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Hommages

4/25/2025, 18 Tracks, 1:07:42

Featuring

  • Julian Azkoul
  • Raphael Lang
  • Nathaniel Boyd
  • Sébastien van Kuijk
  • Deni Teo
  • United Strings of Europe
  • Dobrinka Tabakova
  • Osvaldo Golijov
  • Igor Stravinsky
  • Olli Mustonen

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Composer's Artistic Vision

Dobrinka Tabakova's Organum Light was inspired by Einstein's theory of quantum light, where individual musical lines combine like photons to create a whole.

Source: Booklet

Album & Artwork

The album Hommages brings together works by composers from Europe and the Americas, inspired by dreams and recollections of the past.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Olli Mustonen's Apotheosis for four cellos was commissioned by the Kronberg Academy in Germany for the opening of its new concert hall, the Casals Forum.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Igor Stravinsky's Apollon musagète was his first collaboration with American dancer and choreographer George Balanchine, marking the start of a long partnership.

Source: Booklet

Compositional Technique

Osvaldo Golijov's Last Round is conceived as an idealized bandoneon, a small accordion-like instrument essential for tango, with movements representing its compression and a final sigh.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Olli Mustonen dedicated his Second Nonet, scored for two string quartets and a double bass, to his parents.

Source: Booklet

Interpretation

Julian Azkoul, the artistic director of United Strings of Europe, transcribed Stravinsky's Apollon musagète for a single strings version, aiming for a more intimate chamber-music reduction.

Source: Booklet

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