DCXLVIII. MARKEVITCH, Igor: Icare

DCXLVIII. MARKEVITCH, Igor (1912-1983)

Icare (1932/1943)
1. Prélude: Molto tranquillo
2. Eveil de la Connaissance (Awakening of Knowledge)
3. Icare et les Oiseaux (Icarus and the Birds)
4. Les ailes d'Icare (Icarus' wings)
5. Envol d'Icare (Flight of Icarus)
6. Où l'on retrouve les ailes d'Icare (Where Icarus' wings are found)
7. Mort d'Icare (Death of Icarus)
Arnhem Philharmonic Orchestra
Lyndon-Gee, cond.
(25:36)

Born in Kiev, fled Russia for France and Switzerland; studied with Alfred Cortot and Nadia Boulanger (1926-28).

Gives up composing at age 29 (1941) after a serious illness, and becomes a conductor.

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Icare is a revision of L'Envol d'Icare -- a 1932 work which had a group of instruments tuned a quarter-tone higher. The revised version changed the instrumentation as well as numerous changes to orchestration details.