Tournemire: Symphonies No 3 & 8 / Almeida, Moscow Symphony
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Finally, here are accounts that do this marvellous music something close to justice. The Russian associations of the Moscou Symphony (1912-13) may have been a...
Finally, here are accounts that do this marvellous music something close to justice. The Russian associations of the Moscou Symphony (1912-13) may have been a key factor: in marked contrast to the earlier issues, the orchestra here sound at home from the very first bar, and the jolly tintinnabulations of the dance-like scherzo come off very well.
Tournemire started the Third Symphony after a trip to Russia in 1911. The CD cover details its title as "Moscow 1913", though both Grove and Joel Marie Fauquet's notes omit "1913", merely the year of completion and not indicative of any programme concerning pre-Great War Russia. As its title suggests, No. 8 (1920-24; Fauquet's notes give conflicting completion dates three years apart) had a baleful inspiration - the death of the composer's wife in 1919. Tournemire became receptive to modern trends around this time, which might explain the score's more elusive atmosphere and resonances of Debussy, Holst and Prokofiev. This performance is a little more tentative than that of No. 3, but still quite serviceable.
-- Gramophone [5/1997]
Tournemire started the Third Symphony after a trip to Russia in 1911. The CD cover details its title as "Moscow 1913", though both Grove and Joel Marie Fauquet's notes omit "1913", merely the year of completion and not indicative of any programme concerning pre-Great War Russia. As its title suggests, No. 8 (1920-24; Fauquet's notes give conflicting completion dates three years apart) had a baleful inspiration - the death of the composer's wife in 1919. Tournemire became receptive to modern trends around this time, which might explain the score's more elusive atmosphere and resonances of Debussy, Holst and Prokofiev. This performance is a little more tentative than that of No. 3, but still quite serviceable.
-- Gramophone [5/1997]
Product Description:
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Release Date: October 07, 1996
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UPC: 730099380829
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Catalog Number: 8223808
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Label: Marco Polo
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Number of Discs: 1
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Composer: Tournemire
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Orchestra/Ensemble: Moscow Symphony Orchestra
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Performer: Antonio De, Almeida