Fagerlund: Terral, Strings to the Bone, Chamber Symphony

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I found the works on this disc an exciting discovery, and the performances are sui generis: Storgårds, Bezaly, and the musicians of the Tapiola Sinfonietta are all in top form. Sound quality... — Fanfare, Jan/Feb 2024 More…

Release Date: 2nd Jun 2023
Catalogue No: BIS2639
Label: BIS
Length: 68 minutes

International Classical Music Awards

2024

Nominated - Contemporary Music

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Fagerlund: Terral (Flute Concerto)

Work length28:01

$5.10

$9.00

$12.25

Sharon Bezaly (soloist)
Tapiola Sinfonietta
John Storgårds

I. Lento, liberamente un poco

Track length12:36

$2.05

$3.85

$5.25

II. Energico e brillante

Track length4:23

$2.05

$1.30

$1.75

III. Espansivo, sonore

Track length11:02

$1.00

$3.85

$5.25

Fagerlund: Strings to the Bone

Work length14:13

$2.05

$3.85

$5.25

Tapiola Sinfonietta
John Storgårds

Fagerlund: Chamber Symphony

Work length25:57

$4.50

$7.80

$10.50

Tapiola Sinfonietta
John Storgårds

I. Calmo, misterioso

Track length8:06

$1.50

$2.60

$3.50

II. Energico e brillante

Track length9:38

$1.50

$2.60

$3.50

III. Espansivo

Track length8:13

$1.50

$2.60

$3.50

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"Influenced by the great classics of the 20th century as well as by other musical genres such as world music and rock, Sebastian Fagerlund’s orchestral music, which has held a central position in his work, is known for its pounding rhythmic energy and the quiet, gripping intensity of the more static passages. The flute concerto ‘Terral’ was written in close collaboration with Sharon Bezaly. Referring to a land breeze in Spain, ‘Terral’ is like a constant variation in a transparent and airy soundscape reminiscent of the soil taking on a new appearance when blown by the wind. Strings to the Bone for string orchestra features Fagerlund’s typically intense and virtuosic writing as well as elements of the musical heritage of Ostrobothnia. Finally, the Chamber Symphony came to existence thanks to his collaboration with the Tapiola Sinfonietta and the Ottawa-based National Arts Centre Orchestra, where John Storgårds has been principal guest conductor since 2015. According to the Finnish daily Hufvudstadsbladet, this work shows 'a thematically consistent symphonic construction with an authentic symphonic tension integrated into the dramaturgical gesture'."

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Jan/Feb 2024

I found the works on this disc an exciting discovery, and the performances are sui generis: Storgårds, Bezaly, and the musicians of the Tapiola Sinfonietta are all in top form. Sound quality is up to Bis’s usual high standard. Strongly recommended at every level.

August 2023

Some of this music is more studied than that of the composer’s outstanding orchestral trilogy, making for a less ethereal but no less satisfying experience. But new instalments in BIS’s chronicling of this composer’s post-Lindberg aesthetic are always worth acquiring, and this is no exception.

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