Composer: Grazyna Bacewicz, Witold Lutosławski, Eduard Tubin
Performer: Florian Donderer
Orchestra: Estonian Festival Orchestra
Conductor: Paavo Järvi
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Alpha
Catalogue: ALPHA1006
Release: 2023
Size: 731 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Tubin: Suite from the ballet ‘Kratt’ (‘The Goblin’)
01. I. Introduction – Peasant Dance – Dance of the Goblin
02. II. Long Dance – Peasant Waltz – Buck Dance
03. III. Interlude – Dance of the Exorcists – The Goat – The Cock – Dance of the Northern Lights
Bacewicz: Concerto for Strings
04. I. Allegro
05. II. Andante
06. III. Vivo
Tubin: Music for strings
07. I. Moderato
08. II. Allegro
09. III. Adagio
Lutosławski: Musique Funébre
10. I. Prologue
11. II. Metamorphosis
12. III. Apogeum
13. IV. Epilogue
For their fourth recording on Alpha Classics, Paavo Järvi and the Estonian Festival Orchestra – who bring together the best Estonian talent and leading musicians from around the world each year in Pärnu – celebrate composers from Estonia and Poland, two na tions closely connected by their history. Eduard Tubin (1905 – 1982) is a composer whose ten symphonies tower at the top of Estonian orchestral music. The same may be said about his stage works. World War II forced Tubin to emigrate to Sweden in 1944, where he spent the rest of his life. Suite from the ballet Kratt (Goblin) is based on Tubin’s ballet by the same name, which was also the first ballet in Estonian musical history… Musique funèbre by Polish composer Witold Lutosławski (1913 – 1994), was composed in memory of Béla Bartók and its premiere commemorated the 10th anniversary of the Hungarian composer’s death. Bartók’s Orchestral Concerto inspired the Concerto for String Orchestra composed in 1948 by Grażyna Bacewicz (1909 – 1969). Ignored for many years, s he is now one of Poland’s most popular female composers.