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Hendrik Andriessen: Miroir de Peine - Orchestral Music & Concertos
96105 (Brilliant Classics, CD)
REISSUE/COMPILATION (1 July 2021)
Tracks: 19
Booklet pages: 10
℗ 1992 NM Classics (tracks 1-10); 1999 NM Classics (tracks 11-19)
© 2021 Brilliant Classics
Main country of recording: Netherlands
Reviewer: Geoff Pearce
Review of Hendrik Andriessen: Miroir de Peine - Orchestral Music & Concertos published on 27 June 2021
Roberta Alexander, soprano (tracks 1-7)
Paul Verheij, flute (track 9)
Ernestine Stoop, harp (track 9)
Tom Reinders, flute (track 10)
Herman Vincken, oboe (track 10)
Maurits Bosman, violin (track 10)
Dmitri Ferschtman, cello (track 10)
Michael Müller, cello (tracks 11, 12 and 16)
Henk Swinnen, oboe (tracks 13-15)
Tinta Schmidt von Altenstadt, violin (tracks 17-19)
Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra
David Porcelijn, conductor (tracks 1-10)
Thierry Fischer, conductor (tracks 11-19)
Hendrik Andriessen (1892-1981):
Miroir de Peine (1923/1933)
1 Agonie au jardin
2 Flagellation
3 Couronnement d’épines
4 Portement de Croix
5 Crusifixion
6 Magna res est amor (1919)
7 Fiat Domine (1920/1930)
8 Variations and Fugue on a theme by Kuhnau (1935)
9 Variations on a theme by Couperin (1944)
10 Chromatic Variations (1970)
Concertino for Cello and Orchestra (1970)
11 Largo - Allegro ma non troppo
12 Allegro con spirito
Concertino for Oboe with String Orchestra (1969-1970)
13 Sonata, Allegro
14 Aria. Andante
15 Fugato a capriccio. Allegro ma non troppo
16 Canzona for Cello solo and Orchestra (1965)
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (1968-1969)
17 Allegro moderato
18 Grave e lento
19 Allegro vivace
Recorded 20-22 June and 29-30 August 1991 at Geertekerk, Utrecht (tracks 1-10) and 6-7 November 1997 and 2 May 1998 at MCO I, Hilversum (tracks 11-19), in the Netherlands