Strauss: Metamorphosen / Part: Symphony No. 4, Los Angeles

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Human tragedy underpins this programme. Strauss’s elegiac Metamorphosen is paired with Pärt’s 2009 Symphony No. 4, an anti-Putin work. I Musici de Montréal throws itself into both the passionate... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2022, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 27th May 2022
Catalogue No: ACD22813
Label: Atma Classique
Length: 63 minutes

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Strauss, R: Metamorphosen

Work length27:37

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I Musici de Montréal (chamber orchestra)
Jean-Marie Zeitouni
Recorded: 2021

Pärt: Symphony No. 4 ‘Los Angeles’

Work length35:29

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I Musici de Montréal (chamber orchestra)
Jean-Marie Zeitouni
Recorded: 2020

I. Con sublimità – Marcando con maestà – Pacato

Track length12:53

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II. Affannoso – Un poco più affannato

Track length13:15

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III. Insistentemente – Con intimo sentimento – Deciso

Track length9:21

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ATMA Classique is pleased to present Richard Strauss / Arvo Part the label's first recording project with I Musici de Montreal and the ensemble's first album in ten years. Richard Strauss / Arvo Part is also the first album under the direction of Jean-Marie Zeitouni, who was the ensemble's Music Director until April 2021.

Composed in response to the devastation of World War II, Strauss's Metamorphosen is a major study for 23 soloists and features each of the orchestra's instrumentalists. The piece is paired with Arvo Part's "Los Angeles" Symphony No. 4, a work the composer described as "a bow to the great power of the human spirit and human dignity."

Jean-Marie Zeitouni is one of the brightest conductors of his generation. He is currently principal guest conductor of the Colorado Music Festival (where he served as music director from 2014 to 2018), artistic partner of the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, and a regular collaborator with the Orchestre symphonique et lyrique de Nancy and the Opera national de Lorraine. He was also artistic director of I Musici de Montreal and music director of the Columbus Symphony in Ohio.

Founded in 1984 by Yuli Turovsky, I Musici de Montreal Chamber Orchestra is composed of 15 exceptional musicians who bring to life a varied repertoire ranging from the 17th century to the present day. I Musici de Montreal has built a solid reputation thanks to its numerous international tours and 40 recordings.

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August 2022

Human tragedy underpins this programme. Strauss’s elegiac Metamorphosen is paired with Pärt’s 2009 Symphony No. 4, an anti-Putin work. I Musici de Montréal throws itself into both the passionate outpourings and the atmospheric stillness, with first-rate playing.

Strauss: Metamorphosen / Part: Symphony No. 4, Los Angeles

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