Lutoslawski: Concerto for Orchestra; Partita for Violin and Orchestra; Novelette Christian Tetzlaff, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra & Nicholas Collon

• Witold Lutoslawski (1913 - 1994): Concerto for Orchestra:
• 1 Lutoslawski: Concerto for Orchestra: I. Intrada (Allegro maestoso) 07:14
• 2 Lutoslawski: Concerto for Orchestra: II. Capriccio notturno ed Arioso (Vivace) 05:46
• 3 Lutoslawski: Concerto for Orchestra: III. Passacaglia, Toccata e Corale (Andante con moto – Allegro giusto) 15:40
• Partita for Violin and Orchestra:
• 4 Lutoslawski: Partita for Violin and Orchestra: I. Allegro giusto 03:53
• 5 Lutoslawski: Partita for Violin and Orchestra: II. Ad libitum 00:51
• 6 Lutoslawski: Partita for Violin and Orchestra: III. Largo 06:33
• 7 Lutoslawski: Partita for Violin and Orchestra: IV. Ad libitum 00:45
• 8 Lutoslawski: Partita for Violin and Orchestra: V. Presto 03:21
• Novelette:
• 9 Lutoslawski: Novelette: I. Announcement 01:41
• 10 Lutoslawski: Novelette: II. First Event 02:30
• 11 Lutoslawski: Novelette: III. Second Event 03:20
• 12 Lutoslawski: Novelette: IV. Third Event 02:05
• 13 Lutoslawski: Novelette: V. Conclusion 06:09
• Total Runtime 59:48

Info for Lutoslawski: Concerto for Orchestra; Partita for Violin and Orchestra; Novelette

Mit diesem neuen Album unter der Leitung von Nicholas Collon setzt Ondine seine preisgekrönte Reihe mit Orchesterwerken von Witold Lutosławski (1913–1994) zusammen mit dem Finnischen Radio-Sinfonieorchester fort. Die Reihe wurde mehrfach ausgezeichnet, u. a. mit einer GRAMMY-Nominierung, einer Nominierung bei den BBC Music Magazine Awards sowie mit mehreren Auszeichnungen für die Aufnahme des Monats und Nominierungen für die besten Aufnahmen des Jahres.

Dieses Album enthält den frühen Hit des Komponisten, sein folkloristisches Meisterwerk Concerto for Orchestra, das zu seinen meistaufgeführten Kompositionen gehört. Außerdem enthält das Album die Partita für Violine und Orchester (mit Christian Tetzlaff als Solist), ein virtuoses fünfsätziges Werk, das in seiner Orchesterfassung einem Violinkonzert in nichts nachsteht. Die Rarität des Albums ist Lutosławskis Novelette aus dem Jahr 1979, die, wenn auch nur fragmentarisch, bereits auf die Ideen seiner dritten Symphonie hinweist.

Christian Tetzlaff, Violine
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Nicholas Collon, Dirigent

The Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra (FRSO)
is the orchestra of the Finnish Broadcasting Company (Yle), and its mission is to produce and promote Finnish musical culture. The Radio Orchestra of ten players founded in 1927 grew to symphony orchestra proportions in the 1960s. Its Chief Conductors have been Toivo Haapanen, Nils-Eric Fougstedt, Paavo Berglund, Okko Kamu, Leif Segerstam, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Sakari Oramo, Hannu Lintu, and as of autumn 2021 Nicholas Collon. In addition to the great Classical-Romantic masterpieces, the latest contemporary music is a major item in the repertoire of the FRSO, which each year premieres a number of Yle commissions. The FRSO has twice won a Gramophone Award: for its album of Lindberg’s Clarinet Concerto in 2006 and of Bartók Violin Concertos in 2018. Other distinctions have included BBC Music Magazine, Académie Charles Cros, MIDEM Classical awards and Grammy nominations in 2020 and 2021. Its album of tone poems and songs by Sibelius won an International Classical Music Award (ICMA) in 2018. Their recent recording of works by Lotta Wennäkoski on Ondine received a prestigious Gramophone nomination.

Nicholas Collon
British conductor Nicholas Collon is recognized for his elegant conducting style, searching musical intellect and inspirational music-making. He began as Chief Conductor of the Finnish Radio Symphony in August 2021 – the first non-Finnish conductor ever to hold this post. As part of the orchestra’s continuing commitment to the Ondine label, Nicholas Collon will record a number of albums in his first season. Collon continues as Principal Guest of the Guerzenich Orchester, and will also return to the Residentie Orkest, where he was Chief Conductor 2016–2021. The Aurora Orchestra, of which Collon is Founder and Principal Conductor, remains at the heart of his activities.

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