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Marc-André Hamelin, Ulster Orchestra, Dmitry Sitkovetsky - Bernstein: The Age of Anxiety (Symphony No. 2) – Bolcom: Piano Concerto (2000)

Marc-André Hamelin, Ulster Orchestra, Dmitry Sitkovetsky - Bernstein: The Age of Anxiety (Symphony No. 2) – Bolcom: Piano Concerto (2000)
  • Title: Bernstein: The Age of Anxiety (Symphony No. 2) – Bolcom: Piano Concerto
  • Year Of Release: 2000
  • Label: Hyperion
  • Genre: Classical
  • Quality: flac lossless (tracks) +Booklet
  • Total Time: 00:59:28
  • Total Size: 210 mb
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Tracklist

01. Bernstein: Symphony No. 2 "The Age of Anxiety", Pt. 1: I. The Prologue. Lento moderato
02. Bernstein: Symphony No. 2 "The Age of Anxiety", Pt. 1: II. The 7 Ages: Var. 1. L'istesso tempo
03. Bernstein: Symphony No. 2 "The Age of Anxiety", Pt. 1: II. The 7 Ages: Var. 2. Poco più mosso
04. Bernstein: Symphony No. 2 "The Age of Anxiety", Pt. 1: II. The 7 Ages: Var. 3. Largamente, ma mosso
05. Bernstein: Symphony No. 2 "The Age of Anxiety", Pt. 1: II. The 7 Ages: Var. 4. Più mosso
06. Bernstein: Symphony No. 2 "The Age of Anxiety", Pt. 1: II. The 7 Ages: Var. 5. Agitato
07. Bernstein: Symphony No. 2 "The Age of Anxiety", Pt. 1: II. The 7 Ages: Var. 6. Poco meno mosso
08. Bernstein: Symphony No. 2 "The Age of Anxiety", Pt. 1: II. The 7 Ages: Var. 7. L'istesso tempo
09. Bernstein: Symphony No. 2 "The Age of Anxiety", Pt. 1: II. The 7 Stages: Var. 8. Molto moderato, ma movendo
10. Bernstein: Symphony No. 2 "The Age of Anxiety", Pt. 1: II. The 7 Stages: Var. 9. Più mosso. Tempo di Valse
11. Bernstein: Symphony No. 2 "The Age of Anxiety", Pt. 1: II. The 7 Stages: Var. 10. Più mosso
12. Bernstein: Symphony No. 2 "The Age of Anxiety", Pt. 1: II. The 7 Stages: Var. 11. L'istesso tempo
13. Bernstein: Symphony No. 2 "The Age of Anxiety", Pt. 1: II. The 7 Stages: Var. 12. Poco più vivace
14. Bernstein: Symphony No. 2 "The Age of Anxiety", Pt. 1: II. The 7 Stages: Var. 13. L'istesso tempo
15. Bernstein: Symphony No. 2 "The Age of Anxiety", Pt. 1: II. The 7 Stages: Var. 14. Poco più vivace
16. Bernstein: Symphony No. 2 "The Age of Anxiety", Pt. 2: III. The Dirge. Largo
17. Bernstein: Symphony No. 2 "The Age of Anxiety", Pt. 2: IV. The Masque. Extremely Fast
18. Bernstein: Symphony No. 2 "The Age of Anxiety", Pt. 2: V. The Epilogue. L'istesso tempo – Adagio/Andante – Quasi cadenza – Lento molto
19. Bolcom: Concerto for Piano and Large Orchestra: I. Andante spianato – Allegro
20. Bolcom: Concerto for Piano and Large Orchestra: II. Regrets
21. Bolcom: Concerto for Piano and Large Orchestra: III. Finale

These two important American works for piano and orchestra are rather different stylistically but both are concerned with the very 20th-century issues of man's purpose in life and his place in a society when there are no longer any absolute values. As such they are far removed from the conventional idea of the concerto as display piece and both integrate piano and orchestra symphonically (indeed Bernstein calls his work a symphony).

Bernstein's The Age of Anxiety is based on a poem of that name by W.H.Auden and its contents follow closely the narrative of that work. It is a moving and predominantly sombre composition though The Masque section is an exhilarating, jazz-inspired piece.

Bolcom has, rather like Ives before him, always integrated the disparate styles of popular and serious music in his work and his concerto is no exception. The piece was written in 1976 as a cynical response to the glitz of the American bicentennial celebrations. Though the many quotations from American popular songs in the last movement are meant to be ironic, to most listeners their effect is of a riot of musical humour.

Though not much represented in his output for Hyperion, Marc-André Hamelin has long made a speciality of American contemporary music. His feel for jazz and the rhythmic drive of much of this music and his interest in popular North American culture make him the ideal interpreter for these major works.

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