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班奈特: 管絃樂作品第五集
強納森.阿斯嘉大提琴
約翰.威爾森 指揮
BBC蘇格蘭交響樂團
John Wilsons series of orchestral works by his mentor and friend Sir Richard Rodney Bennett
reaches Volume 5, featuring three works composed between 1973 and 1989. The Concerto for
Orchestra was commissioned at the instigation of Brian Priestman, the British chief conductor of the
Denver Symphony Orchestra. Its three-movement structure, closing with a dazzling set of variations,
displays the modern orchestra as a virtuoso body of players. His rarely performed cello concerto
Sonnets to Orpheus forms the centrepiece of the programme. Originally commissioned by the
Edinburgh International Festival, and premiered by Heinrich Schiff, it was written at a crisis-point in the
composers life, as Bennett split with his partner and left the UK for New York, where he would
spend the rest of his life. This recording features the internationally acclaimed Norwegian cellist
Jonathan Aasgaard, principal cello of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic and Sinfonia of London, and
tutor of cello at Londons Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Diversions was a commission from the
Haberdashers Askes Schools, in north London, to celebrate their tercentenary, in 1990. It was first
played by the combined orchestras of all seven schools at a celebratory concert in the Royal
Festival Hall and the finished work is an exuberantly colourful set of symphonic variations on the
Scottish folksong 'Whistle and Ill come to you, my lad.
Concerto for Orchestra (1973) 22:06
1. I Aubade. Vivo - Doppio valore - Quasi cadenza - Scherzando 6:59
2. II Adagio - Pochissimo piu mosso - Agitato - Presto spettrale – 7:57
3. Tema. Presto - 0:25
4. Variazione I. Leggero - 0:25
5. Variazione II. Molto agitato - 0:34
6. Variazione III. Misterioso - 0:24
7. Variazione III. Strepitoso - 0:24
8. Variazione V. Quasi campane - 0:38
9. Variazione VI. Appassionato - 0:47
10. Variazione VII. Scherzando - 0:22
11. Variazione VIII. Brillante - 0:21
12. Finale. Molto ritmico - Maestoso 2:37
Sonnets to Orpheus (1978-79) * 32:00
13. I Allegro - A tempo, tranquillo - Con moto - [Cadenza. ] 8:00
14. II Capriccioso - Stesso tempo ma tranquillo - Come prima - 4:14
15. III Arioso - Molto tranquillo 6:01
16. IV Molto animato - [ ] - Tempo I - [ ] - 8:57
17. V Adagio – Senza misura 4:38
Diversions (1989)18:00
18. Theme ('Whistle and Ill come to you, my lad). Vivo – 1:14
19. Variation I. Grazioso – 1:31
20. Variation II. Scherzando – 0:46
21. Interlude 1 ('In your [sic] garden). Allegretto – Scherzando – Largamente- 1:30
22. Variation III. Poco lento – A tempo con moto – A tempo poco sostenuto – 2:11
23. Variation IV. Con fuoco – 1:21
24. Variation V. Tranquillo – A tempo con moto – 2:24
25. Variation VI. Con brio – 1:40
26. Interlude 2 ('My loves in Germanie). Lento – 2:39
27. Finale. Molto allegro – Alla marcia – Giocoso – Molto vivo 2:41
Total time: 72:17
Conductor: John Wilson
Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
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