Label: Lawo Classics
Format: SACD
Barcode: 7090020180946
Catalog number: LWC 1082
Releasedate: 19-06-15
Format: SACD
Barcode: 7090020180946
Releasedate: 19-06-15
Young, exciting, Norwegian ensemble
Youthfulness and energy are modern ideals, and for Ensemble Allegria, with their strong affection for music and their average age of 25, the sky is the limit.
In this recording, aptly called VOLT 22 for the 22 string players, they meet with three composers, one still full of youthful vigour, the other two past middle-age and looking back. Admittedly, it is difficult to put all three of them into one framework: Haydn lived his life under quite different circumstances, both personally and socially, from Bartók and Shostakovich.
Although the Seven Years’ War (1756-63) was practically fought on Haydn´s doorstep, it is hardly noticeable in his first cello concerto. The Second World War and its consequences, however, certainly had an impact on the music of Béla Bartók and Dmitri Shostakovich. Bartók saw it coming when composing in 1939, while in 1960 his Russian colleague was lucky to have survived it. In the shadows of Hitler and Stalin, a quite different atmosphere characterizes their works. Nevertheless, the three works in this recording are all bursting with extreme contrasts, containing both intensity and contemplation. Thus they challenge Ensemble Allegria and their principal cellist, Frida Fredrikke Waaler Wærvågen, in a most welcome manner.
In this recording, aptly called VOLT 22 for the 22 string players, they meet with three composers, one still full of youthful vigour, the other two past middle-age and looking back. Admittedly, it is difficult to put all three of them into one framework: Haydn lived his life under quite different circumstances, both personally and socially, from Bartók and Shostakovich.
Although the Seven Years’ War (1756-63) was practically fought on Haydn´s doorstep, it is hardly noticeable in his first cello concerto. The Second World War and its consequences, however, certainly had an impact on the music of Béla Bartók and Dmitri Shostakovich. Bartók saw it coming when composing in 1939, while in 1960 his Russian colleague was lucky to have survived it. In the shadows of Hitler and Stalin, a quite different atmosphere characterizes their works. Nevertheless, the three works in this recording are all bursting with extreme contrasts, containing both intensity and contemplation. Thus they challenge Ensemble Allegria and their principal cellist, Frida Fredrikke Waaler Wærvågen, in a most welcome manner.
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1DivertimentoI. Allegro non troppo08:44
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2DivertimentoII. Molto adagio08:37
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3DivertimentoIII. Allegro assai06:42
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4Concerto in CI. Moderato09:34
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5Concerto in CII. Adagio07:55
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6Concerto in CIII. Allegro molto06:17
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7Chamber Symphony, Op. 110aI. Largo05:35
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8Chamber Symphony, Op. 110aII. Allegro molto02:44
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9Chamber Symphony, Op. 110aIII. Allegretto04:34
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10Chamber Symphony, Op. 110aIV. Largo05:56
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11Chamber Symphony, Op. 110aV. Largo04:31