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Bechara El-Khoury, partly trained in Lebanon, came to France in 1979 and eventually became a French citizen. These ambitious orchestral works all date from the early part of his residence in France, a time during which he had the experience of watching his homeland collapse into paroxysms of house-to-house fighting. The music is, accordingly, mostly grim in mood, with lots of portentous tympani strokes, and two of these works, the Requiem pour orchestre, Op. 18 and the Poème symphonique No. 1, "Le Liban en flammes" (Lebanon in Flames), Op. 14, directly address Lebanon's civil war. These works are part of a trilogy on this theme; the third work, Symphony: The Ruins of Beirut, has inexplicably been issued by Naxos on a different CD.
All this music for large orchestra was written between 1979 and 1982, during which time El-Khoury was also studying and writing other works. That gives an idea of what it's like: it is confident, even exuberant in its handling of the orchestra, but it lacks an individual voice. El-Khoury's music hangs close to the line between tonal and atonal, and it carries echoes of the styles of other modern masters of the orchestra, from Khachaturian to a range of French composers. Arabic influence on the music is claimed in the liner notes, but it's far from obvious, and the music, even in vigorous short pieces like the Danse pour orchestra, "Danse des aigles" (Dance of the Eagles), Op. 9, is about large-scale orchestral textures rather than manipulations of melody and mode. El-Khoury has worked as a composer of film scores in France, and the music here is episodic in the manner of film music. This 1983 recording by the Orchestre Colonne under Pierre Dervaux fares better sonically in CD reissue than do most other releases of this period, but it will be of interest mostly to listeners who specialize in music with links to the periphery of the European concert tradition.
© TiVo
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Danse, Op. 9, "Danse des Aigles" (Dance of the Eagles) (Bechara El Khoury)
Pierre Dervaux, Conductor - Orchestre Colonne, Orchestra, MainArtist - Bechara El-Khoury, Composer
(C) 2006 Naxos (P) 2006 Naxos
Image symphonique, Op. 26, "Les dieux de la terre" (The Gods of the Earth) (Bechara El Khoury)
Pierre Dervaux, Conductor - Orchestre Colonne, Orchestra, MainArtist - Bechara El-Khoury, Composer
(C) 2006 Naxos (P) 2006 Naxos
Suite symphonique, Op. 29, "La nuit et le fou" (Night and the Fool) (Bechara El Khoury)
Pierre Dervaux, Conductor - Orchestre Colonne, Orchestra, MainArtist - Bechara El-Khoury, Composer
(C) 2006 Naxos (P) 2006 Naxos
Pierre Dervaux, Conductor - Orchestre Colonne, Orchestra, MainArtist - Bechara El-Khoury, Composer
(C) 2006 Naxos (P) 2006 Naxos
Requiem, Op. 18 (Bechara El Khoury)
Pierre Dervaux, Conductor - Orchestre Colonne, Orchestra, MainArtist - Bechara El-Khoury, Composer
(C) 2006 Naxos (P) 2006 Naxos
Poeme symphonique No. 1, Op. 14, "Le Liban en flammes" (Lebanon in Flames) (Bechara El Khoury)
Pierre Dervaux, Conductor - Orchestre Colonne, Orchestra, MainArtist - Bechara El-Khoury, Composer
(C) 2006 Naxos (P) 2006 Naxos
Poeme, Op. 2, "Le regard du Christ" (The Contemplation of Christ) (Bechara El Khoury)
Pierre Dervaux, Conductor - Orchestre Colonne, Orchestra, MainArtist - Bechara El-Khoury, Composer
(C) 2006 Naxos (P) 2006 Naxos
Chronique
Bechara El-Khoury, partly trained in Lebanon, came to France in 1979 and eventually became a French citizen. These ambitious orchestral works all date from the early part of his residence in France, a time during which he had the experience of watching his homeland collapse into paroxysms of house-to-house fighting. The music is, accordingly, mostly grim in mood, with lots of portentous tympani strokes, and two of these works, the Requiem pour orchestre, Op. 18 and the Poème symphonique No. 1, "Le Liban en flammes" (Lebanon in Flames), Op. 14, directly address Lebanon's civil war. These works are part of a trilogy on this theme; the third work, Symphony: The Ruins of Beirut, has inexplicably been issued by Naxos on a different CD.
All this music for large orchestra was written between 1979 and 1982, during which time El-Khoury was also studying and writing other works. That gives an idea of what it's like: it is confident, even exuberant in its handling of the orchestra, but it lacks an individual voice. El-Khoury's music hangs close to the line between tonal and atonal, and it carries echoes of the styles of other modern masters of the orchestra, from Khachaturian to a range of French composers. Arabic influence on the music is claimed in the liner notes, but it's far from obvious, and the music, even in vigorous short pieces like the Danse pour orchestra, "Danse des aigles" (Dance of the Eagles), Op. 9, is about large-scale orchestral textures rather than manipulations of melody and mode. El-Khoury has worked as a composer of film scores in France, and the music here is episodic in the manner of film music. This 1983 recording by the Orchestre Colonne under Pierre Dervaux fares better sonically in CD reissue than do most other releases of this period, but it will be of interest mostly to listeners who specialize in music with links to the periphery of the European concert tradition.
© TiVo
À propos
- 1 disque(s) - 7 piste(s)
- Durée totale : 01:16:37
- 1 Livret Numérique
- Artistes principaux : Orchestre Colonne Pierre Dervaux
- Compositeur : Bechara El-Khoury
- Label : Naxos
- Genre : Classique
(C) 2006 Naxos (P) 2006 Naxos
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