Valentin Silvestrov: Symphony No. 6
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Composer: Valentin SilvestrovConductor: Andrey Boreyko
Orchestra: SWR Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2007-05-22
Music Label: Ecm Records
Soundtracks:
- 1. Andantino - Vivace - Allegretto (attacca)
- 2. Allegro moderato - Commodo (attacca)
- 3. Andantino - Animato - Adagio - Moderato - Moderato - Andante (attacca)
- 4. Intermezzo. Larghetto (attacca)
- 5. Vivace con moto - Larghetto
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Free Music Review: Listen Slowly.
Hit: 5 Stars
Silvestrov is a very enigmatic composer. I admit, i owned his Postludium and Metamusik for almost four years before I really "heard" it for the first time.
This disc, as does much of Silvestrov's music, starts out almost identically with a fff violent sound block that could be from a horror movie, which, at its peak employs the "Silvestrov echo," usually on a piano, or harp.
Unlike almost any other composer I can think, Silvestrov will benefit from a patient audience and one that can Listen slowly. If you are willing to lay back, light a cig, turn down the lights and let the music envelope you, you will be in for a treat and something specific to Silvestrov. His pieces are like musical journeys through harsh violent waters to a beautiful and call moon filled evening(alright enough of that)---basically it is extrememly dynamic--often oscillating between violence and beauty, but it takes time to get there and the melodic development is very subtle(almost like minimalism in a sense) You will hear a single note on a horn and then ten mintues later the melody on the horn has transformed the entire soundscape.
This symphony is a good place to start for those new to Silvestrov, especially those unaccustomed to modern music. The first two movements represent the violent silvestrov while the monumental third movement is like a trip through history where we visit Berg, late Mahler(of the tenth adagio and ninth outer mvmts and specifically the adagietto of mahler five which is often hinted at)----
This is typical Silvestrov-though the third movement might be statement of things to come in later music, but we'll have to wait and see. Either way--this is an enjoyable journey and I would recommend it to those affiliated with this new generation of music, the post avant-garde. Enjoy. Also recommended by Silvestrov--symph 5, Postludium for Piano and Orch(ECM), Post Scriptum for violin and piano, String quartet 1, cello sonata, bagatelles and serenades(ECM), and the Drama Trilogy.
Valentin Silvestrov: Symphony No. 6 Poster
Valentin Silvestrov's major symphonic achievements marks an important addition to the Ukrainian composer's rapidly growing discography on ECM. Since 2001 the label has addressed his creative output in a number of releases that encompass a variety of genres. These include chamber works (leggiero, pesante), choral music (Requiem for Larissa), works for piano and orchestra (Metamusik / Postludium) and an extraordinary song cycle (Silent Songs). Now comes the almost hour-long Symphony No 6. Composed in 1994/95 and revised in 2000 it concludes the sequence of great orchestral works that Silvestrov wrote in the 1980s and 1990s. Symphony No. 6 is cast in five interrelated movements that all circle around the creation, transformation and final fragmentation of a melody. Valentin Silvestrov is acknowledged by his fellow composers as an artist of unique expressive power. Alfred Schnittke called him "the greatest composer of our generation", a sentiment seconded by Arvo P?rt in the New Yorker some years ago: "Silvestrov is one of the greatest composers of our time." He was one of the first composers from the former Soviet Union to cast aside the conventional gestures of the avant-garde, and his unique "metaphorical" style integrates echoes of long-lost sounds and poetic allusions with a highly developed sense of form.Silvestrov's Sixth Symphony is a dense work leavened by inventive scoring and powerful narrative ideas. The central movement, by far the longest, begins with an Andantino section that quotes from Mahler's Fifth and then progresses on a journey that includes a violent brass-percussion eruption that fades away. There are five movements, all played without a break, and ECM's excellent notes will help guide the listener new to this composer through an adventurous exploration into a piece that bears frequent repetition. The Sixth is very much in the manner of other Silvestrov works such as his Postludium, which explores musical and personal memories--recommendation enough for anyone familiar with his style. The broadcast orchestra under the baton of Boreyko, who has often conducted Silvestrov's large-scale works, is well drilled and delivers a moving performance of this deep and powerful symphony. The sonics fit the music well, darkly resonant on a wide stage with well-defined solo and section work. A thrilling listening experience. --Dan Davis
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