Markevitch: Orchestral Works, Vol. 7: Piano Concerto - Cantate - Icare
6/14/2011, 14 Tracks, 1:05:40
Featuring
Christopher Lyndon-Gee
Martyn van den Hoek
Nienke Oostenrijk
Arnhem Philharmonic Orchestra
Netherlands Concert Choir
Igor Markevitch
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Recording & Production
The recording sessions for this album took place in April 1998 and April 1999 at Musis Sacrum in Arnhem, The Netherlands.
Composer Biography
Igor Markevitch, the composer, showed extraordinary precocity, writing his Piano Concerto at the age of sixteen.
Composition History
Icare, another work on this album, is a reworking of an abandoned Ballets Russes project titled L'envol d'Icare.
Composition History
Cantate, a work on this album, sets a text by Jean Cocteau, a French poet and filmmaker, and was originally commissioned by the Ballets Russes, a renowned itinerant ballet company.
Album & Artwork
The cover painting for this album is "Woman Combing her Hair" by Edgar Degas, a French Impressionist artist.
Recording & Production
This album is the seventh volume in a series of Igor Markevitch's complete orchestral music.
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