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Plaisirs illumines: Veress, Ginastera & Coll | Alpha ALPHA580

Plaisirs illumines: Veress, Ginastera & Coll

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Label: Alpha

Cat No: ALPHA580

Barcode: 3760014195808

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Orchestral

Release Date: 15th January 2021

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This recording presents the double concerto for violin, cello and orchestra of the Spanish composer Francisco Coll, born in 1985. Les Plaisirs illuminés, a title inspired by Dalí’s painting of the same name, is rooted in Spanish traditions, including flamenco, yet is resolutely modern: ‘Its music is very lively rhythmically, it dances and sings – but at the same time it is very abrupt, always in search of extremes’, says Patricia Kopatchinskaja. For this world premiere conducted by the composer, she is reunited with a longstanding partner who pursues an equally brilliant international career, the cellist Sol Gabetta.

The programme also features the Musica concertante for twelve strings by the Hungarian-born Swiss composer Sándor Veress, premiered by the Camerata in Bern in 1966. A year earlier, the Argentinian composer Alberto Ginastera wrote his fascinating Concerto for Strings. A kaleidoscope of colours and sounds from all over the world...

Reviews

The theme is 20th and 21st-century music with a folk twist: just the kind of fare to get maximum voltage from Pat Kop and the excellent Camerata Bern.
The Times
a morning chorus of birdsong, atmospherically evoked.
The Guardian

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