Kenins: Symphony No. 1 / Concerto di camera No. 1 / Piano Concerto
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TALIVALDIS KENINS
Kenins: Symphony No. 1 / Concerto di camera No. 1 / Piano Concerto
Latvian National Symphony Orchestra, Guntis Kuzma, Andris Poga
[ Ondine / CD ]
Release Date: Friday 6 November 2020
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Tālivaldis Ķeniņš (1919-2008) is a name that is not known to most classical listeners despite of his long international career as a composer. This album presents three orchestral works by one of Latvia's greatest 20th century composers performed by the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Andris Poga and Guntis Kuzma.
"A warm welcome to the catalogue to the orchestral music of this distinguished, quintessentially Latvian composer, who lived most of his professional life in Canada but whose formative education took place in France. Essentially a neo-romantic with an original, modally inflected tonal language, he wrote prolifically in many forms, including eight symphonies and eleven concertante works, which, if these splendid examples are anything to go by, are well worth discovery.
The composer's highly characteristic orchestration is evident throughout, with expressive emphasis placed on solo lines, and this is even more evident in the deeply moving slow movement, its melancholy, folk-inflected theme first stated by a plaintive bassoon, and then developed in sombre, stately counterpoint between instrumental groupings." Records International
Tracks:
Concerto da camera No. 1 (Version for Piano, Flute, Clarinet & String Orchestra)
Concerto for Piano, Percussion & String Orchestra
Symphony No. 1
