Orchestre National de Lille & Darrell Ang - Dutilleux: Symphony No. 2 "Le double" (2017)

Tracklist
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01. Symphony No. 2 "Le double": I. Animato, ma misterioso
02. Symphony No. 2 "Le double": II. Andantino sostenuto
03. Symphony No. 2 "Le double": III. Allegro fuocoso-Calmato
04. Timbres, espace, mouvement "La nuit etoilée": I. Nébuleuse
05. Timbres, espace, mouvement "La nuit etoilée": II. Interlude-
06. Timbres, espace, mouvement "La nuit etoilée": III. Constellations
07. Mystère de l'instant: I. Appels-
08. Mystère de l'instant: II. Échos-
09. Mystère de l'instant: III. Prismes-
10. Mystère de l'instant: IV. Espaces lontains-
11. Mystère de l'instant: V. Litanies-
12. Mystère de l'instant: VI. Choral-
13. Mystère de l'instant: VII. Rumeurs-
14. Mystère De L'Instant: VIII. Soliloques-
15. Mystère de l'instant: IX. Métamorphoses (sur le nom Sacher)-
16. Mystère de l'instant: X. Embrasement


Henri Dutilleaux's perfectionism resulted in a distinctive and individual musical language of rare poetry and invention. The interplay of stereophonic and polyrhythmic effects and jazzy brass writing in Symphony No. 2 "Le Double" forms, in the composer's own words, 'a musical play of mirrors and of contrasting colours', while Timbres, espaces, mouvement is Dutilleux's response to Vincent van Gogh's Starry Night, a 'longing for the infinity of nature'. The series of snapshots in Mystère de l'instant evokes fleeting and almost magical moments in time, its cumulative power indicative of a consummate composer at the heigh of his powers.

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