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Title: Pastoral 21
Artist: Gabriel Prokofiev
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