Livia Teodorescu-Ciocănea: Le rouge et le noir (Excerpts)

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Mihaela Stanciu
Romeo Cornelius
Răsvan Cernat
Corul Operei Naționale București
Orchestra Operei Române
Livia Teodorescu-Ciocănea

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Recording & Production

This album is the first recording of Livia Teodorescu-Ciocănea's ballet Le rouge et le noir, with some numbers withdrawn from the full score for this specific release.

Composition History

Livia Teodorescu-Ciocănea's ballet, Le rouge et le noir, was commissioned by the Romanian National Opera in 1999, which was a risky undertaking as choreographers usually use existing music.

Compositional Technique

Livia Teodorescu-Ciocănea employs a technique called 'hypertimbralism' to create timbral drama by transforming interconnected instrumental layers of varying density.

Performer Biography

Răsvan Cernat, the conductor of this recording, was the General Manager and principal conductor of the Bucharest Romanian National Opera, where he hosted world premieres including this ballet.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Teodorescu-Ciocănea's music for Le rouge et le noir combines opposites like dreamy and dynamic, and incorporates references to composers from Gounod to Saariaho, within spectral sonorities.

Composer Biography

Livia Teodorescu-Ciocănea, the composer, was appointed Professor of Composition at the National University of Music in Bucharest in 2015, where she had previously been an assistant professor and lecturer.