Anatol Vieru, Vols. 3 & 4

Featuring

Andrzej Markowski
Horia Andreescu
Ivan Monighetti
Ludovic Bács
Gheorghe Zamfir
Toni Iordache

Josef Hrnčíř
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra
Romanian Radio National Orchestra
Corul Madrigal
Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra
Anatol Vieru

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Composer Biography

Anatol Vieru, a Romanian composer, narrowly escaped being murdered in June 1941 when his father, sensing danger, fled with him and his brother from an assembly of Jewish men in Iași, Romania.

Compositional Technique

Anatol Vieru developed an original system of composition based on the mathematical generation of modes, which influenced all his subsequent work after its premiere in Clepsidra I in 1969.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Anatol Vieru believed that the perception of time and the movement of celestial bodies is discontinuous, and he aimed to illustrate this in his 'Clepsydra' works.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Anatol Vieru compared his compositional process to that of a sculptor, who 'chisels a piece of sculpture by expunging everything unnecessary from the stone,' focusing on essential elements.

Compositional Technique

Anatol Vieru's compositional technique, which he called the 'sieve technique,' used prime numbers and their multiples to create harmonic progressions, a method later adapted by Alfred Schnittke, a close friend.

Composer Biography

Anatol Vieru initially joined the Communist Party after World War II, believing it would ensure equal participation for the Jewish population in cultural and economic life, but he quickly became disillusioned with its repression.

Historical Context

During the communist era in Romania, the country's involvement in the Holocaust was a taboo subject, which prevented Anatol Vieru and his brother from speaking publicly about their traumatic experience.