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Monday, November 13, 2017

Kurt Atterberg - Cello Concerto; Brahms Sextet (Truls Mørk; Kristjan Järvi)


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Composer: Kurt Atterberg; Johannes Brahms
  1. Atterberg - Cello Concerto in C minor, Op. 21: 1. Andante cantabile - Allegro -
  2. Atterberg - Cello Concerto in C minor, Op. 21: 2. Adagio -
  3. Atterberg - Cello Concerto in C minor, Op. 21: 3. Allegro
  4. Brahms - String Sextet No. 2 in G major, Op. 36 (orch. Atterberg): 1. Allegro non troppo
  5. Brahms - String Sextet No. 2 in G major, Op. 36 (orch. Atterberg): 2. Scherzo. Allegro non troppo
  6. Brahms - String Sextet No. 2 in G major, Op. 36 (orch. Atterberg): 3. Poco adagio
  7. Brahms - String Sextet No. 2 in G major, Op. 36 (orch. Atterberg): 4. Poco allegro

Truls Mørk, cello (1-3)
Norrlands Opera Symphony Orchestra
Kristjan Järvi, conductor

Date: 2007
Label: BIS
http://bis.se/performers/mork-truls/atterberg-cello-concerto


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Review

ARTISTIC QUALITY: 9 / SOUND QUALITY: 9

Kurt Atterberg’s Cello Concerto is so beautiful and melodically attractive that you hardly notice the absence of thematic development (partly a function of the composer’s dislike of counterpoint) or the fact that it may be a bit long for its material. What this means in practical terms is that the music needs passionate advocacy from the soloist, and that’s just what it receives from Truls Mork, who plays the piece as if his life depended on it. There’s only one caveat that will be more serious to some listeners than for others: Mork’s breathing is so heavy and obtrusive that it supplies a good bit of the counterpoint that Atterberg normally lacks. It’s a common problem with string soloists today (happily winds and brass need their breath to play their instruments), and I wish that recording producers would throw down the gauntlet and tell the players to cool it or forget about making recordings. That said, and because the performance as such is enjoyable in all other respects, I can recommend it enthusiastically.

Brahms’ Sextet No. 2 already is a rich and opulent piece of string writing as it stands, a fact that can be used to argue either (a)it doesn’t benefit from being arranged for string orchestra, or (b)it’s perfectly suited to being arranged for string orchestra. Let’s just say that Atterberg knew what he was doing, and that the work sounds very beautiful and entirely natural in its larger guise. The orchestra plays it well, if naturally without the level of nuance perceptible in the finest renditions of the original chamber scoring, and Kristjan Järvi conducts both this work and the concerto affectionately–but also with the necessary vigor and flow. If only Mork had managed to control his snorting this would be a “10” for artistic merit, but as it stands this release constitutes another valuable addition to the growing Atterberg discography. [6/25/2007]

-- David Hurwitz, ClassicsToday

More reviews:
http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2007/June07/Atterberg_cello_BISCD1504.htm
http://www.allmusic.com/album/atterberg-cello-concerto-brahms-atterberg-string-sextet-in-g-major-mw0001400244
http://www.amazon.com/Cello-Concerto-Atterberg/dp/B000PSJCEC

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Kurt Atterberg (12 December 1887 – 15 February 1974) was a Swedish composer and engineer, best known for his symphonies, operas and ballets. Atterberg composed nine symphonies, six concertante works, nine orchestral suites, three string quartets, five operas and two ballets. His works combine compositional styles of the Russians, Brahms and Reger with Swedish folk tunes. From 1924 to 1947, Atterberg was president of the Society of Swedish Composers, which he co-founded in 1918, alongside other prominent composers such as Ture Rangström, Wilhelm Stenhammar and Hugo Alfvén.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Atterberg

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Truls Mørk (born 25 April 1961 in Bergen) is a Norwegian cellist. Mørk began his studies with Frans Helmerson at 17 at Edsberg Music Institute, then went on to study with the Russian cellist Natalia Shakhovskaya. Mørk's discography includes an award-winning recordings of the Shostakovich Cello Concertos and of Bach's Suites for Solo Cello. He has recorded for such labels as Virgin Classics and Harmonia mundi. Mørk holds a Professorship at the Norwegian Academy of Music, Oslo. He performs on a rare Domenico Montagnana cello (Venice, 1723), whose scroll was made by Stradivarius.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truls_M%C3%B8rk

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Kristjan Järvi (born 13 June 1972 in Tallinn) is an Estonian-born American conductor and pianist, the younger son of conductor Neeme Järvi. Järvi studied piano with Nina Svetlanova at the Manhattan School of Music and conducting with Kenneth Kiesler at the University of Michigan. He was Chief Conductor and Music Director of NorrlandsOperan (2000-2004), the Tonkünstler Orchestra (2004-2009). Järvi was also the conductor and founder of the Baltic Sea Philharmonic. He is the current Artistic Advisor to the Kammerorchester Basel and chief conductor of the MDR Symphony Orchestra.

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