Artist: Various Artists
Album: Robin de Raaff: Entangled Tales
Genre: Classical
Release Date: 2017
Audio Format:: FLAC (tracks) 24 bit, 44,1 kHz
Duration: 01:08:26
Total Tracks: 10
Total Size: 634 MB

Tracklist:

1-01. Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra – Cello Concerto: I (06:53)
1-02. Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra – Cello Concerto: II (06:31)
1-03. Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra – Cello Concerto: III (08:46)
1-04. Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra – Cello Concerto: IV (02:57)
1-05. Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra – Cello Concerto: Coda (04:55)
1-06. The Hague Philharmonic – Entangled Tales, for Large Orchestra (08:42)
1-07. Het Gelders Orkest – Symphony No. 3 “Illumination…Eclipse”, for Large Orchestra: I. (09:13)
1-08. Het Gelders Orkest – Symphony No. 3 “Illumination…Eclipse”, for Large Orchestra: II. (10:34)
1-09. Het Gelders Orkest – Symphony No. 3 “Illumination…Eclipse”, for Large Orchestra: III. (05:32)
1-10. Het Gelders Orkest – Symphony No. 3 “Illumination…Eclipse”, for Large Orchestra: IV. (04:20)

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This cello concerto is a miracle, both for the listener and for the soloist. The listener is swept along through unexplored terrain. The instrumentation stands out – even for a master like Robin. For a cello, Robin’s concerto is innovative and challenging from a technical point of view. The premiere with Yannick and the orchestra was like a celebration – you can hear it. New work only reveals its secrets after a lot of listening, so it is fantastic that this recording is being made. In the summer of 2007, Robin de Raaff wrote Entangled Tales for the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Entangled Tales is built up of several layers. It is a continual variation of small elements: rhythms, brief melodies, and ever-changing sounds in the rich palette of a large symphony orchestra. He does not hesitate to use an opulent instrumentation in impressionist and expressionist sphere. For the occasion of its 125th anniversary in 2015, the Het Gelders Orkest asked Robin de Raaff to write a special composition. The result is a symphony of three movements on the concepts of light and dark, referred to as illumination and eclipse. These words do not point to a state of being, but to motion. It is not just about states – light and dark – but also about motion: illumination and eclipse.