Elisabetta Brusa: Symphony No. 2, Simply Largo: World premiere recordings

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Brusa is that modern rarity, a convincing 21st-century symphonist with a powerful stylistic voice and some urgent substance to communicate...Some of the instrumental writing [in the Symphony]... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2021, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 4th Dec 2020
Catalogue No: 8574263
Label: Naxos
Length: 52 minutes

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Brusa: Symphony No. 2

Work length39:00

$10.00

$12.90

Ulster Orchestra
Daniele Rustioni

I. Allegro rapsodico (Live)

Track length12:31

$3.00

$3.85

II. Andante solenne (Live)

Track length10:01

$3.00

$3.85

III. Scherzo - Trio (Live)

Track length8:45

$2.00

$2.60

IV. Allegro risoluto (Live)

Track length7:43

$2.00

$2.60

Brusa: Simply Largo

Work length13:44

$3.00

$3.85

Ulster Orchestra
Daniele Rustioni

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Symphonic thought is at the heart of Elisabetta Brusa’s oeuvre, whether in larger forms or solo instrumental works. As with the composer’s Symphony No. 1 (8.573437), the Symphony No. 2 follows a Classical fourmovement form with harmonies that are essentially tonal and richly coloured. Emotions are vivid and the rhythms are punchy and passionate whether in fanfare figures or in the beautiful solemnity of the slow movement. Simply Largo is a short ‘song without words’ with a seamless melodic clarity that reflects Brusa’s power to summon up great expressive depth.

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February 2021

Brusa is that modern rarity, a convincing 21st-century symphonist with a powerful stylistic voice and some urgent substance to communicate...Some of the instrumental writing [in the Symphony] is really challenging, the proliferation of high, loud brass in particular, and the Ulster Orchestra carries some of these elements off with conviction. [In the Largo] the richness of Brusa’s language and the expressive lament the music crystallises speak compellingly to the listener.

Elisabetta Brusa: Symphony No. 2, Simply Largo

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