Kalabis: Youth, Concerto For Chamber Orchestra, Cello Concerto

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Release Date: 22nd Mar 2024
Catalogue No: SU43342
Label: Supraphon
Length: 66 minutes

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Kalabis: Youth. Overture for Large Orchestra, Op. 7

Work length13:38

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Janáček Philharmonic Ostrava
Viktor Kalabis

Kalabis: Concerto for Chamber Orchestra, Op. 3 'Hommage à Stravinsky'

Work length15:25

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$4.05

Janáček Chamber Orchestra
Viktor Kalabis

I. Allegro

Track length5:32

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II. Andante

Track length6:24

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III. Allegro

Track length3:29

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Kalabis: Concerto for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 8

Work length37:32

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$4.05

Miroslav Petráš (soloist)
Janáček Philharmonic Ostrava
Viktor Kalabis

I. Allegro moderato

Track length14:05

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II. Largo

Track length11:27

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III. Allegro

Track length12:00

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The centenary of the birth of Viktor Kalabis (1923-2006), a major 20th-century Czech composer, is worthy of attention. The previous Supraphon album, Symphonies & Concertos (SU 4109-2), mapping his mature and late works, met with critical acclaim (Gramophone Choice / Reissue of the Month, Choc de Classica). Much of Kalabis's early output, however, is yet to be discovered. The present recording, containing three pieces dating from between 1948 and 1951, attests to the young composer's remarkable maturity. In the Concerto for Chamber Orchestra, Op. 3 (1948), Kalabis paid tribute to Igor Stravinsky, a great idol of his, with the concerto grosso form and instrumentation referring to Dumbarton Oaks. The impressive brief overture Youth, Op. 7 (1950), demonstrates the composer's brilliant mastery of large symphony orchestra. The surprising dark colours in the work may reflect the difficult period of the Communist dictatorship's ascent. The neo-folk Concerto for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 8 (1951), reveals Kalabis's Dvorak, Bartok, Hindemith and late symphonic Martinu inspirations. Youthful dynamic energy and intimations of future weighty profundity characterise Kalabis's early music. Three decades later, the composer recorded his early pieces, conducting the Janacek Philharmonic Ostrava. The present album thus affords the opportunity to listen to their authentic performance.

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