Tansman: Works for Orchestra (2006)

Called by some the best-known Polish composer between Szymanowski and Penderecki, Aleksander Tansman is still not all that well-known. Perhaps it's because he never stayed in any one place for too long. Born in 1897, Tansman left Poland for France in the '20s to find fame, left France for the United States in the late '30s to find safety, left the United States for France in the late '40s to find culture, and traveled back and forth to Poland many times starting in the late '60s to reconnect with his native culture. The ... Read More

Called by some the best-known Polish composer between Szymanowski and Penderecki, Aleksander Tansman is still not all that well-known. Perhaps it's because he never stayed in any one place for too long. Born in 1897, Tansman left Poland for France in the '20s to find fame, left France for the United States in the late '30s to find safety, left the United States for France in the late '40s to find culture, and traveled back and forth to Poland many times starting in the late '60s to reconnect with his native culture. The four works on this 2007 Dux disc all come from Tansman's earlier French period. Although each is well-crafted, brilliantly scored, and highly individualistic, each is also to a greater or lesser extent influenced by Ravel and Les Six: one can hear the neo-classical clarity, high modernist angularity, jazz age harmony, and the entre les guerres irony in every bar. The opening Variations sur un thème de Frescobaldi from 1937 -- a theme, five variations plus coda -- is coolly... Read Less

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