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Dutilleux: Symphony No. 1, Métaboles & Les citations

9/14/2018, 11 Tracks, 1:01:24

Featuring

  • Jean-Claude Casadesus
  • Cyril Ciabaud
  • Mathieu Petit
  • Romain Robine
  • Kasia Tomczak-Feltrin
  • Orchestre National de Lille
  • Henri Dutilleux

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Composer's Artistic Vision

Henri Dutilleux, the composer, admitted he was only happy with his music if a work completely took him over, comparing it to a love story.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Métaboles, a work by Henri Dutilleux, was commissioned by the Cleveland Orchestra for its 40th anniversary and inspired by its woodwind section.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Les Citations, an enigmatic diptych by Henri Dutilleux, includes musical quotations from other composers, such as Benjamin Britten and Jehan Alain.

Source: Booklet

Compositional Technique

The Symphony No. 1 by Henri Dutilleux is structurally unconventional, with each of its four movements being monothematic.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Henri Dutilleux, a French composer, studied at the Douai Conservatory and the Paris Conservatoire, winning the Prix de Rome in 1938.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Dutilleux's Symphony No. 1, his first purely orchestral score, was premiered by the Orchestre de l'Office de Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française under Roger Désormière.

Source: Booklet

Compositional Technique

The title Métaboles refers to the biological process of metabolism, reflecting how the first movement's theme transforms into the second movement's theme.

Source: Booklet

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