Tansman: Ballet Music

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Tansman’s connection to Ravel is particularly tangible in these two delightful ballet cores whose scenarios feature inanimate objects that come to life…The Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra under... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2017, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 28th Apr 2017
Catalogue No: 777987-2
Label: CPO
Length: 55 minutes

Tansman: Sextuor

Work length18:21

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Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Łukasz Borowicz

Tansman: Bric à brac - Ballet en 3 tableaux (1935)

Work length36:39

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Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Wojciech Michniewski

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The stage had fascinated Alexander Tansman ever since his youth. The libretto for Sextuor, the first work heard here, was written by Alexandre Arnoux. Sextuor is a dramatic love story of the passion shared by a violin and a violoncello for a flute, and Tansman believed that here he had found ideal material for a ballet. And so it was: the work composed in 1923 was performed with great international success and made the young composer famous. Although he suffered a great loss when his mother died in 1935, Tansman found the strength to write a larger theatrical work. The result was the ballet Bric à brac. The director of the Grand Opéra in Paris wanted this ballet set between stalls of wood and corrugated iron at a flea market near the Porte de Clignancourt for a premiere during the 1939/40 season. However, the outbreak of World War II thwarted these plans. After long negotiations the work finally premiered on 30 November 1958.

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August 2017

Tansman’s connection to Ravel is particularly tangible in these two delightful ballet cores whose scenarios feature inanimate objects that come to life…The Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra under Łukasz Borowicz relishes Tansman’s orchestral virtuosity and delivers a sparkling performance.

July 2017

Tansman's music is a delight, by turns light and airy, dark and passionate...If neither score is world-shakingly great music, both are expertly crafted, beautifully scored and fun to hear, especially in such clear sound.

Tansman: Ballet Music

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