Livia Teodorescu-Ciocănea: Music for Voices and Orchestra
The composer and pianist Livia Teodorescu-Ciocănea, born in Galați, eastern Romania, in 1959, brings together ancient and modern in her music: echoes of the modal sounds of Romanian folk-music blend with considerations of timbre to generate a palette of colours that is both contemporary and ageless. All three works here use the voice – solo and in chorus – to touch on aspects of the human condition, suggesting both drama and ritual.
George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus
Radio Chamber Orchestra
Iosif Ion Prunner, chorus master
Cristian Brâncuși
Vlad Maistorovici
Nabil Shehata
Listen To This Recording:
- L’Isolement: Cantata for Two Sopranos and Orchestra, Op. 80 (2024)* (19:50)
Bunavestire (‘The Annunciation’): Cantata for Bass, Soprano, Four Horns and String Orchestra, Op. 23 (1997) (22:44)
- I. Pietà (8:25)
- II. The Annunciation (14:19)
Poppy Fields: Oratorio for Baritone, Tenor, Mezzo-Soprano, Mixed Choir and Full Orchestra, in memory of the victims of the First World War, Op. 65 (2018)* (25:27)
- I. Big Ben at Eleven – Declaration of War (7:21)
- II. In Flanders Fields
- V. Prayer of Queen Marie for the Dead (9:04)
First Recordings
*Live
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