Review by JJ July 1, 2008 (6 of 6 found this review helpful)
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The Nature Symphony for large orchestra and mixed chorus by Siegmund von Hausegger (1872-1948) is a work of deep beauty, playing on tone colors with rare delicacy. Never ostentatious, its palette ranges from flamboyant to light. The orchestral mass it requires is impressive. Three flutes, two oboes, an English horn, three clarinets, a bass clarinet, three bassoons, six horns, four trumpets, three trombones, a bass tuba, two harps, a celesta, cymbals, a triangle, a xylophone, a tam-tam, a snare drum, a tenor drum, a kettledrum, and a large organ. For, this inspired score “seems like the destination of a long voyage”, says Eckhardt van den Hoogen, “an apotheosis which is most certainly the right place to stop to examine Siegmund von Hausegger’s work. Not because what came earlier or later was or would be of lesser quality, but because this composition is characterized by an objectivity which resolutely goes beyond his earlier works, “Barbarossa” and “Wieland”. One quickly realizes that this powerful score must in no way be taken as abstract, in spite of its relatively objective orientation.” Conducting the Cologne Radio Symphonic Orchestra with verve, Ari Rasilainen has here signed a major interpretation of a symphony one can no longer ignore. A great moment.
Jean-Jacques Millo Translation Lawrence Schulman
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