HOLMBOE Chamber Symphonies
Lapland ensemble record the Dane’s chamber symphonies
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Composer or Director: Vagn Holmboe
Genre:
Orchestral
Label: Dacapo
Magazine Review Date: AW/2012
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 69
Mastering:
Stereo
DDD
Catalogue Number: 6220621
Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
---|---|
Chamber Symphony No. 1 |
Vagn Holmboe, Composer
Chamber Orchestra Of Lapland John Storgårds, Conductor Vagn Holmboe, Composer |
Chamber Symphony No. 2, 'Elegy' |
Vagn Holmboe, Composer
Chamber Orchestra Of Lapland John Storgårds, Conductor Vagn Holmboe, Composer |
Chamber Symphony No. 3, 'Frise' |
Vagn Holmboe, Composer
Chamber Orchestra Of Lapland John Storgårds, Conductor Vagn Holmboe, Composer |
Author: Guy Rickards
They are equally on their mettle in Nos 2 (1968) and 3 (1969-70), contemporary with the Ninth and Tenth Symphonies. The Second’s title, Elegy, may, as annotator Jens Cornelius suggests, derive from Holmboe’s self-questioning after his resignation from teaching but its atmosphere – and length, at 29 minutes, the longest of the three – suggests deeper concerns. The Third, Frise (‘Frieze’) was written to mark the creation of a ceramic frieze in an Aalborg school; abstract in design, its musical argument (which he decanted into a miniature cantata profana) again compels attention across six concentrated movements that give the impression of expansiveness. Excellent performances, superb sound: you will not hear a finer disc this year.
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