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Gustavo Núñez: Capricho

Gustavo Núñez: Capricho


Gubaidulina:

Bassoon Concerto

Olthuis:

Capricho

Pons, J L:

Concertino de Verano for bassoon, strings and percussion

Villa-Lobos:

Ciranda das sete notas


Gustavo Núñez (bassoon)

Members of Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Ed Spanjaard & Kees Olthius

Gustavo Núñez, principal bassoon with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, is considered one of the best bassoonists of his generation. He was born in Montevideo, Uruguay, in 1965.

After playing the violin for several years, he switched to the bassoon at the age of eleven and was first taught by his father.

From the age of sixteen he studied with Kerry Camden at the Royal College of Music. From 1984-1988 he pursued his studies with Klaus Thunemann in his prestigious class in Hannover, Germany. Still a student, Gustavo Núñez was awarded the Prix Suisse at the International Competition in Geneva, and the Carl Maria von Weber Prize in Munich, both in 1987. In 1988 he played with the Darmstadt opera and from 1989 he was principal bassoon with the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, where he remained until his Concertgebouw appointment in 1995.

In addition to his work with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Gustavo Núñez teaches at the Robert Schumann Academy of Music in Düsseldorf, Germany.

“a player of jaw-dropping agility and effortlessly suave tone...Núñez's performance [of the Gubaidulina], and that of the Concertgebouw cellos and basses, is impressively vivid.” The Guardian, 23rd May 2013 ***

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Horizon 3: Recordings from the 2008-2009 season

Horizon 3: Recordings from the 2008-2009 season


Aa:

Spaces of Blank

Song cycle in 3 movts for mezzo soprano, orchestra & soundtrack on poems by Emily Dickinson, Rozalie Hirs & Anne Carson. World Premiere

Christianne Stotijn (mezzo soprano)

Ed Spanjaard

Gubaidulina:

Der Reiter auf dem weißen Pferd

David Robertson

Ketting:

Trajecten

World Premiere

Markus Stenz

Keuris:

Antologia

David Robertson

Nas:

No reason to panic

David Robertson


With this third release in the Horizon series, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra once again underlines the importance it attaches in its concert programming to performances of contemporary music. The compositions featured on this CD represent a selection of recordings of contemporary works which the orchestra premiered in its 2008–9 season (some of which were commissioned by the orchestra) or of which few or no quality recordings are available. Two Dutch composers of the latest generation (Nas and van der Aa) are brought together here with two members of the older guard (Ketting and Keuris). Sofia Gubaidulina, for her part, represents the international contingent on this CD. In its performance of these works, the orchestra was led by conductors Ed Spanjaard, Markus Stenz and David Robertson. The CD also features soloist mezzo-soprano Christianne Stotijn, to whom van der Aa dedicated his song cycle.

Recorded Live at Concertgebouw Amsterdam on 19, 20 March 2009 (Van der Aa); 22, 23 January 2009 (Ketting); 10, 11 October 2008 (Keuris, Gubaidulina, Nas).

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Gubaidulina: The Deceitful Face of Hope and of Despair - Concerto for flute and large orchestra, etc.

Gubaidulina:

The Deceitful Face of Hope and of Despair - Concerto for flute and large orchestra

world première recording

Sieben Worte for cello, bayan and strings


Sharon Bezaly (flute), Torleif Thedéen (cello) & Mie Miki (accordion)

Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Mario Venzago

“'Every interval,' Gubaidulina explains, 'creates a summation tone and a difference tone: an interval in the lowest register creates a difference tone which we recognise not as a tone but a pulsation.' At higher registers we 'hear the pulsation of the difference tone simultaneously with the original interval'. Gubaidulina sees this transition from pulse to tone and back (and, eventually, the loss of even the pulse) as a metaphor for hope and despair. The Deceitful Face Concerto exploits and explores this acoustical phenomenon and the emotional process of struggling against despair. As the piece unfolds, quiet passages inhabited by the flute soloist and other individual instruments are brutally invaded by outbursts from larger groupings. The flute part, impressively realised by Sharon Bezaly, finally gives way to the terrifying pulsing of the bass drum from which the piece first welled up.
Seven Last Words (1982) is a kind of companion piece to In Croce (1979), in which cello and bajan (Russian accordion) moved towards an explosive meeting from their extreme registers. Again, the crossing of lines is among the structural devices used to symbolise crucifixion. As is her custom, Gubaidulina asks her soloists to venture beyond the standard techniques of their instruments but, as ever, she does so in the service of expressiveness, not novelty. Her thorough command of instrumental colour (and, indeed, temperature) is put to brilliant use in evoking the contradictory emotions associated with Good Friday, from the pain and despair of the participants to the implicit hope of believers.”
Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010

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