Victoria Borisova-Ollas: Angelus: Orchestral Works

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Whether taking us on an evocative tour of Munich in Angelus or putting the strings through their paces in the angular Creation of the Hymn, Borisova-Ollas writes with colour and ingenuity. — BBC Music Magazine, December 2020, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 28th Aug 2020
Catalogue No: BIS2288
Label: BIS
Length: 82 minutes

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Borisova-Ollas: Angelus

Work length22:25

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Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
Andrey Boreyko

Borisova-Ollas: The Kingdom of Silence

Work length14:39

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$5.25

Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
Martyn Brabbins

Borisova-Ollas: Before the Mountains Were Born

Work length18:10

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$7.00

Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
Martyn Brabbins

Borisova-Ollas: Creation of the Hymn

Work length15:24

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$7.80

$10.50

Version for String Orchestra
Joakim Svenheden (violin), Johannes Rostamo (cello)
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
Andrey Boreyko

Solenne, risoluto e con tutta forza

Track length2:43

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$1.30

$1.75

Allegretto - Giocoso

Track length1:32

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Tranquillo

Track length2:11

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Allegro, energico

Track length3:08

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Largo, espressivo

Track length1:57

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Calmo

Track length3:53

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Borisova-Ollas: Open Ground

Work length11:25

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Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
Sakari Oramo

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Born in Russia, Victoria Borisova-Ollas has lived in Sweden since 1993. In the international music press, she has been described as ‘a composer with a sparkling individual voice’ and an ‘orchestrator of the greatest virtuosity’. This is borne out by this wellfilled disc which features five works from 2003 – 2013, in performances by the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra (RSPO) with which BorisovaOllas enjoys a collaboration of long standing. Angelus, which opens the disc, is also the longest work with a duration of some 22 minutes. It was composed for the 850th anniversary of the city of Munich and takes the listener on a walk through the city and its many clock towers. Angelus is conducted by Andrey Boreyko, who has championed the music of Borisova-Ollas for many years and who here also conducts Creation of the Hymn, a reworking by the composer of a piece for string quartet. Martyn Brabbins has also been entrusted with two works, including Before the Mountains Were Born. Composed in 2005 for the RSO Stuttgart, it includes a virtuosic ‘cadenza’ for the four of the principal woodwind players (flute, oboe, clarinet and bassoon). In the final work on the disc, Open Ground, it is Sakari Oramo, chief conductor of the RSPO, who brings out the towering chords and ethereal shimmerings of Borisova-Ollas’ score.

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December 2020

Whether taking us on an evocative tour of Munich in Angelus or putting the strings through their paces in the angular Creation of the Hymn, Borisova-Ollas writes with colour and ingenuity.

March/April 2021

The compelling performances of these splendid works by the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra led by Andrey Boreyko, Martyn Brabbins, and Sakari Oramo, along with the equally compelling sonics, make this disc a winner all around.

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