CDHåkan Hardenberger plays Dean and Francesconi / Gothenburg Symphony, John Storgårds conductor.
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Dramatis personae (2013) music for trumpet and orchestra Recorded/performed at: Gothenburg Concert Hall, Sweden, on Nov 14. |
Brett Dean | Håkan Hardenberger, Gothenburg Symphony, John Storgårds | 31 mins, 8 sec. |
Also includes: Hard pace / Luca Francesconi.
Product details
Ever since his very first disc, released by BIS some thirty years
ago, Håkan Hardenberger has earned recognition for his
performances of the classical repertory, but also as a pioneer of
significant and virtuosic new music for the trumpet.
Collaborations with composers such as Takemitsu, Pärt, Henze and
H K Gruber have resulted in numerous works, of which the two
recorded here are among the more recent.
Brett Dean's concerto Dramatis personae is named after
the term used for the list of characters in a stage work, and
casts the soloist in the role of the 'Hero'. Dean's protagonist
is a complex one, however, with traits inspired by comic-book
super heroes as well as the classical flawed heroes of literature
and legend: 'Soliloquy', the second movement, is a reference to
Hamlet, while Charlie Chaplin's character in Modern Times has
inspired the work's finale, 'The Accidental Revolutionary'.
If there is a hero in the concerto by Luca Francesconi, it is
Miles Davis. In his comments to the work, Francesconi talks of
Davis as 'a musician who transcends all labels' with 'a delicate,
cracked sound' and a voice which speaks directly to the listener.
Hard Pace, the title of Francesconi's work, is an allusion to a
difficult journey, but it is also a conflation of the names of
the performers for whom it was written: Hardenberger, Antonio
Pappano and the Santa Cecilia Orchestra. On the present recording
it is the Gothenburg Symphony and conductor John Storgårds who
provide Håkan Hardenberger with expert support in these
demanding, and rewarding, scores.
Duration: 59 min.
I. Fall of a superhero -- II. Soliloquy -- III. The accidental revolutionary.
Liner notes include program notes and biographical notes on composers and performers.
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