Teodorescu-Ciocanea: Orchestral Music

Romanian Radio National Orchestra;
Radio Romania Chamber Orchestra

TOCC 0668

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.

Works:

•Teodorescu-Ciocanea: Archimedes Symphony
•Teodorescu-Ciocanea: Mysterium tremendum - cantata
•Teodorescu-Ciocanea: Rite for Enchanting Air

CD

Muzyka klasyczna

Toccata Classics

07-02-2023

5060113446688