Ben-Haim: Symphony No. 2 & Concerto Grosso

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The late Israel Yinon leads the NDR Radiophilharmonie in committed performances of these intriguing works, and the CPO recording is clear and well balanced. — Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2017

Release Date: 2nd Jun 2017
Catalogue No: 777677-2
Label: CPO
Length: 72 minutes

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Ben-Haim: Symphony No. 2

Work length43:33

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NDR Radiophilharmonie
Israel Yinon
Recorded: 11-15 October 2010
Recording Venue: Grosser Sendesaal, NDR Hannover, Germany

I. Molto moderato

Track length12:49

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II. Allegretto vivace

Track length10:01

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III. Andante affettuoso e languendo

Track length9:31

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IV. Finale. Allegro deciso

Track length11:12

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Ben-Haim: Concerto Grosso

Work length28:37

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NDR Radiophilharmonie
Israel Yinon
Recorded: 11-15 October 2010
Recording Venue: Grosser Sendesaal, NDR Hannover, Germany

I. Overture. Sostenuto molto e grave

Track length8:20

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II. Aria. Andante languendo

Track length9:50

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III. Chaconne (Variationen). Allegro feroce

Track length10:27

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Shortly after the Nazis had seized power, Paul Frankenburger, like many other Jewish composers, left Germany for Palestine, which was then under British administration. In Palestine he resumed his creative work with Ben-Haim as his Hebrew name. He became one of the pioneers of classical music in Israel, both as a composer and as an admired composition teacher. His Concerto Grosso, his first work for symphony orchestra, is embedded in the spiritual and technical sound world of German late romanticism and French impressionism and related to the Baroque concerto grosso only insofar as it contains numerous solos and homogeneous orchestral segments. Ben-Haim concluded the score of his Symphony No. 2, his longest orchestral work, in October 1945. This work adheres to the four-movement structure of classical and romantic music. The autographic score has an epigraph by the Israeli poet Shin Shalom: "Awake with the morning, O my soul, on the summit of Carmel over the sea." It indicates the hopeful, optimistic mood prevailing throughout most of the symphony. The conductor Israel Yinon (who unfortunately died in 2015) is once again our skillful guide through this second Ben-Haim production.

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Awards Issue 2017

The late Israel Yinon leads the NDR Radiophilharmonie in committed performances of these intriguing works, and the CPO recording is clear and well balanced.

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