Symphony No. 6 'Strata' / Noesis: Concerto for clarinet, violin and orchestra
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ERKKI-SVEN TUUR
Symphony No. 6 'Strata' / Noesis: Concerto for clarinet, violin and orchestra
Jörg Widmann (clarinet) / Carolin Widmann (violin) / Nordic Symphony Orchestra / Anu Tali
[ ECM New Series / CD ]
Release Date: Wednesday 17 November 2010
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"The craftsmanship [of Strata] is obvious, and the textures it generates are often striking...[Noésis is] an exercise in fusion, beginning with the solo instruments as distinct musical entities, and gradually bringing them into a closer relationship. It is beautifully played" The Guardian, 30th September 2010 ***
Tracks:
Symphony No. 6 'Strata'
Noēsis: Concerto for clarinet, violin and orchestra
The album Strata presents large-scale music for orchestral forces from highly regarded Estonian composer Erkki-Sven Tüür - his Sixth Symphony and Concerto for violin and clarinet. It is Tüür's fifth ECM New Series album with compositions that are, in his words, "abstract dramas in sound, with individual characters and an extremely dynamic chain of events; unfolding in a space that is constantly shifting, expanding and contracting."
Introduced on ECM with the 1996 release Crystallisatio, Erkki-Sven Tüür has come to be one of the most celebrated of Estonian composers, after Arvo Pärt probably the most widely-played internationally. Strata an album of great power, recorded in Tallinn at the Estonia Concert Hall, is certain to widen Tüür's following. The album is also an ECM debut for charismatic Estonian conductor Anu Tali and the Nordic Symphony Orchestra (which she co-founded). Originally projected as a Finnish-Estonian undertaking, the orchestra has grown to include outstanding players from 15 countries.
Soloists on Noēsis are German clarinettist (and composer) Jörg Widmann and his violinist sister Carolin, two of the most distinguished instrumentalists of their generation. Carolin Widman has received praise and prizes for her ECM recordings of Schumann's Violin Sonatas (476 6744) and her 20th century recital disc Phantasy of Spring (476 3310). An album of Jörg Widmann's compositions is scheduled for New Series release in 2011.
"Tüür charges his scores with a primal energy that reaches past its textural complexity to speak directly to the listener." Martin Anderson, International Record Review
