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Title: HENDRIK ANDRIESSEN: Symphony No. 4, Libertas venit - Rhapsody,
Post by: guest377 on July 06, 2017, 11:58:58 pm
New release in July 2017:

HENDRIK ANDRIESSEN (1892-1981): Symphony No. 4, Libertas venit - Rhapsody, Capriccio, Canzone.
Catalogue Number: 07T001
Label: CPO


Description: Collectors of this series so far will need no urging to acquire this one, whose main works are a three-movement symphony from 1954 which still seems to have dark memories of the war years in its first movement but also has a lovely, restorative slow movement; and a 16-minute Rhapsody (“Freedom comes”) from the same year and marking the tenth anniversary of the liberation of the town of Brabant which is a four-part symphonic poem depicting oppression, liberation, thoughts about the future and an optimistic close. And the 1941 ten-minute Capriccio... well, this has to be the sunniest, cheeriest work ever written by a composer in a country in its second year of Nazi occupation. Netherlands Symphony Orchestra; David Porcelijn.


source: Recordsinternational.com 


Title: Re: HENDRIK ANDRIESSEN: Symphony No. 4, Libertas venit - Rhapsody,
Post by: Christo on July 10, 2017, 08:49:31 am
It's an extremely fine series, very happy with the first three installments and hoping for more to come after the four symphonies. My only reservation is, that each CD is presented as a "Symphonic Works Vol. 1/2/3/4" in stead of standing on their own feet - which makes it much less attractive to buy just the one in the series you want.


Title: Re: HENDRIK ANDRIESSEN: Symphony No. 4, Libertas venit - Rhapsody,
Post by: M. Yaskovsky on July 13, 2017, 08:47:37 pm
Probably you know of this release https://www.amazon.co.uk/Andriessen-Orchestral-Works-Hendrik/dp/B0000260E5/ref=sr_1_11?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1499975086&sr=1-11&keywords=hendrik+andriessen
Alas some of the works on this CD double the cpo series but I can recommend the Miroir de Peine and the Fiat Domine, both expertly sung by Roberta Alexander, as very fine late late romantic orchestral 'songs'.


Title: Re: HENDRIK ANDRIESSEN: Symphony No. 4, Libertas venit - Rhapsody,
Post by: Christo on July 13, 2017, 09:08:03 pm
Probably you know of this release https://www.amazon.co.uk/Andriessen-Orchestral-Works-Hendrik/dp/B0000260E5/ref=sr_1_11?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1499975086&sr=1-11&keywords=hendrik+andriessen
Alas some of the works on this CD double the cpo series but I can recommend the Miroir de Peine and the Fiat Domine, both expertly sung by Roberta Alexander, as very fine late late romantic orchestral 'songs'.

Great to see! I not only know it - actually, I saved a few copies for friends because it's already long OOP - but I lived literally next door when it was recorded in the Saint-Gertrude church (Geertekerk) in the old town of Utrecht, and I remember I saw the broadcast recording team with their 'recording van' parked in front of it for two evenings. Sweet memories.  :D