Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Thomas Zehetmair – #3 Bartók / Adams: Divertimento / Shaker Loops (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Thomas Zehetmair – #3 Bartók / Adams: Divertimento / Shaker Loops (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 49:12 minutes | 870 MB | Genre: Classical
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Béla Bartók and John Adams – the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra has chosen an unusual pairing for the third release on its own label. The orchestra and chief conductor Thomas Zehetmair play to one of their greatest strengths: pushing themselves to the limits in terms of creativity. In Bartók’s Divertimento for string orchestra, the folk motifs dance dangerously close to the abyss. The contrasts between optimism and a premonition of doom are striking – Bartók composed the piece in the summer of 1939. In John Adams’ “Shaker Loops”, the extremes oscillate between lucid pauses and rousing outbursts. This recording makes it impressively clear that this popular work of “minimal music” is not so minimal after all, but contains complex arcs of tension and transitions.

Tracklist:
1-01. Stuttgarter Kammerorchester – Divertimento for String Orchestra Sz. 113: I. Allegro Non Troppo (08:50)
1-02. Stuttgarter Kammerorchester – Divertimento for String Orchestra Sz. 113: II. Molto Adagio (08:28)
1-03. Stuttgarter Kammerorchester – Divertimento for String Orchestra Sz. 113: III. Allegro Assai (06:56)
1-04. Stuttgarter Kammerorchester – Shaker Loops: I. Shaking and Trembling (08:35)
1-05. Stuttgarter Kammerorchester – Shaker Loops: II. Hymning Slews (05:30)
1-06. Stuttgarter Kammerorchester – Shaker Loops: III. Loops and Verses (06:56)
1-07. Stuttgarter Kammerorchester – Shaker Loops: IV. A Final Shaking (03:54)

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