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Tolga Kashif * 2002 * The Queen Symphony - vivathard - 09-22-2011 Tolga KASHIF (b. 1962) The Queen Symphony - A symphony in six movements inspired by the music of Queen (2002) London Oratory Boys' Choir/Michael McCarthy London Voices/Terry Edwards John Lenehan (piano); Nicola Loud (violin); Francois Rive (cello) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Tolga Kashif rec. Aug-Sept 2002, Abbey Road Studio 1, London. DDD EMI CLASSICS 5573952 [57:43] We did not cover this top-selling CD when first issued. As far as I can recall we never received a review copy back in 2002. The issue of The Genesis Suite on Kashif’s own Lightsong label seemed the right occasion to put that right. The movements of this symphony and the Queen songs on which they are based are as follows:- I: Adagio Misterioso - Allegro Con Brio (Radio Gaga - The Show Must Go On - One Vision - I Was Born To Love You) [10:42] II: Allegretto (Pastoral) (Love Of My Life - Another One Bites The Dust - Killer Queen) [7:39] III: Adagio (Who Wants To Live Forever? - Save Me) [7:23] IV: Scherzo - Adagio - Scherzo (Bicycle Race - Save Me) [9:54] V: Moderato - Allegro - Andante Maestoso (Bohemian Rhapsody - We Will Rock You - We Are The Champions - Who Wants To Live Forever?) [12:54] VI: Adagio (We Are The Champions - Bohemian Rhapsody - Who Wants To Live Forever?) [9:11] Kashif began work on it in 2000 and saw it through to premiere in the Royal Festival Hall by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra on Wednesday 6 November 2002. It’s based on some dozen headline songs including "Bohemian Rhapsody", "We Will Rock You", "We Are the Champions" and "Who Wants to Live Forever". It continues to enjoy currency in the world’s great concert halls. Kashif himself was a graduate of the RCM and studied with Derek Bourgeois. His conducting prowess has not been restricted to his own music: in 1997 ASV issued a CD of his conducting Richard Strauss’s Don Juan, Tod und Verklärung and Horn Concerto no 1. As for the Symphony, this is a full-on, ambitious, deeply indulgent and lushly crafted orchestral extravagance in six movements. If you warm to the luxury of the mainstream John Williams film scores then expect to find this satisfying. If you have hopes to hear a sort of concerto for a Queen tribute band set against a heaving, wide-band orchestra then think again. Kashif has instead taken some classic tracks and woven from their melodies and rhythms a voluptuous canvas of filmic extravagance. The style is akin to that of Williams but much more various. I have to depart from Brian May where he claims parallels with Tchaikovsky or Holst in terms of imagination and daring. That said much of this is very enjoyable. The choirs take more of a supportive, discreet yet muscular role – not as prominent as they are in the outer movements of The Genesis Suite. They sing as a group – there are no vocal solos. Styles vary between movements but the Adagio (III) is almost Finzian with the solo violin’s eloquence suggesting parallels with Introit. The first movement has a decidedly exotic North-African twist amid the cinema refulgence. John Lenehan’s orchestral piano plays its part throughout without ever once coming near to piano concerto grandstanding. When Bohemian Rhapsody puts in an appearance in the fifth movement it does so in predictably Rossinian finery. This is a grandly lavish work – a little over-inflated and sprawling at times but most effective. Инфо взято здесь RE: Tolga Kashif * 2002 * The Queen Symphony - vivathard - 09-22-2011 кстати сегодня видел афиши что вроде намечено на 7 октября в крокус сити холл