Suk - Asrael Symphony
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Label: BR Klassik
Cat No: 900188
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Orchestral
Release Date: 28th February 2020
Contents
Artists
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen RundfunksConductor
Jakub HrusaWorks
Asrael Symphony in C minor, op.27Artists
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen RundfunksConductor
Jakub HrusaAbout
The “Asrael” Symphony was written after Dvořák's death, and the death soon afterwards of Suk’s wife gave the work a new direction – it is dedicated to both of them. The title of Asrael refers to the angel of death from Islamic-Persian mythology: he is a mysterious companion of the human soul from this world to the next. Suk developed his own musical language in which the solo violin is often involved (as here in the gentle central section of the Andante). With the “Asrael” Symphony he consciously took up the tradition of a “fate symphony”, associated since Beethoven’s Fifth with the key of C minor moving at the end into radiant C major. Since its premiere on 3 February 1907 at the Prague National Theatre, “Asrael” has ranked as Suk’s most important symphonic work, heralded as a visionary glimpse into the future.
This performance by the young Czech conductor Jakub Hrůša makes a compelling case for Suk’s work. Since 2016, Hrůša has been chief conductor of the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, as well as first guest conductor of the London Philharmonia Orchestra and the Czech Philharmonic. He conducts the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks in this performance of Suk’s “Asrael” Symphony, which was recorded for the current CD at concerts in October 2018 in Munich’s Philharmonie im Gasteig.
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