Fridrich Bruk: Orchestral Music, Volume Four
This fourth instalment of the recent symphonic output of Fridrich Bruk (born in Ukraine in 1937 but a Finnish resident since 1974) brings two earlier works – from when Bruk was merely in his late seventies. His Symphonies Nos. 15 and 16 – both predicated on Bruk’s concern for the environment – inhabit the sound-world that has become familiar from his more recent symphonies: almost a stream of consciousness expressed through wildly inventive orchestral writing in a kaleidoscope of colour and counterpoint, sitting somewhere between Villa-Lobos and Pettersson in its profligate abundance.
Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra
Imants Resnis, conductor
Listen To This Recording:
- I Reflection 1
- II Reflection 2
- III Reflection 3
- I The Interrupted Melody
- II The Story of Chernobyl
- III The River Dnieper
- IV Storm and Enlightenment
Symphony No. 15, Reflections (2015)
Symphony No. 16, The River Dnieper (2016)
FIRST RECORDINGS
MusicWeb International :
‘I found Bruk to be a versatile, gifted and colourful orchestrator. The Symphonies are blessed with a superb recording. The Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra perform with real commitment and fire. Imants Resnis is inspirational in every respect. The accompanying annotations are detailed and informative.’
—Stephen Greenbank, MusicWeb International
Classical Lost and Found :
Latvian conductor Imants Resnis (b. 1949) and the Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra (LNSO) deliver meticulously crafted performances of two colorfully scored, symphonic rarities. Maestro Resnis’s attention to detail brings out their many structural subtleties (see the album booklet). They leave one hoping that he’ll soon give us more of Bruk’s efforts in this genre that have yet to appear on disc.
The recordings […] present a consistently spacious sonic image in reverberant surroundings with the many solo instruments well captured and highlighted against the other LNSO musicians.’
—Bob McQuiston, Classical Lost and Found