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Gidon Kremer & Kremerata Baltica - New Seasons: Philip Glass, Arvo Part, Giya Kancheli, Shigeru Umebayashi (2015)

Posted By: Designol

Date: 22 Jan 2024 15:25:20

Gidon Kremer & Kremerata Baltica - New Seasons: Philip Glass, Arvo Part, Giya Kancheli, Shigeru Umebayashi (2015)

The New Seasons referred to in the title here are the so-called American Four Seasons, the Violin Concerto No. 2 of Philip Glass, which has even less of a connection to Vivaldi's model than do Astor Piazzolla's Buenos Aires Four Seasons and other works that take Vivaldi as a point of reference. The work is in eight sections, but which ones are supposed to represent which season is left up to the listener. It's really a typical but unusually effective example of late-period Glass, with the composer's usual textures intact but lots of harmonic motion. Part of the interest here lies in hearing Latvian violinist and conductor Gidon Kremer and his Kremerata Baltica, long champions of minimalism's Baltic branch, tackle a work by one of the leaders of Western minimalism. The American Four Seasons get a treatment that's a bit rougher than usual, but then Kremer turns around (after a Pärt girls' choir interlude) and delivers pristinely smooth, glassy textures in Giya Kancheli's Ex contrario. The program closes with a fascinating little melody by Japanese rock musician and film composer Shigeru Umebayashi, a daring and effective choice. This may not be to the taste of all Glass lovers, but it's an unusual minimalist selection, performed to the Kremerata Baltica's usual sterling standards.

Review by James Manheim, Allmusic.com

Gidon Kremer at Allmusic
Gidon Kremer at Wiki

Tracklist:

Philip Glass
Violin Concerto No.2 'The American Four Seasons'
01. I. Prologue (01:38)
02. II. Movement I (06:27)
03. III. Song No.1 (04:05)
04. IV. Movement II (11:13)
05. V. Song No.2 (02:29)
06. VVI. Movement III (06:18)
07. VII. Song No.3 (02:49)
08. VIII. Movement IV (07:05)
- Gidon Kremer, Kremerata Baltica

Arvo Pärt
09. Estonian Lullaby (02:11)
- Gidon Kremer, Kremerata Baltica, Girls' Choir "Liepaites"

Giya Kancheli
10. Ex contrario (29:58)
- Gidon Kremer, Giedre Dirvanauskaite, Andrei Pushkarev, Kremerata Baltica

Shigeru Umebayashi
11. Yumeji's Theme (from the 'Mood of love') (03:25)
- Gidon Kremer, Kremerata Baltica

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