In the Autumn of 2021, the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra together with it's new chief conductor, Nicholas Collon, arranged a Thomas AdÃ¨s festival in Helsinki devoted to the world famous composer's music in addition to works by other composers chosen and conducted by Thomas AdÃ¨s (b. 1971). One of the highlights of the festival's program was the world premiÃ¨re of MÃ¤rchentÃ¤nze in it's version for violin and orchestra performed by violinist Pekka Kuusisto, AdÃ¨s' long-time artistic partner. This new album by the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra includes four recent and exciting orchestral works written by the composer between 2016 and 2021 in world premiÃ¨re recordings. In addition to the MÃ¤rchentÃ¤nze, this album includes AdÃ¨s' orchestral Hotel Suite from Powder Her Face, an adaptation based on the music from the opera through which AdÃ¨s first made a widespread name for himself in the mid-1990s. The orchestral version of Lieux retrouvÃ©s, originally written for Steven Isserlis, could be described as a cello concerto in the spirit of Marcel Proust. Orchestral work Dawn was written for the 2020 London Proms for 'orchestra at any distance', due to the coronavirus pandemic. AdÃ¨s' Dawn comes across as timeless music floating in a serene universe of beauty all it's own.

Tracklist:

Hotel Suite From "Powder Her Face": I. Overture
Hotel Suite From "Powder Her Face": II. Scene With Song
Hotel Suite From "Powder Her Face": III. Wedding March
Hotel Suite From "Powder Her Face": IV. Waltz
Hotel Suite From "Powder Her Face": V. Finale
Lieux Retrouvés (Orchestral Version): I. Les Eaux
Lieux Retrouvés (Orchestral Version): II. La Montagne
Lieux Retrouvés (Orchestral Version): III. Les Champs
Lieux Retrouvés (Orchestral Version): IV. La Ville - Cancan Macabre
Märchentänze (Orchestral Version): I. -
Märchentänze (Orchestral Version): II. -
Märchentänze (Orchestral Version): III. A Skylark For Jane
Märchentänze (Orchestral Version): IV. -
Dawn, Chacony For Orchestra At Any Distance

UPC: 761195141120
Label: Ondine
Release Date: 10.7.22
Format: CD

Ades / Kuusisto / Nunez - Marchentanze (CD)