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Suk - Asrael (Symphony for large orchestra in C minor, Op.27) | Ondine ODE11325

Suk - Asrael (Symphony for large orchestra in C minor, Op.27)

Label: Ondine

Cat No: ODE11325

Barcode: 0761195113257

Format: Hybrid SACD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Orchestral

Release Date: 2nd February 2009

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Contents

Artists

Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor

Vladimir Ashkenazy

Works

Suk, Josef

Asrael Symphony in C minor, op.27

Artists

Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor

Vladimir Ashkenazy

About

"I was saved by music" wrote Czech composer Josef Suk about his 'Asrael' Symphony, a work born out of tragedy and the loss of his teacher, Antonín Dvorák, in 1904.

While composing the first part of a funeral symphony named after the biblical angel of death, who leads souls of deceased to the land of eternal blissfulness, Suk also lost his wife, and Dvorák's favourite daughter, Otilie. Suk's greatest work remains a masterpiece of the late-Romantic repertoire and is conducted here in a masterful and intense performance by Vladimir Ashkenazy.

First SACD of this repertoire. Live recording.

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