Erkki-Sven Tüür
Symphony No. 5 for Big Band, Electric Guitar and Symphony Orchestra
Prophecy for Accordion and Orchestra
Mika Väyrynen, accordion
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
Olari Elts, conductor
Orchestral
Crossover / Jazz
Booklet with liner notes in English and Finnish.
CD
Released:
October 2014
Catalogue No.:
ODE 1234-2
EAN/UPC Code:
0761195123423
Terry Blain, BBC Music Magazine, April 2015
This exciting new release from Ondine includes two major works from one of the most interesting contemporary voices of today, Erkki-Sven Tüür (b. 1959). The album includes two works where the solo instrumentalist plays a significant role.
Symphony No. 5 is written for Big Band, Electric Guitar and Symphony Orchestra. In this recording the soloist is the world-known and award-winning French jazz guitarist Nguyên Lê. Accordionist Mika Väyrynen, a pioneer in contemporary accordion music, is the soloist in Prophecy for Accordion and Orchestra, a work which he also premiered.
Tüür's Symphony No. 5 mixes influences from various music genres in a fascinating way, it is also one of very few works where Western classical music is combined with elements from jazz and rock in a successful and profound way.
Prophecy is a concerto for accordion and orchestra with a deep mystic background, the title referring to the extremely long and rich practice of "seeing things" through the history of different cultures and traditions. The music reflects energetic leves of this phenomenom.
The new recording with the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra is conductor Olari Elts' debut recording on Ondine.
