Britten Sinfonia - Mercadante: Il Proscritto - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Adès makes you hear things with which you thought you were familiar as if they were completely new (Tom Service, The Guardian) This is the first marking the culmination of the Britten Sinfonia's three-year Beethoven Symphony Cycle, with Thomas Adès as director and conductor. Adès interleaves Beethoven's masterworks with the audacious and sometimes explosive music of the wonderfully idiosyncratic Irish composer, Gerald Barry, exploring these monuments of the orchestral repertoire. This combines Beethoven's first 3 symphonies with two works by Barry His 'Piano Concerto' was composed for pianist Nicolas Hodges, and blends his characteristic musical zeal and unconventionality (featuring a percussion section of wind machines and bass drum). Gerald Barry's setting of Beethoven's famous InchImmortal BelovedInch text is among several of his works surrounding the life of Beethoven, whom he deeply admires. Despite the desperate tone of the letter, the music is buoyant and cheerful, with references to Beethoven's own Music. The composer writers InchThe letter to the so-called InchImmortal BelovedInch is the only real love letter to survive from Ludwig van Beethoven. It's one of the strangest ever written. It more or less says I love and long for you but it's not possible. The letter is a confusion of longing and desperation, a cry for forgiveness, that she not abandon him, whatever his inability.' (Gerald Barry)

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Volume 2 in Thomas Adès and the Britten Sinfonia's collaborative performances of the works of Beethoven and Barry; specifically the Beethoven Symphony Cycle and a selection of Barry's works. This CD features Beethoven's 4th, 5th and 6th symphonies, interspersed with Barry's 'Viola Concerto' (featuring Lawrence Power) and piece for orchestra and bass 'The Conquest of Ireland' (featuring Johsua Bloom). Gerald Barry grew up in rural Ireland. His music shows us how his upbringing had an effect on his compositional style - giving a piece a title such as Beethoven would suggest an attempt at emulating his legacy nearly two centuries after his death. Do not be fooled by this however; his music shows his major influence from radio, moving from the sublime and the ridiculous with carefree abandon. Inch... The most striking orchestral contribution to this year's anniversary celebrations that's come my way.Inch (Presto Classical) InchThis set cuts pristine interpretations of Beethoven's early symphonies with Gerald Barry's 21st-century zesty homage... Adès and the Britten Sinfonia present tightly knit performances [of the Beethoven Symphonies], and dynamic subtleties are largely preserved in the concert recordings.Inch (BBC Music Magazine)