Composer: Jan van Gilse
Orchestra: Netherlands Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: David Porcelijn
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: CPO
Catalogue: 777349-2
Release: 2008
Size: 277 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
Symphony No. 1 in F major
01. I. Allegro moderato
02. II. Adagio non troppo
03. III. Scherzo: Molto allegro con fuoco
04. IV. Finale: Allegro con spirito
Symphony No. 2 in E flat major
05. I. Andante – Allegro energico
06. II. Intermezzo: Allegretto grazioso
07. III. Finale: Andante molto
CPO has already uncovered gems from Röntgen and Badings, and now they add a third name to their exploration of little known Dutch composers: Jan van Gilse. Van Gilse’s music is only now being rediscovered. During his lifetime, it was Richard Strauss who valued and praised his music the most. Strauss tried persuading him to enlist on the international level for worldwide rights for composers in an attempt to get van Gilse’s music more widely acknowledged. However, at that point in time van Gilse had spent time traveling back and forth from Germany and Holland, so he turned down the offer fearing the Nazi’s would use him for their own purposes, thus preventing his music from getting the attention and praise it deserved. His opposition to the new German government meant that his music was discredited and forgotten about. Now at last van Gilse is receiving the rehabilitation he deserves. Standing firmly on the foundation of tonal late romanticism, this is music of glistening beauty.
Take a glimpse:
Porcelijn: Jan van Gilse – Piano Concerto “Drei Tanzskizzen”, Variations on a Saint-Nicolas Song (FLAC)
Minaar: Beethoven – Piano Concertos no.4,5 (24/352 FLAC)
Minnaar, Vriend: Beethoven – Complete Piano Concertos vol.2 (DSD)
Asszonyi, Porcelijn: Isidora Žebeljan – The Horses of Saint Mark, Orchestral Works (FLAC)