Gertruda Jerjomenko, Māris Kupčs & Liepāja Symphony Orchestra - Fridrich Bruk: Orchestral Music, Vol. 1 (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Front Cover & Digital Booklet | Time - 77:52 minutes | 900 MB
Classical | Label: Toccata Classics, Official Digital Download
Fridrich Bruk – born in Kharkov in 1937 and a Finnish resident since 1974 – made his name as a composer of tangos. But the heart of his music lies in a series of eighteen symphonies, which have a strong narrative element, some reflecting Jewish themes, others inspired by Karelia and Finland. Symphony No. 17, Joy of Life (which Bruk also calls a ‘Concerto-Symphony for Orchestra and Piano’), has an autobiographical programme charting, in abstract terms, Bruk’s surmounting of the obstacles fate put in his path.