IDAGIO | Varese: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2 - Ameriques / Equatorial / Nocturnal / Ionisation 747313288229

Featuring

Christopher Lyndon-Gee
Thomas Bloch
Elizabeth Watts
Maria Grochowska
Narodowa Orkiestra Symfoniczna Polskiego Radia NOSPR
Camerata Silesia

Edgar Varèse

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Performer Biography

Christopher Lyndon-Gee, the conductor, has been nominated for three Grammy Awards for Best Orchestral Performance, including for his recordings of Varèse's works.

Recording & Production

This album features the original 1921 version of Amériques, performed by a massive orchestra of 155 players, recorded after only its second public performance since the 1920s.

Compositional Technique

Varèse's work Écuatorial is the first in music history to attempt the fusion of traditional and electronic instruments, specifically using two Ondes Martenot.

Composer Biography

Edgard Varèse, the composer, attracted the admiration of many prominent artistic figures in his early twenties, including Debussy, Richard Strauss, Busoni, and Pablo Picasso.

Composition History

The majority of Varèse's early musical works were lost in a Berlin warehouse fire in 1913, and he tragically destroyed his symphonic poem Bourgogne by his own hand in 1962.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Varèse was fascinated by the 'Unknown' and sought new horizons, forms, and sound-worlds, dreaming of instruments that would be obedient to his thought and contribute to a new world of unsuspected sounds.

Performer Biography

Thomas Bloch, a leading specialist in rare instruments like the glassharmonica and Onde Martenot, has performed on over eighty recordings and soundtracks, including Milos Forman's Amadeus.