Richard Strauss Metamorphosen / Arvo Pärt Symphonie No 4, "Los Angeles” I Musici de Montréal & & Jean-Marie Zeitouni

• Richard Strauss (1864 - 1949): Metamorphosen for 23 Solo Strings, TrV 290:
• 1 R. Strauss: Metamorphosen for 23 Solo Strings, TrV 290 27:37
• Arvo Pärt ((b.1935): Symphonie No. 4, "Los Angeles":
• 2 Pärt: Symphonie No. 4, "Los Angeles": I. Con sublimità – Marcando con maestà – Pacato 12:53
• 3 Pärt: Symphonie No. 4, "Los Angeles": II. Affannoso – Un poco più affannato 13:16
• 4 Pärt: Symphonie No. 4, "Los Angeles": III. Insistentemente – Con intimo sentimento – Deciso 09:22
• Total Runtime 01:03:08

Info for Richard Strauss Metamorphosen / Arvo Pärt Symphonie No 4, "Los Angeles”

ATMA Classique is pleased to present Richard Strauss / Arvo Pärt — the label’s first recording project with I Musici de Montréal and the ensemble’s first album in ten years. Richard Strauss / Arvo Pärt is also the first album under the direction of Jean-Marie Zeitouni, who was the ensemble’s Music Director until April 2021.

Composed in response to the devastation of World War II, Strauss’s Metamorphosen is a major study for 23 soloists and features each of the orchestra’s instrumentalists. The piece is paired with Arvo Pärt’s “Los Angeles” Symphony No. 4, a work the composer described as “a bow to the great power of the human spirit and human dignity.”

Recorded several months apart thanks to lockdown restrictions triggered by the global pandemic, the two works on this album assume special resonance: they succeed in touching listeners deeply with their homages to beauty and their timeless messages of hope.

I Musici de Montréal
Jean-Marie Zeitouni, conductor

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