Fri, Jul 8, 2022
With this tenth release in its acclaimed Horizon SACD series, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra proves once again that contemporary music features prominently in its repertoire.
During the coronavirus pandemic that dominated 2020 and 2021, the orchestra was forced to perform less frequently than it normally does, yet it managed nonetheless to premiere all the works it had commissioned. These performances often took forms different from those originally planned, but contemporary music as a ‘mirror of the times’ continued to be a main priority – one characterised by its power of expression. That applies to the music of big names of our day like Wolfgang Rihm and Detlev Glanert, as well as to that of younger composers such as Rick van Veldhuizen and Celia Swart.
The result is three discs full of music of importance, an album featuring what will be the traditional repertoire of the future. Horizon 10 thus offers not just an overview of the premieres that the Concertgebouw Orchestra has given in recent years, but also a blueprint for contemporary composition with an exciting cross-section of today’s young leading high-profile composers. That is why this tenth release in the Horizon Series is both a resounding testimony to a world in the midst of a disturbing health crisis and painful periods of lockdown, and – above all – a state-of-the-art manifesto for composition for symphony orchestra and related ensembles around the beginning of the second decade of the twenty-first century.
SACD 1
| 01. | Detlev Glanert - Weites Land (Musik mit Brahms Semyon Bychkov, dirigent | 12:03 |
| 02. | Martijn Padding - Softly Bouncing Jaap van Zweden, dirigent | 15:17 |
| 03. | Christiaan Richter - Wendingen George Benjamin, dirigent | 10:39 |
| 04. | Christiaan Richter - 2270 Gustavo Gimeno, dirigent | 9:46 |
| 05. - 09. | Blai Soler - SolGeorge Benjamin, dirigent | 18:24 |
| 05. | I | 2:22 |
| 06. | II | 2:10 |
| 07. | III | 3:46 |
| 08. | IV | 1:15 |
| 09. | V | 8:48 |
SACD 2
| 01. | Theo Verbey - Ariadne Santtu-Matias Rouvali, dirigent | 16:06 |
| 02. | Rick van Veldhuizen - mais le corps taché d’ombres Fabio Luisi, dirigent | 11:11 |
| 03. | Bram Kortekaas - Notenkrakers’ notulen Katharine Dain, sopraan & Antony Hermus, dirigent | 14:24 |
| 04. | Celia Swart - Reflections Remy van Kesteren, harp & Antony Hermus, dirigent | 7:50 |
| 05. | Nick Woud - Leaves in Autumn strijkkwintet uit het Concertgebouworkest | 6:09 |
SACD 3
| 01. | Wolfgang Rihm - Sostenuto Alain Altinoglu, dirigent | 6:53 |
| 02. | JacobTV - Who, What, Where, When, Why? François-Xavier Roth, dirigent | 7:34 |
| 03. - 05. | Ryan Wigglesworth - Clocks from A Winter’s Tale Ryan Wigglesworth, dirigent | 27:42 |
| 03. - | I. ♪ = 88 | 8:38 |
| 04. | II. ♪ = 100 | 8:22 |
| 05. | III. con rubato. ♪ = 75c. | 10:41 |
| 06. | Rob Dirksen - Resilience Concertgebouw Kamerorkest & Alexei Ogrintchouk, dirigent | 2:10 |
Press quotes
'Verbey was known as one of our country’s best orchestrators and in Ariadne he wraps subtle instrumentations in an immaculate orchestra sound. Craftsmanship of the highest order.'
- Joep Christenhusz, NRC Handelsblad
about JacobTV’s Who, What, Where, When, Why?:
'… an attractive work… an exciting, tumultuous journey through a varied soundscape'
- Mischa Spel, NRC Handelsblad
about Ryan Wigglesworth’s Clocks from A Winter’s Tale:
'… a magnificent musical picture book…'
- Joep Christenhusz, NRC Handelsblad