Silvestrov - Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5
Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Jukka-Pekka Saraste
BIS's recording wonderfully captures all the layered sonorities and resonances of Silvestrov's orchestral web, and the Lahti Symphony play as if possessed.
Silvestrov - Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5
Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Jukka-Pekka Saraste
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BIS's recording wonderfully captures all the layered sonorities and resonances of Silvestrov's orchestral web, and the Lahti Symphony play as if possessed.
About
Led by Jukka-Pekka Saraste, the Lahti Symphony Orchestra performs two symphonies by the Ukrainian composer Valentin Silvestrov. Having as a student absorbed the music of Webern, Scriabin and the new Polish school, in the 1970s Silvestrov moved away from avant-garde techniques and became increasingly involved with the idiom of 19th-century song. To date, Silvestrov has composed seven symphonies. Considered by some to be his masterpiece, Symphony No. 5 has been described as an epilogue inspired by the music of late Romantic composers such as Gustav Mahler.
Contents and tracklist
Sylvestrov:
Symphony No. 4
Work length25:45
- Lahti Symphony Orchestra
- Jukka-Pekka Saraste
- Recorded: August 2008
- Recording Venue: Sibelius Hall, Lahti, Finland
Work length41:16
- Lahti Symphony Orchestra
- Jukka-Pekka Saraste
- Recorded: January 2008
- Recording Venue: Sibelius Hall, Lahti, Finland
Awards and reviews
April 2010
BIS's recording wonderfully captures all the layered sonorities and resonances of Silvestrov's orchestral web, and the Lahti Symphony play as if possessed.
March 2010
A symphonic logic that Jukka-Pekka Sarasate amply conveys in these responsive performances. Wholly natural sound… and informative notes round out an impressive release.
