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Holmboe the concerto writer had a very different agenda from Holmboe the symphonist, and nowhere does that become more apparent than in Chamber Concerto No 8 (1945), subtitled Sinfoniaconcertante,... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Release Date: 8th Aug 2003
Catalogue No: BISCD917
Label: BIS
Length: 68 minutes

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Holmboe: Concerto No. 8, Op. 38, for orchestra 'Sinfonia Concertante'

Work length18:13

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Aalborg Symphony Orchestra
Owain Arwel Hughes

I. Allegro con brio

Track length10:52

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II. Andante con variazioni

Track length7:21

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Holmboe: Concerto No. 10 (Trae, Messing og Tarm) [Wood, Brass and Gut], Op. 40

Work length26:28

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Aalborg Symphony Orchestra
Owain Arwel Hughes

Allegro non troppo

Track length12:02

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I. Più allegro

Track length0:46

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II. Andante

Track length1:46

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III. Allegro molto

Track length1:03

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IV. Un poco lento

Track length2:27

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V. Adagio ma non troppo

Track length1:29

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VI. Allegro molto

Track length2:19

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VII. Allegro

Track length2:22

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VIII. Vivace

Track length2:14

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Holmboe: Concerto giocondo e severo, Op. 132, M. 242

Work length3:31

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Aalborg Symphony Orchestra
Owain Arwel Hughes

Holmboe: Den Galsinded Tyrk, Op. 32b

Work length19:58

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Aalborg Symphony Orchestra
Owain Arwel Hughes

I. Bodlens dance (Dance of the executioner) [the Ill-Tempered Turk]

Track length2:18

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II. De to anders dans (Dance of the two spirits) [the Ill-Tempered Turk]

Track length4:08

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III. Traeernes dans (Dance of the trees) [the Ill-Tempered Turk]

Track length4:40

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IV. Sultanens svaerddans (Sword dance of the sultan) [the Ill-Tempered Turk]

Track length3:15

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V. Godtfolks og krigeres dans (Dance of folks and warriors) [the Ill-Tempered Turk]

Track length5:37

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2010

Holmboe the concerto writer had a very different agenda from Holmboe the symphonist, and nowhere does that become more apparent than in Chamber Concerto No 8 (1945), subtitled Sinfoniaconcertante, a splendid work that's a direct precursor of the magnificent First Chamber Symphony (1953). Owain Arwel Hughes underscores the music's internal cohesion and plays down the Hindemithian overtones. No 10 (1945-6) is a bracing early example of Holmboe's metamorphosis technique, its nine sections acting like variations within a traditional concerto format: the sections in pairs respectively form an introduction and three 'movements', with the last acting as coda.
Holmboe devotees will be particularly keen on the other two works, both novelties. The Cheerful and Severe Concerto is a single (12- minute) movement, though like the Tenth, divided into sections; here, though, they are compressed to form a compellingly fluent design in the composer's late, luminous style.
More fascinating still is the suite, made (with some recomposition) in 1969 from the music of the still-unperformed ballet Den GalsindedeTyrk (1942-4). The opening 'Dance of the Executioner' has echoes of the contemporaneous Fifth Symphony, while later movements – for instance, the central 'Dance of the Trees' – point towards the Sixth and Seventh (1947-50).
But the music also seems eminently danceable, making its neglect all the more astonishing.
Heartily recommended.

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