Varèse, Lutoslawski, Ligeti & Baldini: Orchestral Works
Details
- Composer
- BALDINI LIGETI LUTOSLAWSKI
- Artist
- Baldini, Haft, Cuckson
- Format
- CD
- Label
- Centaur Records
- Released
- Aug 06, 2021
- Catalog #
- CRC3879
- UPC
- 044747387925
About
This is an album featuring path-breaking works for orchestra and for violin and orchestra. Lutoslawski, Verese, and Ligeti certainly need no introduction. Conductor Christian Baldini is also a first-rate composer. Two superb violinists, Miranda Cuckson and Maximilian Haft are featured performers. "Christian Baldini brings symphonic revival" commented the Buenos Aires Herald on Baldini's recent concerts at the Teatro Argentino featuring Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring and Varèse's Amériques. Based in California, Baldini conducts regularly several international orchestras including the Munich Radio Orchestra, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Buenos Aires Philharmonic, BBC Symphony Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, National Symphony Orchestra (of Argentina and the US), Orquestra Sinfónica do Porto (Portugal), San Francisco Contemporary Music Players, and Ensemble Dal Niente. Baldini recently made his debut conducting Verdi's Aida in London for English National Opera, and has conducted new productions at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, where he received the National Critics Association Award for best operatic performance.
Tracklist 11 tracks
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1 Elapsing Twilight Shades (version for string orchestra) 07:26
- Track
- 1
- Title
- Elapsing Twilight Shades (version for string orchestra)
- Duration
- 07:26
- Composer
- Christian Baldini
- Ensemble
- Münchner Rundfunkorchester
- Conductor
- Christian Baldini
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2 I. Ad libitum 03:47
- Track
- 2
- Title
- I. Ad libitum
- Duration
- 03:47
- Composer
- Witold Lutosławski
- Performer
- Maximilian Haft
- Ensemble
- UC Davis Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- Christian Baldini
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3 II. A battuta 04:57
- Track
- 3
- Title
- II. A battuta
- Duration
- 04:57
- Composer
- Witold Lutosławski
- Performer
- Maximilian Haft
- Ensemble
- UC Davis Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- Christian Baldini
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4 III. Ad libitum 04:37
- Track
- 4
- Title
- III. Ad libitum
- Duration
- 04:37
- Composer
- Witold Lutosławski
- Performer
- Maximilian Haft
- Ensemble
- UC Davis Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- Christian Baldini
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5 IV. A battuta 04:31
- Track
- 5
- Title
- IV. A battuta
- Duration
- 04:31
- Composer
- Witold Lutosławski
- Performer
- Maximilian Haft
- Ensemble
- UC Davis Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- Christian Baldini
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6 I. Praeludium 04:11
- Track
- 6
- Title
- I. Praeludium
- Duration
- 04:11
- Composer
- György Ligeti
- Performer
- Miranda Cuckson
- Ensemble
- UC Davis Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- Christian Baldini
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7 II. Aria - Hoquet - Chorale 08:00
- Track
- 7
- Title
- II. Aria - Hoquet - Chorale
- Duration
- 08:00
- Composer
- György Ligeti
- Performer
- Miranda Cuckson
- Ensemble
- UC Davis Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- Christian Baldini
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8 III. Intermezzo 02:31
- Track
- 8
- Title
- III. Intermezzo
- Duration
- 02:31
- Composer
- György Ligeti
- Performer
- Miranda Cuckson
- Ensemble
- UC Davis Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- Christian Baldini
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9 IV. Passacaglia 06:39
- Track
- 9
- Title
- IV. Passacaglia
- Duration
- 06:39
- Composer
- György Ligeti
- Performer
- Miranda Cuckson
- Ensemble
- UC Davis Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- Christian Baldini
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10 V. Appassionato 07:36
- Track
- 10
- Title
- V. Appassionato
- Duration
- 07:36
- Composer
- György Ligeti
- Performer
- Miranda Cuckson
- Ensemble
- UC Davis Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- Christian Baldini
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11 Amériques (1922 original version) 23:26
- Track
- 11
- Title
- Amériques (1922 original version)
- Duration
- 23:26
- Composer
- Edgard Varèse
- Ensemble
- UC Davis Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- Christian Baldini