Title: Pastoral 21 Artist: UNLTD Collective Label: Signum Classics Product Type: COMPACT DISCS UPC: 635212076125 Genre: Classical Artists Release Date: 2024-02-16 Number of Discs: 1
Pastoral Reflections is a contemporary exploration on what the concept of 'Pastoral' means to us in this time of climate crisis. It features classical string sextet alongside field recordings, electronic bass & angular beats, centered around Gabriel Prokofiev's contemporary response to Beethoven's 250 year old Pastoral Symphony. The Album opens with the original first movement of Beethoven's famous symphony (arranged for sextet) - reminding listeners of our less troubled relationship with nature 250 years ago - before moving on to the modern beats of Prokofiev's recent composition Breaking Screens, which explores ideas of consumerism, digital life and impending crisis. The programme climaxes with 5 movement 'Pastoral Reflections' which echoes Beethoven's symphonic narrative, but from a contemporary perspective
Tracks: 1.1 Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 'Pastoral'~I. Erwachen heiterer Empfindungen bei der Ankunft auf dem Lande. Allegro ma non troppo 1.2 Breaking Screens~Green Into Red 1.3 Breaking Screens~Fivatak 1.4 Breaking Screens~1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 1.5 Breaking Screens~ChangeUp 1.6 Breaking Screens~Sad Colours 1 1.7 Breaking Screens~Memory Fields 1.8 Breaking Screens~Reflessivo 1.9 Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 'Pastoral'~V. Hiertengesang, frohe und dankbare Gefühle nach dem Sturm. Allegretto 1.10 Pastoral Reflections~I. Allegro ma non troppo (escape into nature) 1.11 Pastoral Reflections~II. Andante con moto (nature reserve with canalised stream) 1.12 Pastoral Reflections~III. Allegro moderato (mega-farm, cyber village) 1.13 Pastoral Reflections~IV. Vivace (sturm) 1.14 Pastoral Reflections~V. Allegretto (stadtpark, faint hopes) 1.15 Breaking Screens~Mobocracy
