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Wednesday, November 15, 2017

Ture Rangström - Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4 (Michail Jurowski)


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Composer: Ture Rangström
  1. Symphony No. 3 in D flat major "Sång under stjärnorna"
  2. Symphony No. 4 "Invocatio": I. Preludio: Largo pesante
  3. Symphony No. 4 "Invocatio": II. Alla toccata: Allegro arrabbiato
  4. Symphony No. 4 "Invocatio": III. Intermezzo (sotto voce): Allegretto malinconico
  5. Symphony No. 4 "Invocatio": IV. Recitativo ed Arioso: Andante lento ed adagio
  6. Symphony No. 4 "Invocatio": V. Finale: Grave, presto ed largo maestoso

Norrköping Symphony Orchestra
Michail Jurowski, conductor

Date: 1996
Label: cpo

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Review

Ture RANGSTRÖM (1884-1947) was largely self-taught and was thought alarmingly modern in conservative Sweden when his youthful Dithyramb, 'a work of protest' which reacted against the prevailing 'idylls and sentimentality of Swedish tones', was premiered in 1910. He was a devotee of Strindberg (to whom he played it) and became active a perceptive and outspoken music critic, defending the new. It is an arresting, full-blooded piece which encourages further exploration. The 1st Symphony, to the memory of Strindberg, was given in 1915 and taken up by Stenhammar. Beginning with an allegro enthusiastico it was strikingly original for its time, with a funeral hymn second, a whirling scherzo and a war march finale. The first of these three CDs ends with a return to his idol Strindberg, the 1942 Spring Hymn a seascape composed to commemorate his death 30 years before.

Rangstrom was a 'literary composer', stimulated often by poetry. The second symphony (1919) My country in 3 movements is expansive with singing melodic lines, 'tension and gentle forest mysticism'. Intermezzo drammatico - from an oriental fairy play is 'a Swedish Scheherezade in miniature' five picture postcards movements conceived s illustrations to an imaginary play.

The third CD has Symphonies No. 3 (1929) Song under the stars 'strangely dreamy', in Db major (!) and No. 4 (1936) Invocatio - 5 symphonic improvisations for orchestra and organ. The first is a single movement, suggesting a night-time sea voyage, its main motif based on one of Rangstrom's songs Prayer to the night. The last work in this boxed set only acquired the title symphony at a performance in 1943 - (there is a question whether to drop the 4th of its five movements, all of which are given here). It was built gradually from the initial source of a passacaglia & toccata for organ, and is a substantial addition to the repertoire of orchestral music featuring the organ.

This is not earth-shaking music, but it is more original than obviously derivative, and is well worth exploring for those interested in the vast range of Scandinavian music which rarely gets a hearing in UK. The performances and recording seem excellently prepared and these 1995 CDs, now available at a reduced price, can be recommended.

-- Peter Grahame Woolf, MusicWeb International
reviewing CPO 999 748-2 - RANGSTRÖM: Complete Symphonies

More reviews:
https://www.classicstoday.com/review/review-5035/
http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2000/Oct00/rangstrom.htm
http://www.classicalcdreview.com/rangstrom.htm
https://www.amazon.com/Ture-Rangstrom-Symphonies-Under-Invocatio/dp/B000001S0P

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Ture Rangström (30 November 1884 – 11 May 1947) was a Swedish composer. He studied under Hans Pfitzner in Berlin, and with Julius Hey in Munich. Rangström belonged to a new generation of Swedish composers who in the first decade of the 20th century introduced modernism to their compositions. Rangström started to write songs in his late teens, and follow the success of his early symphonic poems, composed four symphonies, three operas. Rangström also wrote almost 300 songs and orchestrated about 60 of them. In addition to composing, he was also a musical critic and conductor.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ture_Rangstr%C3%B6m

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Michail Jurowski (born 25 December 1945 in Moscow) is a Russian conductor. He is the son of Soviet composer Vladimir Jurowski (1915-1972), and the father of Russian conductor Vladimir Jurowski (b. 1972). Jurowski studied at the Moscow Conservatory with Lev Ginzburg and Alexey Kandinsky, and also worked as assistant to Gennady Rozhdestvensky. Jurowski was music director and principal conductor of the Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie (1992-1998), the Leipzig Opera (1999-2001), and the WDR Rundfunkorchester Köln (2006-2008). He is currently principal guest conductor of the Sinfonia Iuventus in Warsaw.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michail_Jurowski
https://imgartists.com/roster/michail-jurowski/

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