Rautavaara: Manhattan Trilogy; Symphony No. 3 [Hybrid SACD]
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Conductor: Leif SegerstamOrchestra: The Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
Performer: Einojuhani Rautavaara
Edition: Music CD
Format: SACD
CD Release Date: 2008-03-11
Music Label: Ondine
Soundtracks:
- I. Daydreams
- II. Nightmares
- III. Dawn
- I. Langsam, breit, ruhig
- II. Langsam, doch nicht schleppend
- III. Sehr schnell
- IV. Bewegt
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Free Music Review: Rautavaara's Third is his masterpiece, but the other piece shows how his career has reached staggering amounts of staleness
Hit: 3 Stars
The Finnish composer Einojuhani Rautavaara is an all-around minor musician who, after an early period of rigorous work but with only a few pieces really standing out, has spent the last several decades mainly rewriting the same piece over and over again. This 2008 Ondine hybrid SACD/CD disc features two works representative of each strain. Leif Segerstam leads the Helsinki Philharmonic.
The "Symphony No 3." (1959-1960) might ultimately stand as Rautavaara's greatest achievement. Here the composer embraced twelve-tone serialism, but his application of the method, however, is totally unlike the pointillistic music of the Darmstadt group. It's not completely like the atonal expressionism of Berg either. Instead, incredibly enough, it sounds of all things like Bruckner with its titantic spans, Bruckernian orchestration, clear use of themes, and tonal finale. While I prefer more abstract serialism, it's neat to see someone following in Berg's footsteps in turning the dodecaphonic technique to something palatable to more sensitive listeners. Segerstam's reading is as strong as any, and if you have a SACD setup and the cash to spend, this disc is a fine way to hear the piece in awesome surround sound. Listeners with just a stereo setup or a tight budget might instead want to purchase the Naxos CD where Hannu Lintu leads the Royal Scottish Philharmonic Orchestra.
"Manhattan Trilogy" (2004) takes as its programme the composer's formative years studying in New York. The opening movement, "Daydreams" at first surprises one familiar with Rautavaara's late oeuvre, since there's some actual diversity of material here. An aura of sounds opens it and eventually the harp enters in, plucking out the beat while winds and strings constantly alternate. Unfortunately, with the following two movements "Nightmares" and "Dawn", we get generic Rautavaara, long triadic harmonies with no variety or development. I'd challenge any Rautavaara to tell this apart from "Book of Visions", "Isle of Bliss", the Symphony No. 8, "Garden of Spaces", "Adagio Celeste" etc. There's another recent recording of this on another Naxos CD, but this is frankly poor music in any performance.
Rautavaara: Manhattan Trilogy; Symphony No. 3 [Hybrid SACD] Poster
Einojuhani Rautavaara is internationally one of the best known and most frequently performed Finnish composers. Commissioned by the famous Juilliard School for its centennial celebrations in 2005, his Manhattan Trilogy is reminiscent of the American student years of the "patriarch of contemporary Finnish composers" (The New York Times). A scholarship granted by no less than Jean Sibelius had enabled Rautavaara to study at Juilliard and in Tanglewood in 1955-6. The three movements are powerful musical recollections on moods from this time (Daydreams, Nightmares, Dawn). Following its world premi?re at Carnegie Hall, The New York Times marveled at the work's "achingly beautiful solo lines darting through the thick textures." Championing performances of this work include Vladimir Ashkenazy conducting the San Francisco Symphony in early 2008. The Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra and Leif Segerstam build on their long-time pedigrees of performing their compatriot's music, and deliver here a fresh performance recorded in super audio quality. This new release follows on the boom-like success of Ondine's previous releases featuring the Finnish cult composer during the past ten years. The recording of Rautavaara's breakthrough work, Angel of Light (Symphony No. 7), won a Cannes Classical Award, as well as a GRAMMY? Award nomination in 1997 (ODE869-2). One year later The Violin Concerto likewise received the Cannes Classical Award (881-2).Classical Music CDs
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