Markevitch: Orchestral Music (Complete), Vol. 2 - Le Nouvel Age / Sinfonietta / Cinema-Ouverture

[Machine Translation] Markevich is known as a great conductor. Before World War II, however, he was known as a "composer of formidable talent. All of his works were written in his 20s (he stopped composing at the age of 29 for some reason), and all of them are of a remarkable degree of perfection. His qualities are best expressed in "Sinfonietta. His bursts of energy and occasional mysterious expressions are too numerous to mention. The Cinema Overture is a work from 1931. It is a ballet for a film (which was never made) conceived by Leonid Machin. This piece, with its complex rhythms and the use of sirens and other special instruments, could hardly have been written by a 19 year old.

Note: This is an import edition (manufactured outside of Japan).

大指揮者として知られるマルケヴィチ。しかし、第二次世界大戦前は「恐るべき才能を持った作曲家」として認知されていた。その作品は全て20代に書かれ(彼はなぜか29歳で作曲をやめてしまう)そのどれもが目を見張るほどの完成度を備えている。彼の資質が最も良く表出されているのは「シンフォニエッタ」だろう。炸裂するエネルギー、時折見せる神秘的な表情、など枚挙にいとまがない。「シネマ序曲」は1931年の作品。レオニード・マシーンが構想した映画(結局作られなかった)のためのバレエ作品。複雑なリズムとサイレンなどの特殊楽器を駆使したこの曲、とても19歳の若者の手になるものとは思えない。