Richard Flury: Orchestral Music, Volume Two
This second volume of orchestral music by the Swiss composer Richard Flury (1896–1967) brings works from across his career. A suite drawn from an early Festspiel – a community pageant – opens with a march of Elgarian swagger and continues with a mix of charm and substance. Flury was a gifted violinist, and his Third Violin Concerto, written at the height of the Second World War, is virtuosic and lyrical in equal measure, its unashamed Romanticism perhaps an escape from troubled times. The four late Caprices for violin and orchestra form a concertante serenade in all but name; and one of his very last pieces was a dark and moving tribute to a musician friend, the slow movement of a suite he did not live to finish.
Alexandre Dubach, violin (Tracks 6 – 9, 11 – 13)
Liepāja Symphony Orchestra
Paul Mann, conductor
Listen To This Recording:
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5 Orchesterstücke aus dem Festspiel Der Scholle treu (1935)
- No. 1 Festlicher Marsch
- No. 2 Walzer
- No. 3 Intermezzo I: Allegro molto
- No. 4 Intermezzo II: Andante sostenuto
- No. 5 Polonaise: Allegro moderato
- No. 1 Allegro agitato
- No. 3 Polka
- No. 2 Prestissimo
- No. 4 Vivace
- Andante sostenuto
- I Allegro moderato (quasi recitativo) – Allegro molto
- II Andante
- III Presto
orch. Edouard Favre (1935) and Paul Mann (2021)
Four Caprices for Violin and Orchestra (1966–67)
Andante sostenuto (1967) orch. Paul Mann (2021)
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 3 (1943–44)*
ALL EXCEPT * FIRST RECORDINGS
MusicWeb International :
‘The performers here are subtle and thoroughly committed, disciplined but poetic when need be, not least Dubach who is a sophisticated exponent of the composer’s music. The recording team has worked at the Great Amber Concert Hall, Liepāja on a number of occasions by now and measure the balances and acoustic extremely well.’
—Jonathan Woolf, MusicWeb International