JACQUELINE FONTYN (b.1930): On a Landscape by Turner, Au fil des siècles, L'anneau de jade, 4 Sites.

Catalogue Number: 10K073

Label: Cybele

Reference: 860.601

Format: CD

Price: $19.98

Description: Fontyn's love of orchestral color and constantly changing textures is shown to great advantage in these four orchestral works. The analogy between Turner's luminous textures on canvas and Fontyn's in the orchestral medium is obvious, and the work is a striking example of lively, constantly evolving neo-impressionism. Although the composer freely adopts a modern idiom of constantly evolving harmony, all these works are underpinned by a sense of tonality, sometimes made more explicit through reference to earlier models, as in Au fil which quotes a 16th century motet. 'The Jade Ring' is a meditative and atmospheric work, inspired by a visit to China, while the equally evocative 'Four Places' of 1977 vividly depicts the countryside and bustling university town of a location in Belgium, for which the work was commissioned. Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra; David Porcelijn. SACD hybrid.

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