Release Date: 25 May 2018
Label: Challenge Classics
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 608917276220
Genres: Classical Orchestral
Description
A Live recording of Robin de Raaff's Symphonies Nos. 1,2 and 4 performed by soprano Sophia Burgos, Radio Kamer Filharmonie, Orchestre de Picardie, Het Gelders Orkest, Doelen Ensemble and the Rascher Saxophone Quartet.
This is the third release by Challenge Classics devoted to the Dutch composer Robin de Raaff, whose orchestral and operatic output has been progressively drawing the attention of the musical world.
De Raaff's love for composing was partly derived from the symphonies of composers such as Brahms, Mahler, Shostakovich, Prokofiev and even Bernstein, but De Raaff is too much of a constructivist to write a symphony in the classical sense of the word. De Raaff became more and more convinced there was something to be gained in the concertante form, the orchestra and the soloist. He shies away from prescribed forms and developments, a recapitulated theme followed by various movements with different characters. De Raaff's Second and Fourth Symphonies are the result of a reinterpretation of works for a soloist or soloist group with accompaniment. They are a revision of the material, reminiscent of the way in which Pierre Boulez let Incises for piano grow into Sur incises for ensemble and how Luciano Berio recomposed a number of his Sequenzas into Chemins.
De Raaff is currently the Coordinator of the Composition Department at the Rotterdam Conservatory of Music (Codarts) where he has been a Professor of Composition and Orchestration since 2001.
Tracklisting
Narratio Quartet
Piano Duo Scholtes & Janssens
Matteo Cicchitti, Musica Elegentia
Cappella Pratensis, Stratton Bull, Sollazzo Ensemble
La Sfera Armoniosa, Oscar Verhaar, Mike Fentross
Simona Marchesi, Bartolomeo Dandolo Marchesi
Ben Kim, Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra
Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Jan Willem de Vriend
Anna Gourari, Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana & Markus Poschner
Vladimir Delman; Milan RAI Symphony Orchestra
Thomas Schippers; Orchestra Sinfonica di Torino della Rai; New York Philharmonic Orchestra; Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Liepaja Symphony Orchestra
Johanna Domotor; Meesun Hong Coleman; Stuttgarter Kammerorchester
Josef Krips; Various Orchestras
Josef Krips
Atalanta Fugiens Orchestra; Vanni Moretto
