Brett Dean: In Spe Contra Spem Viola & Cello
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Tracklist
1
Brett Dean: Amphitheatre (Scene for Orchestra)
2
Brett Dean: Viola Concerto: Fragment
3
Brett Dean: Viola Concerto: Pursuit
4
Brett Dean: Viola Concerto: Veiled and Mysterious
5
Brett Dean: In Spe Contra Spem, Part One: Full Grievous Is the Way
6
Brett Dean: In Spe Contra Spem, Part One
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Brett Dean: In Spe Contra Spem, Part One: We Princes Are Set on Stages
8
Brett Dean: In Spe Contra Spem, Part One: Were We But As Two Milkmaids
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Brett Dean: In Spe Contra Spem, Part One: La Fin de Mon Long Et Ennuyeux Pèlerinage
10
Brett Dean: In Spe Contra Spem, Part Two: Interlude
11
Brett Dean: In Spe Contra Spem, Part Two: I Am Not So Ignorant, Gentlemen
12
Brett Dean: In Spe Contra Spem, Part Two: Yet I Find No Great Cause
13
Brett Dean: In Spe Contra Spem, Part Two: Accuse Me Not of Presumption
14
Brett Dean: Cello Concerto: Extremely Intimate, Yet Flowing and Playful
15
Brett Dean: Cello Concerto: Slow, Dreamy, Unhurried
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Brett Dean: Cello Concerto: Allegro Agitato Sempre
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Brett Dean: Cello Concerto: Fast, Rhythmic, Relentless
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Brett Dean: Cello Concerto: Slow, Spacious, and Still
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Brett Dean: 3 Memorials: Dispersal
20
Brett Dean: 3 Memorials: Ceremonial
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Brett Dean: 3 Memorials: Komarov's Fall
22
Brett Dean: Notturno Inquieto
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Brett Dean: The Players (For Accordion and Orchestra): Prelude
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Brett Dean: The Players (For Accordion and Orchestra): Look, Look! Look Where My Abridgement Comes!
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Brett Dean: The Players (For Accordion and Orchestra): Fanfare. the Players Arrive
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Brett Dean: The Players (For Accordion and Orchestra): Pantomime
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Brett Dean: The Players (For Accordion and Orchestra): Postlude
About This Release
Brett Dean was the London Philharmonic Orchestra's Composer-in-Residence from 2020-2023; this release brings together seven works recorded live in concert during his tenure. Together with five leading conductors and five outstanding soloists, the LPO skilfully navigates the diverse facets of Dean's orchestral writing, from the vivid soundscapes and virtuosity of the Viola and Cello Concertos, to the drama of In spe contra spem - quoting letters and speeches by Queen Elizabeth I and Mary, Queen of Scots - and the theatrical accordion work The Players, which revisits scenes from Dean's award-winning 2017 opera Hamlet.