Eduard Tubin, best known as the composer of Kratt, the first Estonian ballet, was a first-rate second-rank provincial modernist. Imagine the rhythmic energy of Martinu but with less lyricism, the emotional strength of Prokofiev but with less fire, the structural cogency of Walton but less weight and you have some idea what to expect. Compared with Sweden's modernist Hilding Rosenberg or Norway's modernist Fartein Valin, Tubin's music is thoroughly enjoyable. Compared with transcontinental modernist Igor Stravinsky or pan ...
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Eduard Tubin, best known as the composer of Kratt, the first Estonian ballet, was a first-rate second-rank provincial modernist. Imagine the rhythmic energy of Martinu but with less lyricism, the emotional strength of Prokofiev but with less fire, the structural cogency of Walton but less weight and you have some idea what to expect. Compared with Sweden's modernist Hilding Rosenberg or Norway's modernist Fartein Valin, Tubin's music is thoroughly enjoyable. Compared with transcontinental modernist Igor Stravinsky or pan-galactic modernist Anton Webern, however, Tubin's a bit on the light side. This 1988 disc by Neemi Järvi and the Gothenburg Symphony with the "Sinfonietta on Estonian Motifs," the "Concertino for Piano and Orchestra" and Symphony No. 7 represents a fair sampling of Tubin's work. All three works are engaging, although none especially stand out. A dedicated if not always altogether persuasive advocate, Järvi makes the most of the Sinfonetta's ethnic accents, the Concertino's virtuostic...
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