Whispers of Titans: String trios by Gorecki & Korndorf
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Label: Challenge Classics
Cat No: CC72713
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Chamber
Release Date: 12th February 2016
Contents
Works
Genesis I: Elementi for string trio, op.19 no.1In Honour of Alfred Schnittke (AGSCH), string trio
Artists
Goeyvaerts String TrioWorks
Genesis I: Elementi for string trio, op.19 no.1In Honour of Alfred Schnittke (AGSCH), string trio
Artists
Goeyvaerts String TrioAbout
Medieval, Romantic, minimalist, avant-garde - all find a place in the music of the Russian/Canadian composer Nikolai Korndorf (1947-2001). Yet his work rarely sounds eclectic, the ideas and techniques combining to form a focused, and often uncompromising, musical language. From the early 1980s tonality became an important element of Korndorf’s music. His String Trio, completed in 1986, was written in homage to Alfred Schnittke.
Like the Korndorf Trio, Górecki’s Elementi is music of extremes. A bold, physical aspect defines both works, with the sheer energy of the performance an integral part of the listening experience. Elementi dates from 1962, early in the Polish composer’s career, and demonstrates the increasing sophistication with which he was then handling modernist techniques.
The Goeyvaerts String Trio, founded in 1997, takes its name from the Flemish composer Karel Goeyvaerts (1923-1993) who played a key role in the fundamental changes in European new music. In its performances the trio aims for authenticity, seeking out the advice of such eminent composers and musicians as Alexander Ivashkin, Giya Kancheli, Henk Guittart, Sofia Gubaidulina, Alexander Knaifel and Arvo Pärt.
For Challenge Classics, the trio has also recorded ‘String Trios from the East’, a double album of works by Gubaidulina, Kancheli, Knaifel and Oleg Paiberdin (CC72503), and ‘String Trios’ by Webern, Schoenberg, and Schnittke (CC72375).
Goeyvaerts String Trio:
- Kristien Roels (violin)
- Kris Matthynssens (viola)
- Pieter Stas (cello)
Tracks:
1. Henryk Górecki - Genesis I: Elementi per tre archi op.19 no.1 (1962)
Nikolai Korndorf - In Honour of Alfred Schnittke (AGSCH), string trio for violin, viola and cello (1986)
2. Part I: Chorale
3. Part II: Toccata
4. Part III: Aria
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