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Tim Hugh, Mirjam Tschopp, Bilkent SO, Howard Griffiths - Ahmed Adnan Saygun: Cello Concerto; Viola Concerto (2007)

Posted By: Designol

Date: 11 Nov 2022 00:43:09

Tim Hugh, Mirjam Tschopp, Bilkent SO, Howard Griffiths - Ahmed Adnan Saygun: Cello Concerto; Viola Concerto (2007)

This disc strikes me as an ideal introduction to the music of Turkey’s greatest composer. Ahmed Adnan Saygun’s style might be described as “Szymanowski with a primal rhythmic feel.” If you love the composer’s First Violin Concerto then you will find here a very similar exoticism, nocturnal atmosphere, and love of voluptuous textures. The harmonic style is intensely chromatic, but also highly melodic. Like Bartók in his last period, Saygun’s handling of tonality mellowed toward the end of his life, which makes the Cello Concerto more consonant than the Viola Concerto, but both works are absolutely gorgeous and masterpieces of their kind. It’s positively criminal that no one plays these pieces regularly in concert.

The performances here are excellent. Tim Hugh is a well-known cellist, and he pours on the tone with all of the rhapsodic abandon that Saygun requires. Mirjam Tschopp also is a superb violist, with a big, beefy tone that never gets swamped by the intricate orchestration. It’s also very rewarding to hear a Turkish orchestra in this music–and to find that it plays beautifully under Howard Griffiths. CPO’s ongoing series of orchestral and chamber works by Saygun is an important landmark in 20th-century music, and it deserves the broadest possible exposure and support. The sonics are also perfectly balanced and ideally clear. Fabulous!

Review by David Hurwitz, ClassicsToday.com

Ahmed Adnan Saygun at Allmusic
Ahmed Adnan Saygun at Wiki

Tim Hugh at Allmusic ~ Miriam Tschopp at Allmusic
Tim Hugh Website ~ Miriam Tschopp Website

Howard Griffiths at Allmusic
Howard Griffiths at Wiki

Tim Hugh, violoncello
Mirjam Tschopp, viola
Bilkent Symphony Orchestra
Howard Griffiths, conductor

Tracklist:

Concerto for Cello & Orchestra op. 74 (1987)
1. I. Moderato - Poco più mosso - Lento - Animato - Lento - Moderato - Poco meno - Moderato [10'15]
2. II. Largo - Poco più mosso - Poco animato - lento - Largo - (attacca) [6'37]
3. III. Animato - Poco lento - più mosso - Allegro - Lento [7'27]

Concerto for Viola & Orchestra op. 59 (1977)
4. I. Moderato - Poco animato - Moderato - più vivo - Poco largo - più vivo - Poco largo - Poco vivo - Poco lento [14'58]
5. II. Scherzando [5'08]
6. III. Lento come una cadenza - Allegro moderato - Poco lento - Allegro moderato [10'39]

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