GLASS, P.: Double Concerto for 2 Pianos / SHOSTAKOVICH, D.: Symphony No. 5 (K. and M. Labeque, Zweden)
Ensemble:
Katia and Marielle Labeque
Orchestra:
Orchestre de Paris
Conductor:
Zweden, Christina I van
Conductor:
Zweden, Jaap van
Composer:
Glass, Philip
Composer:
Shostakovich, Dmitry
Venue: Philharmonie, Paris
Date of Concert: 2016
Playing Time: 01:18:44
Television Director:
Pascal, Tommy
Catalogue Number: BAC2317
For the first time in Europe, Katia and Marielle Labeque, who are sibling pianists renowned for their incredible synchronicity and energy, present Philip Glass's Double Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra. Philip Glass composed the Concerto especially for this duo in the Autumn and Winter of 2014-15 as a work commissioned by the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Orchestre de Paris, Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra, Goteborgs Symfoniker and the Orquesta Nacional de Espana. Other acclaimed works by Philip Glass, one of today's mosprominent composers, include the opera Einstein on the Beach (1967) and a grand Violin Concerto (1987).
Philip Glass's Double Concerto is followed by Shostakovich's Fifth Symphony. Probably the composer's most performed symphony, the work was composed in 1937 in Leningrad and proved to be an unprecedented triumph for its creator. Its emotional intensity reflects the horrors of the Great Terror. Under the baton of Jaap van Zweden, the Orchestre de Paris offers an interpretation infused with precision and passion.
