Chisinau 1: New Music for Orchestra

Featuring

Mihail Agafita
Diana Voronetskaya
National Philharmonic "Serghei Lunchevici"
Brian T. Field
Neil Stipp
Jean Pierre Vial

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Compositional Technique

Neil Stipp's 'Symphony Capriccio' is a neo-classical five-movement work that is formal in structure but features free-flowing and capricious themes, with the Finale making the symphony cyclical by reinstating themes from previous movements.

Recording & Production

This recording of Jean-Pierre Vial's Piano Concerto in G minor is a worldwide premiere.

Composer Biography

Brian Field's music is an eclectic fusion of lyricism and driving rhythm, combining elements of post-romanticism, minimalism, and jazz.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Brian Field's 'Arctic Variations' is influenced by Anastasia Mityukova's photographic series 'Find a way or make one,' which itself was inspired by Robert Peary's 1909 North Pole expedition.

Compositional Technique

Brian Field's 'Arctic Variations' loosely constructs its musical narrative around images of ice and auroras, and Robert Peary's voyage through the arctic wilderness, depicting scenes from a cold introduction to blizzards and the arrival at the Pole.

Performer Biography

Diana Voronetskaya, the pianist on this album, started playing professionally at age 8 and made her orchestral debut at 17, performing Beethoven's 3rd concerto.

Composer Biography

Jean-Pierre Vial, a French composer, renewed his compositional activities after a career as a software designer, and his compositions now total about 100 pieces, 1,000 pages, and seven hours of music.