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12 October 2009
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Sonia Wieder-Atherton Chants D'Est Review
Album. Released 7 Septemœr 1009.
It's impossible ta a'Void an aura ofprofoundmournfulness, once Sonia
Wieder-Athertan embarks on her mission af music-gathering from Central
and Eastern Europe. The Sinfonia Varsovîa, from 'Warsaw, provides a highly
sensitive surround Mere, forwhat is essentially a cello showcase The album
is sullJtîtled Sangs from Siavic lands, but!ts arientationisn't as f()lkloric as
inttialimpressionsmight suggest Traditional sound:s are filtered through the
stud:ied composîtional process, with the repertoîre including worl<s by
Rachmaninov, Dohnanyi, Prokofiev, Mamnu an cl Mahler. A living composer,
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Franck Krawczyk, provides the longest work,
Vespers, Op. 37, V.
Nunc Dimittis
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is also a pair oftracfitional Jewish SO)lgs to further broaden the palette.
Ruralia hungarica for
Cella and Piano, Op.
32d, LAndante
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The separate pieces are invariably episodic, eut graciually make up a woyen
whole as they progress, building up a pseudü-suite of compatible
atmospheres. Wieâer-Atherton"s sonorous tone always lies at the heart, her
Ruralia hungarica far
CeUo and Piano, Op.
32d, L Presto
romantic flourlshes tarning an imagine.à gypsy wildness, slowing Hs
expression clown to anintraverted 110ver. Thesesongs might noHeature aoy
actual \locals, but the cella takes on a suitably singing role throug.houL
Jewish Traditional Songe
ln Remembrance of
Schubert
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Alexander Tcherepnin's. Tatar Danceis frustratingly brief, tailing to hit three
minutes, but it aets as a bridge into Franck Krawczyl<'s seVBn-part Jeux
D'Infants. The composer might be barely 40 years old, but thîs work îs
Songs and Dances, Op.
84: No,. 2, Tatar Dance
completely in keeping: with the older places that surround it, turning into a
harrumphing waddle
fi
for üboe
andclaTine~introducil1gtheatrical
percussion
that suggests a tumb.lingclown.ln a suclclen schizophrenie switch, it clevelops
Jeuxcfenf8nts, After
Janacel<s Moravian
a sin cere sadness which marches on into Prokofiev's Field ofthe Dead..
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Jeux d'enfants, After
Janacek's Moravian
Folksongs, H.
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Jem d'enfants., Afte:r
Janacek's Moravian
Folksongs, III
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Martinû's Variations on a S'iovak f olkscyng provide the album's second
extended section, once aga!n passing fhrough a variely of humours. Mahler
fo:llows, still morose, butwith hopeforthenewdawning. TheR, there's a short
deTvish romp to conclu de, wïth anoiher JeW'ish tra:d'ïtionaJ dance tune
Hngers are I.eftilching for the next tu.rntab'le selectIon, WhiCh l1as ta be a
double sess'ion with TarafDe Hafdouk:s and the Terem Quartet.
Jeux d'enfants, After
JanaceKs Mnravi·an
Folksongs, IV.
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10 Jeux denfants., Afte,r
Janacel(s Moravian
Folksongs, V.
11 Jeux d'enfants, Afteer
JanaceKs llihyravian
Folksongs, VI.
12 Jeuxdenfants, After
Janacel<s Mnravian
Folksongs., VIL
13 Alexander Nevsky: The
FieldofTtle IJead
14 Variations on a Slova1<
folksong for Cello and
Piano: Theme, Rubato
15 Valiations on a S'lovaI<
eno and
Piano:
tauon 1,
Moderato
16 Variations on 13: SJova:k
folksong ,for Cello and
PIano: Variation 2, Poco
Allegro
17 Variatl'O:ns on a S'iovak
folksong for Cell'O and
Piano Va.riation 3Mnderato
18 Va.riaifnfls 00 a Slovak
folk
for Cello and
Pian
laITon 4,
SCherzo, Allegretto
19 VariatIons on a Sloval<
fol kson 9 for Gello an d
Piano: Va.riation 5,
Allegro
lD RuckertUeder (5): no 3,
ICh nin der Welt
abhanden gekommen
l'l Jewish Trad.iti'Onat
Dance
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