Tonight I listened to a wonderful concerto which was part of the Baltic Sea festival
Kremer and his string orchestra Kremerata Baltica, together with conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen performed Part's Fratres, Shostakovitch's Violin Sonata in G major, Bartok's Diversemento for Strings and finally Denisov's Happy End. An interesting an unusual reportoire, and very well played. Gidon Kremer needs no introduction, Kremerata Baltica is the string orchestra he started 5-6 years ago to give young Baltic musicians a chance to perform over the world. They have been very well received, and spart from very talented musicians, they also have an interesting, quite modern reportoire that includes contemporary composers like Part and Schnittke, but also my favorite tango nuevo composer Piazolla
A very special ensamble
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Originally posted by fable
That said, my Rachmaninoff favorites include his Paganini Rhapsody, Symphonic Dances, Piano Concerto #2, Francesca da Rimini (opera), and Second Suite for Two Pianos. |
I love Francesca da Rimini, it was however composed by Tchaikovsky
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