Holmboe: Chamber Symphonies
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VAGN HOLMBOE
Holmboe: Chamber Symphonies
Lapland Chamber Orchestra, John Storgårds
[ Dacapo / CD ]
Release Date: Monday 30 July 2012
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These are World premiere recordings of Vagn Holmboe's 3 masterly chamber symphonies, performed by an expert Finnish team. The Finnish conductor John Storgårds really stands out. In 2008 John Storgårds was appointed chief conductor of the Helsinki Philharmonic, one of Scandinavia's best and most tradition-rich orchestras. He is also artistic director of the magical Lapland Chamber Orchestra and since 2012 Principal Guest Conductor of BBC Philharmonic.
Vagn Holmboe's three chamber symphonies span the period when the Danish composer immersed himself in symphonic works; they are a fine demonstration of his preoccupation with the processes of nature and the idea of musical metamorphoses.
GRAMOPHONE AWARD FINALIST 2013: Orchestral
"The grandeur Holmboe elicits from his small ensemble and basic thematic material is a lesson in compositional craft, the creation of a whole (considerably) greater than the sum of its parts...Excellent performances, superb sound: you will not hear a finer disc this year." (Gramophone)
Tracks:
Chamber Symphony No. 1, Op. 53
Chamber Symphony No. 2, Op. 100 'Elegy'
Chamber Symphony No. 3, Op. 103a 'Frise' (Frieze)
