Enescu: String Octet; Violin Sonata No. 3 (2009)

Written while still a teenager, George Enescu's String Octet, Op. 7, already displays his impressive command over compositional techniques and presages his mature and unique musical voice. The four movements are all thematically interconnected in a virtual multimovement sonata-allegro form. This Virgin Classics album presents listeners with a string orchestra arrangement of the octet by conductor Lawrence Foster and the Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte Carlo. There are, of course, inherent difficulties in transcribing a ... Read More

Written while still a teenager, George Enescu's String Octet, Op. 7, already displays his impressive command over compositional techniques and presages his mature and unique musical voice. The four movements are all thematically interconnected in a virtual multimovement sonata-allegro form. This Virgin Classics album presents listeners with a string orchestra arrangement of the octet by conductor Lawrence Foster and the Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte Carlo. There are, of course, inherent difficulties in transcribing a chamber work for a larger ensemble. Sound quality is chief among these issues, as it is difficult to achieve the same level of intimacy with the addition of more players. Foster tries to skirt this issue with the frequent use of a solo octet juxtaposed against the full string orchestra. This is only mildly effective, as the sections performed by the full ensemble are still quite muddy, indistinct, and even sloppy at times. Intonation also suffers, particularly in the higher registers... Read Less

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