Composer: Theodor Grigoriu
Performer: Sherban Lupu, Andrei Tănăsescu
Orchestra: Sinfonia da Camera
Conductor: Ian Hobson
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Toccata
Catalogue: TOCC0131
Release: 2013
Size: 307 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Bizant dupa Bizant I, the Trinity Concerto
01. I. Panmelodion: The Soul’s Long Journey up to Heaven
02. II. Threni: Oh, Golgotha!
03. III. Diaphania: The Eternal Movement
Bizant dupa Bizant II, the Great Passage
04. I. Psalm: Lord, stop the passage
05. II. Murmur: I know That where there’s no death there’s no love
06. III. Pastel: Long clouds have passed over the plains
07. IV. Epilogue. I kneel in the wind/There’s no road That takes you back
Bizant dupa Bizant III, the Eternal Return
08. I. Icons from the Past: Unseen Stairs
09. II. Curtains of Oblivion: 12 Interrupted Fugitive Variations
10. III. The Bells of Return: With Brief Evocations of Anton Pann
Theodor Grigoriu (born in Galaţi, Moldavia, in 1926) is one of the major Romanian composers in the period after Enescu. His vast output is little known outside his own country, although it includes oratorios, symphonies, cantatas, chamber music, film-scores and much more. His musical roots reach back to Romanian folk-music and to the modal melodies of ancient Byzantium – as in this large-scale triptych, Byzantium after Byzantium, which consists of a violin concerto, a sonata for solo violin and a sonata for violin and piano. All three works are performed here by Sherban Lupu, the violinist for whom the music was written.