Serebrier: Symphonic BACH Variations; Laments and Hallelujahs; Flute Concerto

Serebrier: Symphonic BACH Variations; Laments and Hallelujahs; Flute Concerto

BIS-2423 (BIS Records, SACD)

DSD
Multi-channel/Stereo
NEW RELEASE (31 January 2020)

Playing time: 76'40"
Tracks: 15
Booklet pages: 36
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Main country of recording: IE
Country of manufacture: EU
Reviewer: Gerald Fenech
Review of Serebrier: Symphonic BACH Variations; Laments and Hallelujahs; Flute Concerto published on 29 March 2020


Listen: Serebrier: Andante mosso, dolente (Symphonic BACH Variations) (track 3, 0:00-0:53)

Alexandre Kantorow, piano (tracks 1-4)
Sharon Bezaly, flute (tracks 6-10)
Molly Judson, cor anglais (track 12)
RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra (tracks 1-5 and 13-15)
Echos Del Mar Choir (director Giselle Elgarresta Rios) (track 5)
Australian Chamber Orchestra (tracks 6-10)
Richard Tognetti, conductor (tracks 6-10)
Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya (tracks 11, 12)
José Serebrier, conductor (tracks 1-5 and 11-15)

José Serebrier (born 1938):

Symphonic BACH Variations for piano and orchestra (2017-18) (first recording)
1 Allegro
2 Poco allegro
3 Andante mosso, dolente
4 Andante lugubre, elegiac

5 Laments and Hallelujahs (2018) (first recording)

Flute Concerto with Tango (2008)
6 Quasi presto
7 Cadenza. Andante rubato
8 Fantasia
9 Tango inconclusivo
10 Allegro comodo

11 Tango in Blue (Tango en Azul) (2001)

12 Casi un Tango (2002)

13 Last Tango before Sunrise (2018)

14 Adagio (2014)

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893), arranged by José Serebrier:

15 None but the Lonely Heart (2018) (first recording of this transcription)

Recorded in October 2018 at the National Concert Hall, Dublin, Ireland (tracks 1-5 and 13-15), in October 2009 at Eugene Goossens Hall, ABC Centre, Sydney, Australia (tracks 6-10) and in July 2003 at the Teatre-Auditori Sant Cugat, Barcelona, Catalunya (tracks 11-12)