Gilse Symphonies Nos 1 & 2
A welcome issue for a brave composer who has never received his due
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Composer or Director: Jan van Gilse
Genre:
Orchestral
Label: CPO
Magazine Review Date: 13/2008
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 0
Mastering:
Stereo
DDD
Catalogue Number: CPO7773492
Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
---|---|
Symphony No. 1 |
Jan van Gilse, Composer
David Porcelijn, Conductor Jan van Gilse, Composer Netherlands Symphony Orchestra |
Symphony No. 2 |
Jan van Gilse, Composer
David Porcelijn, Conductor Jan van Gilse, Composer Netherlands Symphony Orchestra |
Author: Guy Rickards
Tragic as were the closing years of his life, his music is full of life and drama. The personal voice is not especially distinctive but the symphonies here – student works both – are well made, attractive to the ear and substantial concert items. Where the First (1901) is a pleasant, stylistically conservative setting-out of his stall as a creative artist, the Second (1902-03, rev 1928; in three movements, fast, not-quite-so-fast, slower) is a more profound utterance, influenced by Bruckner, Mahler and Wagner without being radical. David Porcelijn directs fine accounts and the Netherlands Symphony Orchestra respond warmly to the music. Splendidly recorded, too, this disc – one assumes Nos 3 and 4 will follow soon – is a long overdue act of restitution.
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