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Variaciones concertantes (1953) may be Ginastera's most immediately engaging symphonic piece, and this version is among its finest recorded performances. Uruguyan conductor Gisèle Ben-dor, leading the Israel Chamber Orchestra, knows when to let its relaxed slow movements unfold with just the right Latinate languor, and she drives its fast movements with exhilarating momentum. It is essentially a concerto for orchestra, with individual variations highlighting solo instruments or sections -- it's hard to see why it hasn't taken a place next to Britten's Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra -- and each soloist here turns in superbly nuanced performances. The cello soloist who is assigned the work's theme at the opening stands out in particular, playing its final, impossibly stratospheric harmonic note with piercing purity and sweetness, to devastatingly intense effect. The pieces are framed by performances of two versions of Ginastera's Glosses on Themes of Pablo Casals, which he wrote in the final decade of his life in memory of the great cellist, who had been a supporter of his music and who was a mentor to his wife, cellist Aurora Natola-Ginastera. The composer had spent a portion of his mature career as a modernist, but in this work, originally for string quintet and string orchestra, and then arranged for full orchestra, he returned to the accessibility of the works of his youth. The characteristics of that youthful period -- a plangent lyricism and a surging rhythmic exuberance -- are evident in his homage to Casals, although they are also informed by an expanded technical resourcefulness. In tone, they earnestly express Ginastera's devotion to and reverence for the cellist, and the lasting impression they leave is one of serene contemplation. The London Symphony Orchestra, under Ben-dor's sensitive leadership, turns in a warmly radiant performance. The sound is clean, with a good sense of presence.
© TiVo
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Glosses sobre temes de Pau Casals for orchestra, Op. 48 (Alberto Ginastera)
London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Alberto Ginastera, Composer - Gisele Ben-Dor, Conductor
2010 Naxos 2010 Naxos
London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Alberto Ginastera, Composer - Gisele Ben-Dor, Conductor
2010 Naxos 2010 Naxos
London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Alberto Ginastera, Composer - Gisele Ben-Dor, Conductor
2010 Naxos 2010 Naxos
London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Alberto Ginastera, Composer - Gisele Ben-Dor, Conductor
2010 Naxos 2010 Naxos
London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Alberto Ginastera, Composer - Gisele Ben-Dor, Conductor
2010 Naxos 2010 Naxos
Variaciones Concertantes, Op. 23 (Alberto Ginastera)
Alberto Ginastera, Composer - Israel Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra - Gisele Ben-Dor, Conductor
2010 Naxos 2010 Naxos
Alberto Ginastera, Composer - Israel Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra - Gisele Ben-Dor, Conductor
2010 Naxos 2010 Naxos
Alberto Ginastera, Composer - Israel Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra - Gisele Ben-Dor, Conductor
2010 Naxos 2010 Naxos
Alberto Ginastera, Composer - Israel Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra - Gisele Ben-Dor, Conductor
2010 Naxos 2010 Naxos
Alberto Ginastera, Composer - Israel Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra - Gisele Ben-Dor, Conductor
2010 Naxos 2010 Naxos
Alberto Ginastera, Composer - Israel Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra - Gisele Ben-Dor, Conductor
2010 Naxos 2010 Naxos
Alberto Ginastera, Composer - Israel Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra - Gisele Ben-Dor, Conductor
2010 Naxos 2010 Naxos
Alberto Ginastera, Composer - Israel Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra - Gisele Ben-Dor, Conductor
2010 Naxos 2010 Naxos
Alberto Ginastera, Composer - Israel Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra - Gisele Ben-Dor, Conductor
2010 Naxos 2010 Naxos
Alberto Ginastera, Composer - Israel Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra - Gisele Ben-Dor, Conductor
2010 Naxos 2010 Naxos
Alberto Ginastera, Composer - Israel Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra - Gisele Ben-Dor, Conductor
2010 Naxos 2010 Naxos
Alberto Ginastera, Composer - Israel Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra - Gisele Ben-Dor, Conductor
2010 Naxos 2010 Naxos
Glosses sobre temes de Pau Casals for string quintet and string orchestra, Op. 46 (Alberto Ginastera)
London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Alberto Ginastera, Composer - Gisele Ben-Dor, Conductor
2010 Naxos 2010 Naxos
London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Alberto Ginastera, Composer - Gisele Ben-Dor, Conductor
2010 Naxos 2010 Naxos
London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Alberto Ginastera, Composer - Gisele Ben-Dor, Conductor
2010 Naxos 2010 Naxos
London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Alberto Ginastera, Composer - Gisele Ben-Dor, Conductor
2010 Naxos 2010 Naxos
London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Alberto Ginastera, Composer - Gisele Ben-Dor, Conductor
2010 Naxos 2010 Naxos
Albumbeschreibung
Variaciones concertantes (1953) may be Ginastera's most immediately engaging symphonic piece, and this version is among its finest recorded performances. Uruguyan conductor Gisèle Ben-dor, leading the Israel Chamber Orchestra, knows when to let its relaxed slow movements unfold with just the right Latinate languor, and she drives its fast movements with exhilarating momentum. It is essentially a concerto for orchestra, with individual variations highlighting solo instruments or sections -- it's hard to see why it hasn't taken a place next to Britten's Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra -- and each soloist here turns in superbly nuanced performances. The cello soloist who is assigned the work's theme at the opening stands out in particular, playing its final, impossibly stratospheric harmonic note with piercing purity and sweetness, to devastatingly intense effect. The pieces are framed by performances of two versions of Ginastera's Glosses on Themes of Pablo Casals, which he wrote in the final decade of his life in memory of the great cellist, who had been a supporter of his music and who was a mentor to his wife, cellist Aurora Natola-Ginastera. The composer had spent a portion of his mature career as a modernist, but in this work, originally for string quintet and string orchestra, and then arranged for full orchestra, he returned to the accessibility of the works of his youth. The characteristics of that youthful period -- a plangent lyricism and a surging rhythmic exuberance -- are evident in his homage to Casals, although they are also informed by an expanded technical resourcefulness. In tone, they earnestly express Ginastera's devotion to and reverence for the cellist, and the lasting impression they leave is one of serene contemplation. The London Symphony Orchestra, under Ben-dor's sensitive leadership, turns in a warmly radiant performance. The sound is clean, with a good sense of presence.
© TiVo
Details of original recording : 58:46 - DDD - Enregistré en janvier 1995 aux Studios Abbey Road à Londres (Gloses) et en juillet 1994 à l'Auditorium Mann à Tel Aviv en Israël (Variations concertantes) - Notes en anglais
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 22 track(s)
- Total length: 00:58:33
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Gisèle Ben-Dor
- Composer: Alberto Ginastera
- Label: Naxos
- Area: Argentine
- Genre: Klassiek
- Period: Modern Style
2010 Naxos 2010 Naxos
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