Alexander BRINCKEN: Orchestral Music, Volume One
Alexander Brincken, born in Leningrad in 1952 and Swiss-based since 1992, writes in an accessible and unashamedly late-Romantic language. His grandiose Fourth Symphony of 2014–15, written for a huge orchestra, has echoes of a number of earlier composers, among them Berlioz, Bruckner, Martinů, Wagner and, especially, Franz Schmidt and Richard Strauss, all assimilated into a big-hearted style that blends dignity, lyricism and power, with a strong sense of the Swiss landscapes in which he has made his home. The earlier Capriccio for piano and orchestra – a concerto in all but name – has, in turn, something of the sober strength and wiry energy of Frank Martin – curiously, since it was written seven years before Brincken moved to Switzerland.
Alexander Brincken, piano
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Rainer Held, conductor
Maya Iwabuchi, leader
Listen To This Recording:
- Symphony No. 4 in G minor, Op. 27 (2014–15)
- I Moderato. Allegro
- II Adagio
- III Scherzo. Allegro ben ritmato
- IV Finale. Allegro molto
- Meditazione I –
- Toccata –
- Capriccioso –
- Meditazione II –
- Coda
Capriccio for Piano and Chamber Orchestra, Op. 11 (1985)
FIRST RECORDINGS
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