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Track Listings
| Disc: 1 | |||
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| 1. Trageodia: Prologue | |||
| 2. Trageodia: Parados | |||
| 3. Trageodia: Episodion: Strophe I - Anapaest I | |||
| 4. Trageodia: Antistrophe I | |||
| 5. Trageodia: Stasimon | |||
| 6. Trageodia: Episodion: Strophe II - Anapaest II | |||
| 7. Trageodia: Antistrophe II | |||
| 8. Trageodia: Exodos | |||
| 9. Five Distances | |||
| 10. Three Settings Of Celan: White And Light - Christine Whittlesey | |||
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| Disc: 2 | |||
| 1. Endless Parade - Hakan Hardenberger/Paul Patrick | |||
| 2. Panic - John Harle/Paul Clarvis | |||
| 3. Earth Dances - The Cleveland Orch/Christoph Von Dohnanyi | |||
On this CD:
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Tragoedia
Composed by Sir Harrison Birtwistle
Performed by Paris Ensemble InterContemporain
Conducted by Pierre Boulez
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(5) Distances
Composed by Sir Harrison Birtwistle
Performed by Paris Ensemble InterContemporain
Conducted by Pierre Boulez
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(3) Settings of Celan
Composed by Sir Harrison Birtwistle
Performed by Paris Ensemble InterContemporain
with Christine Whittlesey
Conducted by Pierre Boulez
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Secret Theatre
Composed by Sir Harrison Birtwistle
Performed by Paris Ensemble InterContemporain
Conducted by Pierre Boulez
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Endless Parade
Composed by Sir Harrison Birtwistle
with Håkan Hardenberger
Conducted by Elgar Howarth
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Panic
Composed by Sir Harrison Birtwistle
Performed by BBC Symphony Orchestra
with John Harle, Paul Clarvis
Conducted by Sir Andrew Davis
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Earth Dances
Composed by Sir Harrison Birtwistle
Performed by Cleveland Orchestra
Conducted by Christoph von Dohnányi
Product Description
Amazon.co.uk Review
This is an admirable introduction to the music of Harrison Birtwistle, an important contemporary composer whose discography should ideally be much larger. Some of Birtwistle's most significant non-operatic scores are presented here in uniformly expert performances. Pierre Boulez, that staunchest supporter of modern music, directs the Ensemble Intercontemporain in the arresting Trageodia (a piece constructed on the formal structures of Greek tragedy), the Stravinskian Five Distances, the starkly dramatic Three Settings of Celan and Secret Theatre. In this latter work, Boulez brings out the drama in the score while simultaneously managing the delicate tracery of the parts to perfection. The second disc contains some of Birtwistle's most powerful music to date. In Endless Parade (inspired by a visit to Lucca and a procession he saw there), the trumpeter Håkan Hardenberger displays almost superhuman stamina. The sound world of this piece is continued in Panic, a piece which provoked outrage following its Proms premiere in 1995. It is certainly unremitting in its demands on the listener. But, orchestrally, Earth Dances remains Birtwistle's masterpiece to date and the Cleveland Orchestra under Dohnányi gives a monumental account. The confidence of Birtwistle's writing is overwhelming. This set represents a true bargain: the music will richly reward repeated hearings. --Colin Clarke
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