Markevitch: Complete Orchestral Works, Vol. 6: La Taille de l'Homme

Featuring

Christopher Lyndon-Gee
Lucy Shelton
Rob Dirksen
Hans van Luinen
Mette Laugs
Bram Kreeftmeijer

Hans Mossel
Petra Botma-Zijlstra
Tonnie Kievits
Hans Wijnberg
Jeroen Reuling
Ian Gaukroger
Arnhem Philharmonic Orchestra
Igor Markevitch

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Performer Biography

Soprano Lucy Shelton, a two-time Walter W. Naumburg Award winner, has premiered over a hundred works and collaborated closely with major contemporary composers like Elliott Carter and Pierre Boulez.

Compositional Technique

Igor Markevitch's music often features complex polyrhythms, such as 4/4 against 6/8, and an 'interrogatory dominant seventh' as a trademark ending.

Composer Biography

Igor Markevitch, the composer, abandoned composition at age 29 in 1941, never returning to it, a unique case in music history.

Recording & Production

This album is part of the first-ever complete recording series of Igor Markevitch's orchestral music, as only one of his works was recorded during his lifetime.

Critical Reception

In the 1930s, Igor Markevitch was hailed as one of the most challenging voices of his time, with critics like Darius Milhaud praising his 'formidable technique and a truly unique invention.'

Composition History

The work on this album, Oraison Musicale, was composed in 1939 with text by Swiss poet Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz, but its first performance under the title La Taille de l'Homme was delayed until 1982.