LIVIA TEODORESCU-CIOCĂNEA : Orchestral Music

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Format: CD [TOCC0668]
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Label: Toccata Classics

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Tracklist

- Teodorescu-Ciocanea: Archimedes Symphony 37:12
Romanian National Radio Orchestra
Valentin Doni
I. The Assault on Syracuse (Live) 6:34
II. Do Not Touch My Circles (Live) 9:14
III. the Burning Mirrors of Archimedes (Live) 8:56
IV. Elegy at the Tomb of Archimedes - The Sphere and the Cylinder (Live) 12:28

- Teodorescu-Ciocanea: Rite for Enchanting the Air 28:27
Pierre-Yves Artaud
Romanian National Radio Orchestra
Alan Tongue
I Largo (Live) 8:25
II. Mosso agitato (Live) 2:44
III. Più mosso (Live) 3:15
IV. Adagio (Live) 14:03

- Teodorescu-Ciocanea: Mysterium tremendum 18:29
Antonela Barnat (mezzo-soprano)
Romanian Radio Chamber Orchestra
Cristian Oroșanu
I. the Hymn of the Cherubim (Live) 4:55
II. The Gospel of Matthew (Live) 3:45
III. Dies irae (Live) 3:56
IV. Recordare (Live) 5:53

These three works by the Romanian composer Livia Teodorescu-Ciocănea (b. 1959) show her approach to three of the central genres of the western classical tradition: symphony, concerto and cantata. The powerful and programmatic Archimedes Symphony was inspired by the death of Archimedes in the siege of Syracuse in 214 bc; the Rite for Enchanting the Air – a concerto for various flutes and orchestra – is a kind of magical journey into a dizzying world of sound and colour; and the cantata Mysterium tremendum aims to reconcile Byzantine and Catholic liturgical traditions. All three make clear her fascination with orchestral timbre and texture – and have distant roots in Romanian folk-music.