Ensemble MidtVest - Holmboe: Chamber Music, Vol. 1-2 (2011-2012) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

Holmboe: Chamber Music, Vol. 1

01. Primavera, Op. 55: I. Allegretto leggiero e amabile
02. Primavera, Op. 55: II. Andante tranquillo
03. Primavera, Op. 55: III. Adagio - Vivace
04. Gioco, Op. 155: I. Allegro con brio
05. Gioco, Op. 155: II. Andante con moto
06. Gioco, Op. 155: III. Adagio
07. Gioco, Op. 155: IV. Allegro con vivezza
08. Flute Sonata, Op. 71: I. Preludio: Andante rubato
09. Flute Sonata, Op. 71: II. Fuga: Allegro molto
10. Flute Sonata, Op. 71: III. Andante interrotto: Andante
11. Flute Sonata, Op. 71: IV. Rondo: Allegro giocoso
12. Ballata, Op. 159: I. Con moto
13. Ballata, Op. 159: II. Allegretto – Quieto – Vivace
14. Quartet, Op. 90: I. Allegretto
15. Quartet, Op. 90: II. Adagio ma non troppo
16. Quartet, Op. 90: III. Allegro

This recording marks the beginning of a new series devoted to previously unrecorded chamber works by the Danish composer Vagn Holmboe. The music was written from the 1950s to the 1980s and ranges wide, all the way from the playful to the serious. Holmboe’s inexhaustible wealth of ideas and his mixture of lightness and ingenuity run through all the works. As does his ‘metamorphosis’ technique, which makes the music breathe and grow like the Nordic landscape of which Holmboe felt himself to be a part.


Holmboe: Chamber Music, Vol. 2

01. Eco, Op. 186: I. Allegro liberamente
02. Eco, Op. 186: II. Andante con moto
03. Eco, Op. 186: III. Andante
04. Aspekter (Aspects), Op. 72: I. Andante tranquillo
05. Aspekter (Aspects), Op. 72: II. Andante con moto
06. Aspekter (Aspects), Op. 72: III. Andante inquieto
07. Aspekter (Aspects), Op. 72: IV. Lento
08. Aspekter (Aspects), Op. 72: V. Allegro giocoso
09. Cello Sonata, Op. 101: I. Praeludio. Tempo giusto
10. Cello Sonata, Op. 101: II. Fugare. Allegro risoluto
11. Cello Sonata, Op. 101: III. Introduzione. Adagio - Finale. Allegro giocoso
12. Quartetto medico, Op. 70: I. Andante medicamento
13. Quartetto medico, Op. 70: II. Allegro quasi febrile
14. Quartetto medico, Op. 70: III. Intermedico I. Andante senza pianisticitis
15. Quartetto medico, Op. 70: IV. Intermedico II (sans marais). Poco largamente
16. Quartetto medico, Op. 70: V. Allegro con frangula
17. Sextet, Op. 114: I. Andante
18. Sextet, Op. 114: II. Andante cantabile
19. Sextet, Op. 114: III. Allegro molto

Throughout his long life, Danish composer Vagn Holmboe (1909-96) wrote music with a Zen-like balance between intellect and nature. He saw chamber music as an ideal world and expressed himself in a multiplicity of ensembles, forms and formats – as shown in this acclaimed series featuring the Danish group Ensemble MidtVest.

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