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Robert Groslot: The Intimacy of Distance, Op. 122
Label Catalogue Number:
8.579100
8.579100
Running Time: 00:55:39
Release Date: May 2021
Originally recorded in 2020
Originally recorded in 2020
Genre:
Classical
Orchestral & Concertos
Classical
Orchestral & Concertos
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The soprano voice occupies a central place in Robert Groslot’s vocal music, and in The Intimacy of Distance he has created his most ambitious composition yet for voice and orchestra. Exploring how elements of life can only be realized through the experience of distance, this concerto for soprano and orchestra moves through various contrasts to huge transformative effect. The calm sounds of nature alternate with melodic lines and dissonant chords in My Green Shade Forest, while Trittico incantevole is a radiant piece composed in honor of the painter Peter Paul Rubens. Composer Robert Groslot is 70 this year; an appropriate anniversary disc with three more premiere recordings. He is one of Belgium’s leading living composers – his catalogue consists of large orchestral works, 50 concertos, three multimedia works and many solo and chamber music works.
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Reviews
“…The Intimacy of Distance is the major work on the program. It takes the form of a concerto for soprano and orchestra … The vocal line is discernibly lyrical, the atonality being more evident in the orchestral writing… At times the music is lyrically very beautiful, and at other times almost violent … My Green Shade Forest and Trittico incantevole are purely orchestral works without vocals. Both demonstrate the same skill in orchestration as in The Intimacy of Distance … On the basis of these performances Groslot is also a more than competent conductor and soprano Charlotte Wajnberg, for whom The Intimacy of Distance was written, sings it with a full, steady, gleaming tone …”
Henry Fogel – Fanfare – January/February 2022
“… It is no bad thing that the people at Naxos have embraced Robert Groslot’s bold and open-hearted music with such enthusiasm. His pieces consistently creep up on one with increased familiarity and earn the listener’s attention by dint of the fastidious craftsmanship which permeates every bar. The players of the Brussels Philharmonic lavish their collective commitment upon Groslot’s music with good reason; as I have stated before the number of living Belgian composers celebrated beyond their borders is surprisingly small. These three pieces together constitute yet another absorbing portrait of a gifted and prolific figure.”
Richard Hanlon – MusicWeb-International.com – 20 August 2021
“… To accompany the powerful texts, Groslot has composed a strong, atmospheric and often agitated music, whose solo part is virtuously sung by Charlotte Wajnberg… Excellent interpretations by the Brussels Philharmonic round out the positive impression of this production. “ *****
Remy Franck – Pizzicato.com.lu – 2 June 2021
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