Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Thomas Zehetmair - #3 Bartók / Adams: Divertimento / Shaker Loops (2023) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Divertimento for String Orchestra Sz. 113: I. Allegro non troppo
02. Divertimento for String Orchestra Sz. 113: II. Molto adagio
03. Divertimento for String Orchestra Sz. 113: III. Allegro assai
04. Shaker Loops: I. Shaking and Trembling
05. Shaker Loops: II. Hymning Slews
06. Shaker Loops: III. Loops and Verses
07. Shaker Loops: IV. A Final Shaking

Béla Bartók and John Adams - the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra has chosen an unusual pairing for the third release on its own label. The orchestra and chief conductor Thomas Zehetmair play to one of their greatest strengths: pushing themselves to the limits in terms of creativity. In Bartók's Divertimento for string orchestra, the folk motifs dance dangerously close to the abyss. The contrasts between optimism and a premonition of doom are striking - Bartók composed the piece in the summer of 1939. In John Adams' "Shaker Loops", the extremes oscillate between lucid pauses and rousing outbursts. This recording makes it impressively clear that this popular work of "minimal music" is not so minimal after all, but contains complex arcs of tension and transitions.

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