Richard Studt - Orchestral Music - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Conductor Robert Trevino's fourth album on Ondine is focused on the late works of composer Einojuhani Rautavaara (1928-2016), one of Finland's most celebrated composers after Sibelius and known worldwide for his Neo-Romantic, even mystic compositions. Together with violinist Simone Lamsma and the Malmö Symphony Orchestra the artists are presenting four final orchestral works by the celebrated composer. Two of the works are world première recordings. In his late period, Rautavaara received several communications from the world's leading violinists requesting him to write works for them. He was able to oblige them, creating several extensive works featuring solo violin. Fantasia (2015) for violin and orchestra is a work of soft Neo-Romantic harmonies and soaring melodic lines. In 2014, Rautavaara was asked to write a new Violin Concerto. This commission resulted in Deux Sérénades for violin and orchestra which remained unfinished at Rautavaara's death the second movement was sketched out, but only it's beginning was orchestrated. Kalevi Aho (b. 1949), an accomplished composer of symphonies and concertos who studied composition with Rautavaara at the turn of the 1970s, fleshed out the orchestration in 2018. Lost Landscapes (2005/15) was originally written as a violin sonata, but Rautavaara began orchestrating the work in 2013. The first movement was premiered at the contemporary music festival at Tanglewood in July 2015, but the full premiere of the work took place in Malmö in March 2021, with Simone Lamsma as soloist. In the Beginning (2015) is a concise overture-type work commissioned for a concert opener. The titles of his works were important for the composer, forming part of the 'aura' of the work and often even constituting the initial impulse for writing the piece in the first place.

Album Tracks 1. Allegro Non Troppo 2. Molto Adagio 3. Allegro Assai 4. Boisterous Bourree 5. Playful Pizzicato 6. Sentimental Saraband 7. Frolicsome Finale 8. Passacaglia 9. Touch Her Soft Lips and Part 10. Vivace 11. Arioso 12. Rondo

Album Tracks 1. Vars on a Theme of Frank Bridge, Op.10 Introduction & Theme 2. Vars on a Theme of Frank Bridge, Op.10 Adagio 3. Vars on a Theme of Frank Bridge, Op.10 March 4. Vars on a Theme of Frank Bridge, Op.10 Romance 5. Vars on a Theme of Frank Bridge, Op.10 Aria Italiana 6. Vars on a Theme of Frank Bridge, Op.10 Bourree Classique 7. Vars on a Theme of Frank Bridge, Op.10 Wiener Walzer 8. Vars on a Theme of Frank Bridge, Op.10 Moto Perpetuo 9. Vars on a Theme of Frank Bridge, Op.10 Funeral March 10. Vars on a Theme of Frank Bridge, Op.10 Chant 11. Vars on a Theme of Frank Bridge, Op.10 Fugue and Finale 12. St. Paul's Ste, Op.29, No.2 Jig 13. St. Paul's Ste, Op.29, No.2 Ostinato 14. St. Paul's Ste, Op.29, No.2 Intermezzo 15. St. Paul's Ste, Op.29, No.2 Finale (The Dargason) 16. Two Aquarellas No.1 Lento, Ma Non Troppo 17. Two Aquarellas No.2 Gaily, But Not Quick 18. 5 Variants of Dives and Lazarus Adagio/Variant 1/Variant 2-Allegro Moderato/Variant 3/Variant 4 19. Capriol Ste Basse-Danse 20. Capriol Ste Pavane 21. Capriol Ste Tordion 22. Capriol Ste Bransles 23. Capriol Ste Pieds-En-L' Air 24. Capriol Ste Mattachins