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Tuur: Symphony No. 8 and other Orchestral Works / Elts, Tapiola Sinfonietta

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Details

Composer
TUUR, ERKKI-SVEN
Artist
Power, Lacey, Elts
Format
CD
Label
Ondine
Released
Feb 09, 2018
Catalog #
ODE 1303-2
UPC
761195130322

About

Erkki-Sven Tüür (b. 1959) is one of the most outstanding voices in contemporary music today and regarded by many as one of the foremost living symphonists. This new album by Tapiola Sinfonietta and conductor Olari Elts includes world première recordings of two concertante works featuring violist Lawrence Power and recorder soloist Genevieve Lacey together with a late masterpiece, Symphony No. 8. Tüür describes his viola concerto Illuminatio (2008) is “a pilgrimage towards eternal light”. The work opens with a mysterious soundscape. As the work progresses, the music develops and grows, and the relationships between the soloist and the orchestra is in a constant change. Whistles and Whispers from Uluru (2007) for recorder and chamber orchestra was written to a commission from the Australian Chamber Orchestra for recorder virtuoso Genevieve Lacey. When the composer was writing the work at his summer residence in the island of Hiiumaa in Estonia, it was spring and the air was full of birdsong. In his mind, he connected Uluru, the sacred mountain of the Australian Aborigines, to his northern surroundings, and the two impulses fused. The soloist goes through multiple members of the recorder family, from sopranino down through treble, alto and tenor to bass, and then back to the heights of the sopranino. An electronic soundtrack augments the texture at times. Symphony No. 8 was commissioned by the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and was completed in 2010. Tüür scored the work for a sinfonietta-type ensemble instead of a large symphony orchestra, and as a result the music has at times a chamber music feel.

Tracklist 8 tracks

  1. 1 I. — 09:07
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. —
    Duration
    09:07
    Composer
    Erkki-Sven Tüür
    Performer
    Lawrence Power
    Ensemble
    Tapiola Sinfonietta
    Conductor
    Olari Elts
  2. 2 II. — 04:06
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. —
    Duration
    04:06
    Composer
    Erkki-Sven Tüür
    Performer
    Lawrence Power
    Ensemble
    Tapiola Sinfonietta
    Conductor
    Olari Elts
  3. 3 III. — 04:12
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. —
    Duration
    04:12
    Composer
    Erkki-Sven Tüür
    Performer
    Lawrence Power
    Ensemble
    Tapiola Sinfonietta
    Conductor
    Olari Elts
  4. 4 IV. — 06:19
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. —
    Duration
    06:19
    Composer
    Erkki-Sven Tüür
    Performer
    Lawrence Power
    Ensemble
    Tapiola Sinfonietta
    Conductor
    Olari Elts
  5. 5 Whistles and Whispers from Uluru 13:57
    Track
    5
    Title
    Whistles and Whispers from Uluru
    Duration
    13:57
    Composer
    Erkki-Sven Tüür
    Performer
    Genevieve Lacey, Marko Myöhänen
    Ensemble
    string section Tapiola Sinfonietta
    Conductor
    Olari Elts
  6. 6 I. — 14:03
    Track
    6
    Title
    I. —
    Duration
    14:03
    Composer
    Erkki-Sven Tüür
    Ensemble
    Tapiola Sinfonietta
    Conductor
    Olari Elts
  7. 7 II. — 05:50
    Track
    7
    Title
    II. —
    Duration
    05:50
    Composer
    Erkki-Sven Tüür
    Ensemble
    Tapiola Sinfonietta
    Conductor
    Olari Elts
  8. 8 III. — 05:39
    Track
    8
    Title
    III. —
    Duration
    05:39
    Composer
    Erkki-Sven Tüür
    Ensemble
    Tapiola Sinfonietta
    Conductor
    Olari Elts