|
 |
Content: Einojuhani Rautavaara Artists: National Orchestra of Belgium Mikko Franck, conductor Genres: Orchestral Finnish contemporary Features: Hybrid SACD (recorded in DSD; SACD Surround 5.0 / SACD Stereo / CD Stereo - playable on all SACD and CD players) |
|
Format: CD / SACD Released: October 2005 Catalogue No.: ODE 1064-5 EAN/UPC Code: 0761195106457 |
|
|
||||||
 |
75:43 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Einojuhani Rautavaara (1928-2016) | ||||||
|
|
Symphony No. 1 (1956/1988/2003) | |
27:31 | |
|
| 1 | I. Andante | 15:44 | ||||
| 2 | II. Poetico | 7:41 | ||||
| 3 | III. Allegro | 4:06 | ||||
|
4 | |
Adagio Celeste for String Orchestra (2000) | |
7:31 | |
|
|
Book of Visions (2005) | |
40:16 | |
|
| 5 | I. A Tale of Night | 11:09 | ||||
| 6 | II. A Tale of Fire | 7:36 | ||||
| 7 | III. A Tale of Love | 10:09 | ||||
| 8 | IV. A Tale of Fate | 11:22 | ||||
This is a terrific disc by a master symphonist - expertly performed and recorded. Highly recommended.
Ronald Legum, Audiophile Audition, November 22, 2006
(The Book of Visions) packs an emotional punch of rare intensity (...). The symphony, too, receives a biting performance, one that captures its grotesquerie as much as its pathos.
Matthew Rye, The Telegraph, Classical CDs of the week, February 25, 2006
This is a stunning disc. (...) The performances (...) are all that anyone could ask, and the sonics, whether in stereo or multichannel formats, are fully up to the quality of the interpretations. A knockout, not to be missed!
David Hurwitz, ClassicsToday.com, February 2005, Artistic Quality 10 / Sound Quality 10