Carrara: Magnificat; Ondanomala; Suite per bicicletta e orchestra

Scogna, Flavio Emilio;
Orchestre Symphonique et Lyrique de Nancy

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No, there are no bicycles in Suite per bicicletta and orchestra, which arose from a commission for the Orchestra Regionale Toscana and the 2013 UCI Road World Championships. The work was originally conceived as a show comprising music, text and archive images of legendary cyclists; the suite extracts and rearranges the music as a four-movement suite evoking the landscapes, mountains, speed and thrill of professional cycling. It’s a typically entertaining work from the pen of Cristian Carrara (b.1977), who brings references to English music, especially Britten, to a personal language which echoes with the Minimalist composers of eastern Europe (Pärt) and the US (Adams). It is, thus, fairly easy on the ear, highly melodic, and hauntingly beautiful, as can be heard from previous albums such as Liber mundi from 2013, whose title track is a soaring poem for violin, soprano and orchestra.

Works:
• Carrara: In memoriam Vivaldi
• Carrara: Magnificat
• Carrara: Ondanomala
• Carrara: Suite per bicicletta e orchestra

CD

Muzyka klasyczna

Brilliant Classics

13-11-2019

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