Mon, Feb 21, 2022
The ninth release in RCO Live's Horizon series contains four world premieres (co-)commissioned by the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, including Joey Roukens’ Boundless and Richard Rijnvos’ Amérique du Nord. Both works were commissioned for concerts celebrating the 100th birthday of Leonard Bernstein.
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Joey Roukens’ Boundless and Richard Rijnvos’ Amérique du Nord were both commissioned for concerts celebrating the 100th birthday of Leonard Bernstein, the first being a reflection on Bernstein’s character, the second an exhilarating celebration of Bernstein’s fatherland the United States of America.
In Peter Eötvös’ Multiversum various orchestral groups, organ and Hammond organ are dancers in a cosmic ballet of separate universes. Apart from being an important addition to the very small repertoire for orchestra and solo piccolo, Erkki-Sven Tüür’s Solastalgia is a passionate call to care for the earth’s environment.
Press quotes
About Amérique du Nord: ‘… brilliantly orchestrated caleidoscopic music…’
- Het Parool
‘Roukens’ composition was magnificent’
- Volkskrant
About Solastalgia: ‘During this concert the piccolo brought the greatest wealth’
- Trouw
‘Multiversum’ of enchanting beauty’
- NRC
Speellijst
Joey Roukens - Boundless (Homage to LB)
Alan Gilbert, dirigent
| 01. | Manically | 3:31 |
|---|---|---|
| 02. | Glacially | 7:09 |
| 03. | Propulsively | 5:42 |
Peter Eötvös - Multiversum
Iveta Apkalna, orgel
László Fassang, Hammond-orgel
Peter Eötvös, dirigent
| 04. | Expansion | 12:09 |
|---|---|---|
| 05. | Multiversum | 10:57 |
| 06. | Time and Space | 10:48 |
Richard Rijnvos - Amérique du Nord
Gustavo Gimeno, dirigent
| 07. | 15:14 | |
|---|---|---|
Sven-Erkki Tüür - Solastalgia
Vincent Cortvrint, piccolo
Stéphane Denève, dirigent
| 08. | 19:43 | |
|---|---|---|
| Total playing time | 85:23 |
Recorded Live at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam on 8 and 9 February 2017 - Roukens;
19 and 20 October 2017 - Eötvös;
2 and 3 February 2017 - Rijnvos;
6 and 7 december 2017 - Tüür
Catalogusnummer: RCO 18009
Hybrid Multichannel SACD (5.0)
Barcode: 814337018542