Silvestrov - Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5 - BIS: BISCD1703 - CD or download

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BIS's recording wonderfully captures all the layered sonorities and resonances of Silvestrov's orchestral web, and the Lahti Symphony play as if possessed. — BBC Music Magazine, April 2010, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 30th Nov 2009
Catalogue No: BISCD1703
Label: BIS
Length: 67 minutes

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Sylvestrov: Symphony No. 4

Work length25:45

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Lahti Symphony Orchestra
Jukka-Pekka Saraste
Recorded: August 2008
Recording Venue: Sibelius Hall, Lahti, Finland

Sylvestrov: Symphony No. 5

Work length41:16

Album only

Lahti Symphony Orchestra
Jukka-Pekka Saraste
Recorded: January 2008
Recording Venue: Sibelius Hall, Lahti, Finland

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Led by Jukka-Pekka Saraste, the Lahti Symphony Orchestra performs two symphonies by the Ukrainian composer Valentin Silvestrov. Having as a student absorbed the music of Webern, Scriabin and the new Polish school, in the 1970s Silvestrov moved away from avant-garde techniques and became increasingly involved with the idiom of 19th-century song. To date, Silvestrov has composed seven symphonies. Considered by some to be his masterpiece, Symphony No. 5 has been described as an epilogue inspired by the music of late Romantic composers such as Gustav Mahler.

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April 2010

BIS's recording wonderfully captures all the layered sonorities and resonances of Silvestrov's orchestral web, and the Lahti Symphony play as if possessed.

March 2010

A symphonic logic that Jukka-Pekka Sarasate amply conveys in these responsive performances. Wholly natural sound… and informative notes round out an impressive release.

Silvestrov - Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5

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