Taneyev: The Twelve Choruses - Partsongs on Poems by Polonski by Netherlands Chamber Choir

Netherlands Chamber Choir

Taneyev: The Twelve Choruses - Partsongs on Poems by Polonski

Format: CD
Label: Globe
UPC: 8711525519701
Catnr: GLO 5197
Release date: 19 August 2002

1 CD

Label
Globe

UPC
8711525519701

Catalogue number
GLO 5197

Release date
19 August 2002

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About the album

After two immensely successful Poulenc releases, another recording with the Netherlands Chamber Choir, internationally acclaimed as the best of all international choirs, this time with the haunting 12 Choruses Op. 27 by the great Russian composer Taneyev, written on poems by Polonski whose works were set to music by so many other great Russian composers, Tchaikovsky (Taneyev's lifelong friend) among them.

As a composer, Taneyev was a completely independent figure in late 19th century Russian music, who set new standards as a choral composer by breathing new life in to the great 17th and 18th century traditions of Russian music. The Netherlands Chamber Choir is led here by the Estonian conductor Tonu Kaljuste, who succeeded Uwe Gronostay as chief conductor of the ensemble at the beginning of their 1998-99 season.

Beklijvende koorwerken van Taneyev uitgevoerd door het beste internationale koor
Na hun immens succesvolle album met werken van Poulenc presenteert het Nederlands Kamerkoor, toegejuicht als het beste internationale koor, een album met de Twaalf koren Opus 27 van Sergey Ivanovich Taneyev, die de luisteraar niet meer los laten. De koren zijn gebaseerd op gedichten van Polonski, die veel andere geweldige Russische componisten ook van muziek hadden voorzien. Taneyev was als componist een volledig onafhankelijke figuur in de Russische muziek van de late 19e eeuw, die als componist van koorwerken nieuwe normen stelde door nieuw leven te blazen in de tradities van Russische muziek uit de 17e en 18e eeuw.

Het Nederlands Kamerkoor is in 1937 opgericht door de legendarische dirigent en pianist Felix de Nobel, en is een volledig professioneel vocaal ensemble. Het repertoire van het koor omvat bijna het geheel van de Westerse muziek, reikend van de vroege Middeleeuwen tot aan de late 20e eeuw. Op dit album wordt het koor geleid door de Estse dirigent Tõnu Kaljuste, die van 1998 tot 2000 chef-dirigent was, en Uwe Gronostay opvolgde.

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Netherlands Chamber Choir

The Netherlands Chamber Choir exists since 1937, and has been one of the world’s top choirs for decades. The Netherlands Chamber Choir has been internationally praised by critics for its homogeneous sound and for the soloist quality of the singers. One of the choir’s missions is to keep choral music very much alive as an art form, by looking for new formats, by innovative commissions and exciting collaborations. It results in concerts that are not only perceived as beautiful, but that appeal to all senses. Education and participation are a vital part of the choir’s mission. The Netherlands Chamber Choir provides coaching, workshops, and ‘adopts’ choirs as supporting act for their own concerts. Besides their own concert series, the choir often collaborates with renowned ensembles such as the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, ASKO|Schönberg, La...

Education and participation are a vital part of the choir’s mission. The Netherlands Chamber Choir provides coaching, workshops, and ‘adopts’ choirs as supporting act for their own concerts.

Besides their own concert series, the choir often collaborates with renowned ensembles such as the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, ASKO|Schönberg, La Fenice and Concert Lorrain.

From August 1, 2015 Peter Dijkstra watches over the unique sound of the Netherlands Chamber Choir The Netherlands Chamber Choir had Felix de Nobel as its first chief conductor. Uwe Gronostay, Tõnu Kaljuste, Stephen Layton and Risto Joost were his respective successors. Each of them gave the Netherlands Chamber Choir, and choral music in general, new, major impulses.

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