Estonian Festival Orchestra & Paavo Järvi - Eduard Tubin: Kratt; Bacewicz & Lutosławski (2023) [Official Digital Download]

For their fourth recording on Alpha Classics, Paavo Järvi and the Estonian Festival Orchestra - who bring together the best Estonian talent and leading musicians from around the world each year in Pärnu - celebrate composers from Estonia and Poland, two nations closely connected by their history. Eduard Tubin (1905-1982) is a composer whose ten symphonies tower at the top of Estonian orchestral music. The same may be said about his stage works. World War II forced Tubin to emigrate to Sweden in 1944, where he spent the rest of his life. Suite from the ballet Kratt (Goblin) is based on Tubin’s ballet by the same name, which was also the first ballet in Estonian musical history… Musique funèbre by Polish composer Witold Lutosławski (1913-1994), was composed in memory of Béla Bartók and its premiere commemorated the 10th anniversary of the Hungarian composer’s death. Bartók’s Orchestral Concerto inspired the Concerto for String Orchestra composed in 1948 by Grażyna Bacewicz (1909-1969). Ignored for many years, she is now one of Poland’s most popular female composers.

Tracklist:
01. Tubin: Suite from the Ballet Kratt: I. Introduction - Peasant Dance - Dance of the Goblin
02. Tubin: Suite from the Ballet Kratt: II. Long Dance - Peasant Waltz - Buck Dance
03. Tubin: Suite from the Ballet Kratt: III. Interlude - Dance of the Exorcists - The Goat - The Cock - Dance of the Northern Lights
04. Bacewicz: Concerto for String Orchestra: I. Allegro
05. Bacewicz: Concerto for String Orchestra: II. Andante
06. Bacewicz: Concerto for String Orchestra: III. Vivo
07. Tubin: Music for Strings: I. Moderato
08. Tubin: Music for Strings: II. Allegro
09. Tubin: Music for Strings: III. Adagio
10. Lutosławski: Musique funèbre pour orchestre à cordes: I. Prologue
11. Lutosławski: Musique funèbre pour orchestre à cordes: II. Metamorphosis
12. Lutosławski: Musique funèbre pour orchestre à cordes: III. Apogeum
13. Lutosławski: Musique funèbre pour orchestre à cordes: IV. Epilogue


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