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Tamara-Anna Cislowska; Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Johannes Fritzsch - Into Silence: Gorecki; Part; Pelecis; Vasks (2017)

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Tamara-Anna Cislowska; Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Johannes Fritzsch - Into Silence: Gorecki; Part; Pelecis; Vasks (2017)

Into Silence: Henryk Górecki; Arvo Pärt; Georgs Pelēcis; Pēteris Vasks (2017)
Tamara-Anna Cislowska, piano; Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Johannes Fritzsch, conductor

EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 327 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 206 Mb | Scans included
Classical, Contemporary | Label: ABC Classics | # ABC 481 6295 | Time: 01:21:32

This recording from Australian label ABC Classics presents beautiful piano music by Vasks, Gorecki, Part and Pelecis - some of it with orchestra, some of it solo piano. The Pelecis concerto that opens the album is almost completely unknown, and stunning.

Tamara-Anna Cislowska's recordings have won, amongst others, the 2015 ARIA Award for Best Classical Album and Gramophone Magazine Editor's Choice.

Absorbing simplicity, transcendent serenity, deep spirituality. Into Silence, the new album from pianist Tamara-Anna Cislowska, immerses us in the sound world of an extraordinary generation of composers from the Baltics: Henryk Górecki (born Poland, 1933), Arvo Pärt (Estonia, 1935), Peteris Vasks (Latvia, 1946) and Georgs Pelcis (Latvia, 1947).

As Europe emerged from the horrors of World War II, Górecki and Pärt were children, while Vasks and Pelcis were soon to be born. All four grew up in Soviet-dominated Eastern Europe, and their music looks back to the trials of the preceding years and speaks with hope of the future, all the while responding to the frost-shrouded landscapes in which it came to life. These composers grappled with cultures in which music was simultaneously highly prized, but bound by strict social and political constraints. From the rare genius of these four men, this set of conditions produced music of astonishing and distinctive beauty, characterised by profound simplicity and a true valuing of the silent.

The album interweaves the intimacy of solo piano with concertos and orchestral works, recorded with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra under Johannes Fritzsch ? himself brought up behind the Iron Curtain.

The music of Georgs Pelecis is an undiscovered gem, barely recorded and almost never heard in the concert hall. His All in the Past, an elegy for violin and orchestra, beguilingly mixes the influence of tango with the styling of the baroque; but it's his sublime Concertino bianco (literally 'Little White Concerto') for piano and orchestra, which opens the album, that is set to take its rightful place as a gem of 20th-century music in this stunning new recording from Cislowska.

Inspired by Gregorian Chant and Orthodox Christianity, the music of Arvo Pärt reaches towards the ancient at the same time as forging new paths in serenity. The use of simple rhythm and stepwise melody that he called 'tintinnabuli' (Latin for 'bell ringing') produced the exquisite Spiegel im Spiegel, and its almost addictive repetitions are shared by his other solo piano works on this album, Pari intervallo and Für Alina.

A wonderful disc of relaxing music to restore peace into your busy life.

The music of post-WWII Baltic composers like Pärt, Vasks and Górecki (of Symphony of Sorrowful Songs fame) has proved an oasis for those seeking musical calm. Gently repetitive, soothingly melodic, and with only the subtlest of dissonances, it’s frequently found on yoga and mindfulness playlists thanks to its inoffensive nature. Not that these composers didn’t intend anyone to listen to their music properly. But I do wonder how many people who buy Into Silence, (and it will be very popular), will listen to it critically?

There’s no question this recent release with the brilliant Australian pianist Tamara-Anna Cislowska is beautiful. It’s all lovingly rendered, lyrical splendour, with quiet solace in the delicate solo piano works and rich warmth provided by the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra’s string section. It’s a programme chosen for its “transcendent serenity”, to use ABC Classics’ words, and the album certainly encourages quiet contemplation.

But it’s not exactly the most well-rounded look at the composers on offer (not that it’s marketed that way, to be fair), and the album blurs into a haze of ‘lovely’. Some works inject much-needed vim, like Gorecki’s quirky Piano Concerto. But the music of “undiscovered gem” Georgs Pele¯cis is almost childishly simple, and not that rewarding to listen to. Thankfully the more dissonant works of
Vasks and Pärt are a welcome contrast.

Review by Andrew Aronowicz, LimeLight Magazine

Tamara-Anna Cislowska; Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Johannes Fritzsch - Into Silence: Gorecki; Part; Pelecis; Vasks (2017)



Tamara-Anna Cislowska, piano
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra,
Johannes Fritzsch, conductor
Ike See, violin (13)
Emma McGrath, violin (15)


Tracklist:

Georgs Pelēcis (b. 1947)
Concertino bianco
01. I. Con intenerimento (6:18)
02. II. Con venerazione (6:25)
03. III. Con anima (2:54)

Pēteris Vasks (b. 1946)
04. Vasaras Vsakara Mūsica (Music For A Summer Evening) (5:52)
05. Cantabile (9:31)

Arvo Pärt (b. 1935)
06. Spiegel im Spiegel (8:15)

Henryk Górecki (1933-2010)
07. Three Pieces in Olden Style - I. (2:39)
08. Three Pieces in Olden Style - II. (2:02)
09. Three Pieces in Olden Style - III. (4:43)

Pēteris Vasks
10. Baltā Ainava (White Scenery) (9:07)

Henryk Górecki
11. Piano Concerto, Op. 40 - I. Allegro molto (4:30)
12. Piano Concerto, Op. 40 - II. Vivace marcatissimo (3:50)

Arvo Pärt
13. Passacaglia (4:23)
14. Pari intervallo (5:06)

Georgs Pelēcis
15. All in the Past (Remembering Oskar Strock) (3:25)

Arvo Pärt
16. Für Alina (2:31)


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Tamara-Anna Cislowska; Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Johannes Fritzsch - Into Silence: Gorecki; Part; Pelecis; Vasks (2017)

Tamara-Anna Cislowska; Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Johannes Fritzsch - Into Silence: Gorecki; Part; Pelecis; Vasks (2017)

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