Enescu: Romanian Rhapsody No. 2 in D major, Op. 11 | Romanian Youth Orchestra & Cristian Mandeal 

George Enescu: Romanian Rhapsody No. 2 in D major, Op. 11 | Romanian Youth Orchestra & Cristian Mandeal | George Enescu Festival | 22.09.2021 | Bucharest Palace Hall
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The Second Rhapsody, like the first, was completed in 1901, but is more inward and reflective. Its essential character is not dance, but song. It is based on the popular 19th-century ballad "Pe o stîncă neagră, într-un vechi castel" ("On a dark rock, in an old castle") which, like the opening melody of the First Rhapsody Enescu may have learned from the lăutar Chioru, though again there is some doubt whether Enescu actually remembered it from Chioru. After a development culminating in a canonic presentation, this theme is joined by a dance tune, "Sîrba lui Pompieru" ("Sîrba of the Fireman"), followed shortly afterward by the second half of a folksong, "Văleu, lupu mă mănîncă" ("Aiee, I'm being devoured by a wolf!"), which is treated in canon. Toward the end there is a brief moment of animation, bringing to mind the spirit of country lăutari, but the work ends quietly. (Wikipedia)

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