Hindemith - Symphonic Metamorphoses, Nobilissima Visione, Konzertmusik
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Label: Pentatone
Cat No: PTC5186672
Format: Hybrid SACD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Orchestral
Release Date: 16th February 2018
Contents
Works
Konzertmusik for string orchestra and brass, op.50Nobilissima Visione: Suite
Symphonic Metamorphosis on themes by Weber
Artists
WDR Symphony OrchestraConductor
Marek JanowskiWorks
Konzertmusik for string orchestra and brass, op.50Nobilissima Visione: Suite
Symphonic Metamorphosis on themes by Weber
Artists
WDR Symphony OrchestraConductor
Marek JanowskiAbout
The WDR Symphony Orchestra and conductor Marek Janowski provide a fascinating interpretation of three orchestral works that display an irrepressible, almost wild passion for music-making that is omnipresent throughout Hindemith's oeuvre. In the Concert Music for Strings and Brass (1931) – also known as "Boston Symphony" – Hindemith invigorates the century-old concertato style of competing instrument groups in twentieth-century fashion by utilizing unusual ensemble combinations. He extracted the Nobilissima Visione Suite (1938) from an eponymous "dance legend" on Saint Francis's vision of the three allegories of poverty, chastity, and obedience. The piece represents the violent battle in which Francis is wounded, but most of the music is serene, focusing on the noblest vision that the wounded Francis subsequently experiences.
The Symphonic Metamorphoses of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber (1944) were also conceived as a ballet, but eventually materialized as a concert piece. Hindemith based the work on a collection of melodies that Carl Maria von Weber once wrote for a theatre performance of Friedrich Schiller's Turandot. Weber's rather simple chinoiserie dating from 1809 is driven forward relentlessly by Hindemith's rhythms and jazzy harmonies. The piece epitomizes Hindemith's capacity to reconcile the old and new in a highly personal musical Language.
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