Piano Concerto/ Wedding in the carpathians Classical Hanssler

Piano Concerto/ Wedding in the carpathians

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HA 0414

Piano Concerto/ Wedding in the carpathians

Label Catalogue Number:
HC24014

Release Date: May 2024
Originally recorded in 2023

Genre:
Classical

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Constantinescu stands out among the composers who followed George Enescu into the Romanian musical limelight during the first half of the 20th century. On the one hand, through his diverse oeuvre, which encompasses almost all of the genres from chamber music to film music, and on the other hand, through his own musical language, consisting of great color and harmonic variety. Skilfully adapted ecclesiastic Byzantine modes and chants, modal scales, and the authentic and fascinating melodies of Romanian folk music merge within Constantinescu's oeuvre, which stands balanced somewhere between Western tradition and a national musical idiom.

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Jürgen Schaarwächter – Klassik.com – 2 August 2024

“… The works here, composed either side of the War, reflect two sides to his compositional nature, the Concerto more Western-leaning though with some florid ethnic elements, and the ballet a more stylized but necessarily blatant example of national folkloric influence. The documentation is helpful and the recorded sound is warmly supportive of the performances. Let’s hope we’ll hear more of the composer’s music from this source – the two symphonies and the Violin Concerto, for example.”

Jonathan Woolf – Musicwebinternational.com – 7 July 2024

“With Romanian folk and Byzantine chants among its key influences, the orchestral music of Paul Constantinescu (1909-63) has immediate appeal…” ****

Jeremy Pound – BBC Music magazine (Brief Notes section) – August 2024

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