{"product_id":"raaff-melodies-unheard","title":"Raaff- Melodies Unheard (CD)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Dutch composer Robin de Raaff has four symphonies to his name. Will de Raaff follow in the footsteps of tradition, or will he give the name, the form, a new meaning, a new direction? His symphonies have little to do with the classical concept. Of course, his love for composing was partly derived from the symphonies of composers such as Brahms, Mahler, Shostakovich, Prokofiev, and even Bernstein, but de Raaf is too much of a constructivist to write a symphony in the classical sense of the word. de Raaff became more and more convinced there was something to be gained in the concertante form, the orchestra and the soloist, the individual and the crowd. He shies away from prescribed forms and developments, a recapitulated theme followed by various movements with different characters. The symphony, the orchestral apparatus sounding together, telling it's story for a period of at least twenty minutes, is what he took as his starting point. Working from there, this led to a reinterpretation of the symphonic form. de Raaff's Second and Fourth Symphonies are the result of a reinterpretation of works for a soloist or soloist group with accompaniment. They are a revision of the material, reminiscent of the way in which Pierre Boulez let Incises for piano grow into Sur incises for ensemble and how Luciano Berio recomposed a number of his Sequenzas into Chemins.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cdiv data-bt-autogen\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDe Raaff: Symphony No. 2 Two Worlds Colliding for Saxophone Quartet and Orchestra - Movement I - Radio Kamer Filharmonie\/Doelen\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSymphony No. 2 Two Worlds Colliding Movement II - Radio Kamer Filharmonie\/Doelen Ensemble\/Ràscher Saxophone Quartet\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSymphony No. 2 Two Worlds Colliding Transition-Movement III - Radio Kamer Filharmonie\/Doelen Ensemble\/Ràscher Saxophone Quartet\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDe Raaff: Symphony No. 1 Tanglewood Tales for Large Orchestra - Movement I (Untangled Tales) - Doelen Ensemble\/Ràscher Saxophon\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSymphony No. 1 Tanglewood Tales - Movement II (Untangled Tales) - Doelen Ensemble\/Ràscher Saxophone Quartet\/Orchestre de Picard\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSymphony No. 1 Tanglewood Tales - Coda - Doelen Ensemble\/Ràscher Saxophone Quartet\/Orchestre de Picardie\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDe Raaff: Symphony No. 4 Melodies Unheard a Symphony of Songs for Soprano (Or Mezzo) and Orchestra on Poems By Emily Dickinson -\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSymphony No. 4 Melodies Unheard II. Orchestral Interlude\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSymphony No. 4 Melodies Unheard III. Softened By Time's Consummate Plush 1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSymphony No. 4 Melodies Unheard IV. the Farthest Thunder 1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSymphony No. 4 Melodies Unheard V. the Nearest Dream Recedes, Unrealized 1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSymphony No. 4 Melodies Unheard? VI. the Soul Selects Her Own Society 1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSymphony No. 4 Melodies Unheard VII. Musicians Wrestle Everywhere\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Alliance - BT","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46985211216093,"sku":"608917276220","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/1056\/6043\/files\/3783671.jpg?v=1762928842","url":"https:\/\/shop.darksiderecords.com\/products\/raaff-melodies-unheard","provider":"Darkside Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}