 2
- Title
- Entr'acte (version for string orchestra)
- Duration
- 10:40
- Composer
- Caroline Shaw
- Ensemble
- United Strings of Europe
- Conductor
- Julian Azkoul
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3 No. 1. Night of the Flying Horses 08:13
- Track
- 3
- Title
- No. 1. Night of the Flying Horses
- Duration
- 08:13
- Composer
- Osvaldo Golijov
- Performer
- Ruby Hughes
- Ensemble
- United Strings of Europe
- Conductor
- Julian Azkoul
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4 No. 2. Lúa Descolorida 06:21
- Track
- 4
- Title
- No. 2. Lúa Descolorida
- Duration
- 06:21
- Composer
- Osvaldo Golijov
- Performer
- Ruby Hughes
- Ensemble
- United Strings of Europe
- Conductor
- Julian Azkoul
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5 No. 3. How Slow the Wind 07:19
- Track
- 5
- Title
- No. 3. How Slow the Wind
- Duration
- 07:19
- Composer
- Osvaldo Golijov
- Performer
- Ruby Hughes
- Ensemble
- United Strings of Europe
- Conductor
- Julian Azkoul
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6 I. Allegro vivace assai - Presto 07:28
- Track
- 6
- Title
- I. Allegro vivace assai - Presto
- Duration
- 07:28
- Composer
- Felix Mendelssohn
- Ensemble
- United Strings of Europe
- Conductor
- Julian Azkoul
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7 II. Allegro assai 04:42
- Track
- 7
- Title
- II. Allegro assai
- Duration
- 04:42
- Composer
- Felix Mendelssohn
- Ensemble
- United Strings of Europe
- Conductor
- Julian Azkoul
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8 III. Adagio 08:23
- Track
- 8
- Title
- III. Adagio
- Duration
- 08:23
- Composer
- Felix Mendelssohn
- Ensemble
- United Strings of Europe
- Conductor
- Julian Azkoul
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9 IV. Finale: Allegro molto 05:41
- Track
- 9
- Title
- IV. Finale: Allegro molto
- Duration
- 05:41
- Composer
- Felix Mendelssohn
- Ensemble
- United Strings of Europe
- Conductor
- Julian Azkoul
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10 And the Swallow (arr. J. Azkoul for string orchestra) 04:20
- Track
- 10
- Title
- And the Swallow (arr. J. Azkoul for string orchestra)
- Duration
- 04:20
- Composer
- Caroline Shaw
- Ensemble
- United Strings of Europe
- Conductor
- Julian Azkoul