Plaisirs illuminés Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Sol Gabetta, Camerata Bern

• Sándor Veress (1907 - 1992): Musica concertante per 12 archi:
• 1Veress: Musica concertante per 12 archi: I. Improvisation10:58
• 2Veress: Musica concertante per 12 archi: II. Meditation08:05
• 3Veress: Musica concertante per 12 archi: III. Action04:47
• György Kurtág (b. 1926): Games, Signs and Messages:
• 4Kurtág: Games, Signs and Messages: Jelek VI00:54
• Alberto Ginastera (1916 - 1983): Concerto per corde, Op. 33:
• 5Ginastera: Concerto per corde, Op. 33: I. Variazioni per i Solisti08:11
• 6Ginastera: Concerto per corde, Op. 33: II. Scherzo fantastico04:00
• 7Ginastera: Concerto per corde, Op. 33: III. Adagio angoscioso06:29
• 8Ginastera: Concerto per corde, Op. 33: IV. Finale furioso04:46
• Béla Bartók (1881 - 1945):
• 9Bártok: Duo Pizzicato01:10
• György Ligeti (1923 - 2006):
• 10Ligeti: Baladă şi joc02:56
• Francisco Coll (b. 1985): Les Plaisirs illuminés:
• 11Coll: Les Plaisirs illuminés: I. Praeludium – Dialog – Postludium04:12
• 12Coll: Les Plaisirs illuminés: II. Wiegenlied05:46
• 13Coll: Les Plaisirs illuminés: III. Alegrías – zweiter Dialog04:57
• 14Coll: Les Plaisirs illuminés: IV. Lamento – Epilog03:12
• 15Coll: LalulaLied02:20
• Camerata Bern:
• 16Bern: Camerata's Birds (Improvisation)01:41
• Total Runtime01:14:24

Info for Plaisirs illuminés

"This album showcases the qualities of the Camerata Bern, with which I have worked for several years now. Two of the three main works on this album were written for the Camerata Bern and all challenge the ensemble with extremely virtuosic and often soloistic difficulties, calling for individual ability and responsibility from each and every member. At the end we felt as if we had conquered Mount Everest." (Patricia Kopatchinskaja)

On our new album "PLAISIRS ILLUMINÉS" with Patricia Kopatchinskaja we recorded highly virtuosic string works from the 20th and 21st centuries. Music by Veress, Bartók, Ginastera, Kurtág and Ligeti feature alongside a newly-commissioned double concerto by Spanish composer Francisco Coll (*1985) starring Sol Gabetta, on this thrilling and powerful new album.

All composers connect through their folkloristic re-imagination of music, as well as an uncompromising physical and sensual approach as they meet dissonances head-on. The line between soloists and chamber musicians is blurred due to the extreme demands put on all players, making for an immersive and gripping listener experience. In addition to Coll, music by Sándor Veress written for CAMERATA BERN in 1965-66 plus a late piece by Alberto Ginastera - combining Argentine folk dances and the composer’s first use of twelve tone technique - provide a focal point for the album. Surrounding this are short pieces by Veress’ teacher, Bela Bartók and Veress’ famous pupils: György Ligeti and György Kurtág.

Composer Francisco Coll - who also paints - took inspiration from the surrealists’ motto "Create impossible worlds in a very realistic way” for his double concerto for violin, cello and chamber orchestra. Named after Salvador Dalí’s work Les Plaisirs Illuminés, the complex work necessitated a conductor for the typically conductor-less CAMERATA BERN - for which composer Francisco Coll rose to the challenge. Much in demand from the world’s leading orchestras, Coll was Composer in Residence with CAMERATA BERN from 2018-2019.

Violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja and cellist Sol Gabetta are long-standing chamber music partners. Regularly performing together in concert, this is the first time they join forces on record. After the very successful album "TIME & ETERNITY", "PLAISIRS ILLUMINÉS" is now the second recording for the label Alpha Classics with Patricia Kopatchinskaja as Artistic Partner.

Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Violine Sol Gabetta
Camerata Bern

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