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PROKOFIEV Hannu Lintu Piano Concertos Nos
Olli Mustonen Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra PROKOFIEV Hannu Lintu Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 5 SERGEI PROKOFIEV (1891–1953) Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 16 33:55 1 I Andantino 11:57 2 II Scherzo. Vivace 2:59 3 III Intermezzo. Allegro moderato 7:04 4 IV Finale. Allegro tempestoso 11:55 Piano Concerto No. 5 in G major, Op. 55 23:43 5 I Allegro con brio 5:15 6 II Moderato ben accentuato 4:02 7 III Toccata. Allegro con fuoco 1:58 8 IV Larghetto 6:27 9 V Vivo 6:01 OLLI MUSTONEN, piano Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra HANNU LINTU, conductor 3 Prokofiev Piano Concertos Nos. 2 and 5 Honestly frank, or just plain rude? Prokofiev was renowned for his uncompromisingly direct behaviour. On one occasion he berated a famous singer saying – within the hearing of her many admirers – that she understood nothing of his music. Seeing her eyes brim, he mercilessly sharpened his tongue and humiliated her still further: ‘All of you women take refuge in tears instead of listening to what one has to say and learning how to correct your faults.’ One of Prokofiev’s long-suffering friends in France, fellow Russian émigré Nicolas Nabokov, sought to explain the composer’s boorishness by saying ‘Prokofiev, by nature, cannot tell a lie. He cannot even say the most conventional lie, such as “This is a charming piece”, when he believes the piece has no charm. […] On the contrary he would say exactly what he thought of it and discuss at great length its faults and its qualities and give valuable suggestions as to how to improve the piece.’ Nabokov said that for anyone with the resilience to withstand Prokofiev’s gruff manner and biting sarcasm he was an invaluable friend. -
Compact Discs by 20Th Century Composers Recent Releases - Spring 2020
Compact Discs by 20th Century Composers Recent Releases - Spring 2020 Compact Discs Adams, John Luther, 1953- Become Desert. 1 CDs 1 DVDs $19.98 Brooklyn, NY: Cantaloupe ©2019 CA 21148 2 713746314828 Ludovic Morlot conducts the Seattle Symphony. Includes one CD, and one video disc with a 5.1 surround sound mix. http://www.tfront.com/p-476866-become-desert.aspx Canticles of The Holy Wind. $16.98 Brooklyn, NY: Cantaloupe ©2017 CA 21131 2 713746313128 http://www.tfront.com/p-472325-canticles-of-the-holy-wind.aspx Adams, John, 1947- John Adams Album / Kent Nagano. $13.98 New York: Decca Records ©2019 DCA B003108502 2 028948349388 Contents: Common Tones in Simple Time -- 1. First Movement -- 2. the Anfortas Wound -- 3. Meister Eckhardt and Quackie -- Short Ride in a Fast Machine. Nagano conducts the Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal. http://www.tfront.com/p-482024-john-adams-album-kent-nagano.aspx Ades, Thomas, 1971- Colette [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]. $14.98 Lake Shore Records ©2019 LKSO 35352 2 780163535228 Music from the film starring Keira Knightley. http://www.tfront.com/p-476302-colette-[original-motion-picture-soundtrack].aspx Agnew, Roy, 1891-1944. Piano Music / Stephanie McCallum, Piano. $18.98 London: Toccata Classics ©2019 TOCC 0496 5060113444967 Piano music by the early 20th century Australian composer. http://www.tfront.com/p-481657-piano-music-stephanie-mccallum-piano.aspx Aharonian, Coriun, 1940-2017. Carta. $18.98 Wien: Wergo Records ©2019 WER 7374 2 4010228737424 The music of the late Uruguayan composer is performed by Ensemble Aventure and SWF-Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden. http://www.tfront.com/p-483640-carta.aspx Ahmas, Harri, 1957- Organ Music / Jan Lehtola, Organ. -
Magnus Lindberg Al Largo • Cello Concerto No
MAGNUS LINDBERG AL LARGO • CELLO CONCERTO NO. 2 • ERA ANSSI KARTTUNEN FINNISH RADIO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA HANNU LINTU MAGNUS LINDBERG (1958) 1 Al largo (2009–10) 24:53 Cello Concerto No. 2 (2013) 20:58 2 I 9:50 3 II 6:09 4 III 4:59 5 Era (2012) 20:19 ANSSI KARTTUNEN, cello (2–4) FINNISH RADIO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA HANNU LINTU, conductor 2 MAGNUS LINDBERG 3 “Though my creative personality and early works were formed from the music of Zimmermann and Xenakis, and a certain anarchy related to rock music of that period, I eventually realised that everything goes back to the foundations of Schoenberg and Stravinsky – how could music ever have taken another road? I see my music now as a synthesis of these elements, combined with what I learned from Grisey and the spectralists, and I detect from Kraft to my latest pieces the same underlying tastes and sense of drama.” – Magnus Lindberg The shift in musical thinking that Magnus Lindberg thus described in December 2012, a few weeks before the premiere of Era, was utter and profound. Lindberg’s composer profile has evolved from his early edgy modernism, “carved in stone” to use his own words, to the softer and more sonorous idiom that he has embraced recently, suggesting a spiritual kinship with late Romanticism and the great masters of the early 20th century. On the other hand, in the same comment Lindberg also mentioned features that have remained constant in his music, including his penchant for drama going back to the early defiantly modernistKraft (1985). -
THURSDAY SERIES 7 John Storgårds, Conductor Golda
2.3. THURSDAY SERIES 7 Helsinki Music Centre at 19.00 John Storgårds, conductor Golda Schultz, soprano Ernest Pingoud: La face d’une grande ville 25 min 1. La rue oubliée 2. Fabriques 3. Monuments et fontaines 4. Reclames lumineuses 5. Le cortege des chomeurs 6. Vakande hus 7. Dialog der Strassenlaternen mit der Morgenröte W. A. Mozart: Concert aria “Misera, dove son” 7 min W. A. Mozart: Concert aria “Vado, ma dove” 4 min W. A. Mozart: Aria “Non più di fiori” 9 min from the opera La clemenza di Tito INTERVAL 20 min John Adams: City Noir, fpF 30 min I The City and its Double II The Song is for You III Boulevard Nighto Interval at about 20.00. The concert ends at about 21.00. 1 ERNEST PINGOUD rare in Finnish orchestral music, as was the saxophone that enters the scene a (1887–1942): LA FACE moment later. The short, quick Neon D’UNE GRANDE VILLE Signs likewise represents new technol- ogy: their lights flicker in a xylophone, The works of Ernest Pingoud fall into and galloping trumpets assault the lis- three main periods. The young com- tener’s ears. The dejected Procession of poser was a Late-Romantic in the spirit the Unemployed makes the suite a true of Richard Strauss, but in the 1910s he picture of the times; the Western world turned toward a more animated brand was, after all, in the grips of the great of Modernism inspired by Scriabin and depression. Houses Waking provides a Schönberg. In the mid-1920s – as it glimpse of the more degenerate side happened around the time the days of urban life, since the houses are of of the concert focusing on a particular course brothels in which life swings composer began to be numbered – he to the beat of a fairly slow dance-hall entered a more tranquil late period and waltz. -
Mozart & Shostakovich
CONCERT PROGRAM April 10-11, 2015 Hannu Lintu, conductor Jonathan Chu, violin Beth Guterman Chu, viola MOZART Sinfonia concertante in E-flat major for Violin, Viola, and (1756-1791) Orchestra, K. 364 (1779-80) Allegro maestoso Andante Presto Jonathan Chu, violin Beth Guterman Chu, viola INTERMISSION SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 8 in C minor, op. 65 (1943) (1906-1975) Adagio Allegretto Allegro non troppo— Largo— Allegretto 23 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS These concerts are part of the Wells Fargo Advisors series. These concerts are presented by Thompson Coburn LLP. Hannu Lintu is the Felix and Eleanor Slatkin Guest Artist. The concert of Friday, April 10, includes free coffee and doughnuts provided through the generosity of Krispy Kreme. The concert of Saturday, April 11, is underwritten in part by a generous gift from Marjorie M. Ivey. Pre-Concert Conversations are sponsored by Washington University Physicians. Large print program notes are available through the generosity of Link Auction Galleries and are located at the Customer Service table in the foyer. 24 FROM THE STAGE Beth Guterman Chu, Principal Viola, on Mozart’s Sinfonia concertante: “Mozart wrote for the viola tuned up a half step, so the viola is playing in D major instead of E-flat, which makes the passagework easier and makes for a brighter sound. Musicians stopped because violists got better. We can play E-flat without the tuning. I know of only one recording where it is done. I’m sure it changes the sound of the piece as we know it, with all open strings. “There are two deterrents for playing Mozart’s way. -
FRIDAY SERIES 2 Hannu Lintu, Conductor Helena Juntunen
30.9. FRIDAY SERIES 2 Helsinki Music Centre at 19.00 Hannu Lintu, conductor Helena Juntunen, soprano Topi Lehtipuu, tenor Neal Davies, baritone Helsinki Music Centre Choir, coach Tapani Länsiö Joseph Haydn: The Seasons 134 min I Spring II Summer INTERVAL 20 min III Autumn IV Winter Interval at about 20.15. The concert ends at about 21.40. Broadcast live on Yle Radio 1 and online at yle.fi/rso. 1 JOSEPH HAYDN vocal numbers are recitatives, arias, du- ets, trios and choruses in relatively free (1732–1809): combination. All three soloists may THE SEASONS give voice in a single recitative, and the transitions from solos to choruses are The four parts of The Seasons paint a flexible and musically effective. sweeping fresco of country life: Nature’s The Seasons begins with Spring, awakening in the spring, the heat and though the orchestral introduction thunderstorms of summer, the hunting still paints a picture of “surly winter” and harvesting of autumn and finally before spring finally bursts out in the the harsh, somnolent days of winter. choral Komm, holder Lenz! (Come, gen- The annual round also serves as a met- tle spring!) in lilting, pastoral 6/8 time. aphor for the stages in human life, from The solos are mostly in the tradition- youth to old age. The text of Winter al- al Singspiel style, and Simon’s aria ludes directly to this in Simon’s aria Schon eilet froh der Ackersmann (With Erblicke hier, betörter Mensch (Consider joy th’impatient husbandman) could this, misguided man). well be attributed to The Magic Flute’s Like his great oratorio The Creation, Papageno, though Simon is not a bird- The Seasons was a major project for catcher but a farmer eager to get out Haydn, and he was able to use what into the fields. -
London Symphony Orchestra London Symphony Chorus Sir Colin Davis, Direction Helena Juntunen, Soprano Sarah Connolly, Alto Paul Groves, Ténor Matthew Rose, Basse
SAMEDI 17 SEPTEMBRE – 20H Ludwig van Beethoven Missa Solemnis London Symphony Orchestra London Symphony Chorus Sir Colin Davis, direction Helena Juntunen, soprano Sarah Connolly, alto Paul Groves, ténor Matthew Rose, basse | Samedi 17 septembre Fin du concert vers 21h40. London Symphony Orchestra Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Missa Solemnis en ré majeur, op. 123 Kyrie Gloria Credo Sanctus – Benedictus Agnus Dei Composition : 1819-1823. Création : le 18 avril 1824 à Saint-Pétersbourg ; création allemande en avril ou mai 1827 à Wansdorf sous la direction de Johann-Vincenz Richter. Effectif : flûtes, hautbois, clarinettes, bassons par deux – 4 cors, 2 trompettes – timbales – cordes – orgue ad libitum – quatuor vocal et chœur mixte. Durée : environ 1h20. À l’origine, ce monument de musique sacrée a été entrepris à l’intention de l’archiduc Rodolphe, huitième et dernier frère de l’empereur François Ier d’Autriche. Beethoven affectionnait ce jeune élève très doué, compositeur à ses heures et, ce qui ne gâtait rien, mécène efficace. Le maître, qui lui a enseigné le piano avec exigence et avec quelques tempêtes à la clef, lui a dédié de nombreuses œuvres. Voici qu’en 1818, l’archiduc est élevé à la dignité de cardinal et archevêque d’Olmutz ; Beethoven lui propose une messe pour son intronisation, et il lui écrit dans un style gentiment courtisan qui lui ressemble peu : « Le jour où une messe solennelle composée par moi sera exécutée durant les cérémonies de consécration de Votre Altesse Impériale, ce jour comptera pour moi parmi les jours les plus glorieux de ma vie, et Dieu m’assistera afin que mes pauvres talents puissent contribuer à la gloire de ce jour ». -
FRIDAY SERIES 6 Hannu Lintu, Conductor Augustin Hadelich
23.11. FRIDAY SERIES 6 Helsinki Music Centre at 19:00 Hannu Lintu, conductor Augustin Hadelich, violin Pelageya Kurennaya, sopranoe Henri Dutilleux: L’arbre des songes 25 min 1. Librement, Interlude 2. Vif, Interlude 2 3. Lent, Interlude 3 4. Large et animé. INTERVAL 20 min Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 4 in G Major 58 min I. Bedächtig, nicht eilen II. In gemächlicher Bewegung, ohne Hast III. Ruhevoll, poco adagio IV. Sehr behaglich Also playing in this concert will be five students from the Sibelius Academy, University of the Arts Helsinki, chosen for the Helsinki Music Centre’s Orchestra Academy: Andrew Ng, violin I, Elizabeth Stewart, violin 2, Anna-Maria Viksten, viola, Basile Ausländer, cello, and Kaapo Kangas, double bass. The Helsinki Music Centre Orchestra Academy is a joint venture by the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, the FRSO and the Sibelius Academy aiming at training that is of an increasingly high standard and with a more practical and international orientation. Players, conductors and composers take part in the project under professional guidance. The Orchestra Academy started up in autumn 2015.. Interval at about 19:40. The concert will end at about 21:15. Broadcast live on Yle Radio 1 and streamed at yle.fi/areena.Dutilleux’s L’arbre des songes will be shown in the programme “RSO Musiikkitalossa” (The FRSO at the Helsinki Music Centre) on Yle Teema on 10.2. with a repeat on Yle TV 1 on 16.2. 1 HENRI DUTILLEUX The concerto falls into four main sec- tions joined by three interludes looking (1916–2013): VIOLIN back to the one just ended and ahead CONCERTO L'ARBRE to the one to follow. -
FRIDAY SERIES 5 Hannu Lintu, Conductor Li-Wei Qin, Cello
9.11. FRIDAY SERIES 5 Helsinki Music Centre at 19:00 Hannu Lintu, conductor Li-Wei Qin, cello Witold Lutosławski: Symphony No. 2 30 min Hesitant Direct INTERVAL 20 min Pyotr Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme, 18 min Op. 33 Thema. Moderato assai quasi Andante–Moderato semplice Var. I. Tempo della Thema Var. II. Tempo della Thema Var. III. Andante sostenuto Var. V. Andante grazioso Var. V. Allegro moderato Var. VI. Andante. Var. VII e Coda. Allegro vivo Sergei Prokofiev (arr. Palmer): War and Peace, 26 min symphonic suite I The Ball 1. Fanfare and Polonaise (Maestoso e brioso) 2. Waltz (Allegro ma non troppo) 3. Mazurka (Animato) II Intermezzo – May Night (Andante assai) III Finale 1. Snowstorm (Tempestoso) 2. Battle (Allegro) 3. Victory (Allegro fastoso – Andante maestoso) 1 The LATE-NIGHT CHAMBER MUSIC will begin in the main Concert Hall after an interval of about 10 minutes. Those attending are asked to take (unnumbered) seats in the stalls. Petri Aarnio, violin Li-Wei Qin, cello Ossi Tanner, piano Pyotr Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio A Minor Op. 50 47 min 1. Pezzo elegiaco 2. Tema con variazioni Interval at about 19:40. The concert will end at about 21:00, the late-night chamber music at about 22:00. Broadcast live on Yle Radio 1 and Yle Areena and later on Yle Teema on 30.12. with a repeat on Yle TV 1 on 5.1. 2 WITOLD LUTOSŁAWSKI of movements. The two movements of roughly the same size achieve bal- (1913–1994): ance but not symmetry, since they dif- SYMPHONY NO. -
ODE 1251-2 DIGITAL.Indd
MESSIAEN TURANGALÎLA- SYMPHONIE Angela Hewitt Valérie Hartmann-Claverie Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra Hannu Lintu OLIVIER MESSIAEN (1908–1992) TURANGALÎLA-SYMPHONIE (1946–48) SYMPHONY FOR PIANO, ONDES MARTENOT AND ORCHESTRA (75:03) I Introduction Modéré, un peu vif (6:32) II Chant d’amour (Love song) 1 Modéré, lourd (8:02) III Turangalîla 1 Presque lent, rêveur (5:23) IV Chant d’amour 2 Bien modéré (10:19) V Joie du Sang des Étoiles Vif, passionné avec joie (6:11) VI Jardin du Sommeil d’amour Très modéré, très tendre (9:52) VII Turangalîla 2 Un peu vif, bien modéré (3:52) VIII Développement d’amour Bien modéré (11:37) IX Turangalîla 3 Bien modéré (5:37) X Final Modéré, presque vif, avec une grande joie (7:32) ANGELA HEWITT, piano VALÉRIE HARTMANN-CLAVERIE, ondes Martenot Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra HANNU LINTU, conductor 3 OLIVIER MESSIAEN 4 MESSIAEN: TURANGALÎLA-SYMPHONIE It says much about the music of Olivier Messiaen that, despite the intervening two decades since the composer’s death, his compositions are still played, performed and recorded regularly by some of the greatest living musicians of all ages and nationalities. Born in 1908 in the town of Avignon, the son of a Shakespearean scholar on his father’s side and a well-known poetess on his mother’s, Olivier Messiaen’s early influences must have stemmed in part from that unusually rich, literary and theatrical awareness of his parents. His sensitivity, however, was not limited merely to intellectual pursuits and his lifelong fascination with the natural world also dates from his childhood. -
Helena Juntunen Gustav Djupsjöbacka 995 Booklet 24.10.02 12:23 Sivu 2
ODE 995-2 Leevi Madetoja Complete Lieder Vol. 2 Helena Juntunen Gustav Djupsjöbacka 995 booklet 24.10.02 12:23 Sivu 2 Leevi Madetoja (1887–1947) Complete Lieder Vol. 2/2 1 Tuulinen sää – Windy Weather, Op. 25/3 (L. Onerva) 1:14 Kaksi laulua Okon Fuokosta – Two Songs from Okon Fuoko, Op. 58 2 Hymyi Hypnos – Hypnos Smiled, Op. 9/2 (L. Onerva) 2:29 16 Yiais Sang I – Song of Yiai I (P. Knudsen) 2:37 3 Tule kanssani – Take My Hand, Op. 9/3 (L. Onerva) 2:05 17 Yiais Sang II – Song of Yiai II (P. Knudsen) 2:14 4 Rukous – Prayer, Op. 9/4 (L. Onerva) 2:16 18 Heijaa, heijaa – Swing, Swing, Op. 60/1 (L. Onerva) 4:06 5 Geisha, Op. 9/5 (L. Onerva) 1:59 6 Kristallikukkia – Crystal Flowers, Op. 16/2 (Larin-Kyösti) 2:19 Laulu näytelmästä Vuoksen varrella – Song from the play Vuoksen varrella (On the banks of Vuoksi river): 7 Kehtolaulu – Lullaby, Op. 16/3 (L. Pohjanpää) 2:37 19 Uskottomalle – To an Unfaithful One (Wuori) 2:07 8 Jää hyvästi – Farewell, Op. 26/1 (L. Onerva) 2:07 9 Vieno siipi – Soft Wing, Op. 26/2 (L. Onerva) 1:59 Syksy-sarja – Autumn song cycle, Op. 68 10 Merituuli – Sea Wind, Op. 26/4 (L. Onerva) 1:39 20 Syksy – Autumn (L. Onerva) 1:58 11 Talvikuutamolla – By Winter Moonlight, Op. 26/5 (Larin-Kyösti) 3:28 21 Lähtö – Departure (L. Onerva) 2:38 22 Luulit, ma katselin sua 12 Far, hvor flyver Svanerne hen? – Why Did You Think That I Watched You (L. -
Sir Colin Davis Discography
1 The Hector Berlioz Website SIR COLIN DAVIS, CH, CBE (25 September 1927 – 14 April 2013) A DISCOGRAPHY Compiled by Malcolm Walker and Brian Godfrey With special thanks to Philip Stuart © Malcolm Walker and Brian Godfrey All rights of reproduction reserved [Issue 10, 9 July 2014] 2 DDDISCOGRAPHY FORMAT Year, month and day / Recording location / Recording company (label) Soloist(s), chorus and orchestra RP: = recording producer; BE: = balance engineer Composer / Work LP: vinyl long-playing 33 rpm disc 45: vinyl 7-inch 45 rpm disc [T] = pre-recorded 7½ ips tape MC = pre-recorded stereo music cassette CD= compact disc SACD = Super Audio Compact Disc VHS = Video Cassette LD = Laser Disc DVD = Digital Versatile Disc IIINTRODUCTION This discography began as a draft for the Classical Division, Philips Records in 1980. At that time the late James Burnett was especially helpful in providing dates for the L’Oiseau-Lyre recordings that he produced. More information was obtained from additional paperwork in association with Richard Alston for his book published to celebrate the conductor’s 70 th birthday in 1997. John Hunt’s most valuable discography devoted to the Staatskapelle Dresden was again helpful. Further updating has been undertaken in addition to the generous assistance of Philip Stuart via his LSO discography which he compiled for the Orchestra’s centenary in 2004 and has kept updated. Inevitably there are a number of missing credits for producers and engineers in the earliest years as these facts no longer survive. Additionally some exact dates have not been tracked down. Contents CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF RECORDING ACTIVITY Page 3 INDEX OF COMPOSERS / WORKS Page 125 INDEX OF SOLOISTS Page 137 Notes 1.