(1866 – 1901)
Orchestral Works
Niederrheinische Sinfoniker
Mihkel Kütson, conductor
MDG 952 2240-6
(SACD)
Price: 21,99 €
talented
Vasily Kalinnikov was not quite 35 years of age when he died of tuberculosis in 1901. Tchaikovsky was enthusiastic about his musical talents and Rachmaninoff even travelled to the Crimea especially to get his manuscripts prepared for publication before he died. Despite prominent advocates, Kalinnikov is little known outside of Russia today - a circumstance that Mihkel Kütson and the Niederrheinische Sinfoniker are now finally changing.
popular
Russian folk themes colour Kalinnikov's entire compositional output. His First Symphony is therefore often performed in concerts in Russia. The piece is orchestrated to great effect with finely crafted counterpoint and many beautiful solos in the woodwind and brass. When it was premiered, the audience cheered so loudly that two of the four movements had to be repeated.
"Hier gelingt den Musikern vom Niederrhein eine beeindruckende Darbietung, die unter die Haut geht und sogar Svetlanovs Klassiker Paroli bieten kann. Aufnahmetechnisch übertrumpft die gesamte CD sämtliche bisher vorliegenden Einspielungen dieser Musik, dynamisch wie mit sehr guter Räumlichkeit sowie ausgeglichenem Frequenzspektrum."
- Klassik Heute
revered
The two Intermezzi include themes that could easily be mistaken for traditional Russian folk music. One of Kalinnikov‘s earliest works is Serenade for Strings and the symphonic poem Le Cèdre et le Palmier (“Cedar and Palm”) based on a poem by Heinrich Heine, represents his last completed work - one of the composer's few pieces of programmatic music.
treasured
This recording by the Niederrheinische Sinfoniker under the baton of Mihkel Kütson reveals the great loss of Vasily Kalinnikov’s untimely death – the music world was dearly robbed of more of his masterpieces! As a modest consolation, this production is produced in the very finest Super Audio CD technology, lovingly mixed and crafted with the utmost care - a musical gem that is as rare as it is precious!
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