Flute Mystery : Beynon, C.Beynon, Ashkenazy / Philharmonia (Hybrid SACD +Music Blu-ray)

Fred Jonny Berg: FLUTE MYSTERY

FLUTE MYSTERY *
WARNING ZERO
PASTORALE
VICINO ALLA MONTAGNA
FLUTE CONCERTO *

EMILY BEYNON, flute
CATHERINE BEYNON, harp
PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA
VLADIMIR ASHKENAZY, conductor
FRED JONNY BERG, conductor

Recorded London, 01/2008

Hybrid SACD + music Blu-ray
5.1 SURROUND + STEREO
The hybrid SACD looks like a normal CD and plays on all standard players and computers.

Only the full symphony orchestra can impose the true emotional dynamics of the arctic nature. FLUTE MYSTERY is a collection of five orchestral works by Norwegian composer Fred Jonny Berg. In this distinctive and dynamic surround sound recording, the Philharmonia Orchestra with Emily & Catherine Beynon as soloists on flute & harp are conducted by the legendary Vladimir Ashkenazy.

Vladimir Ashkenazy: I am very fond of Scandinavian mentality, the way people express themselves and their spiritual world. It has always been a very special treat for me to conduct and play Scandinavian music and it is a particular pleasure to introduce to the world a very talented Norwegian composer Fred Jonny Berg whose music in its own way is a genuine reflection of his world.

Berg's music is often described as melodious, accessible and dramatic, yet with a highly original quality. Berg himself tries to explain: It is really as simple as it is complicated - I breathe in what life has to offer, and breathe out what I have to offer life. I have given up trying to grasp what actually happens in the process from impression to expression. In his music Fred Jonny Berg reveals himself as a person who has experienced that life consists of light and dark, but unlike the majority of us he approaches both with a similar undaunted decisiveness; it adds an extra quality to his music: the conviction of an eyewitness. ( 2L )