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 Voormolen: Baron Hop Suites No 1 & 2, Etc / Bamert, Et Al
Release Date: 06/27/2000 
Label:  Chandos   Catalog #: 9815   Spars Code: DDD 
Composer:  Alexander N. Voormolen
Performer:  Pauline OostenrijkHans Roerade
Conductor:  Matthias Bamert
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Hague Residentie Orchestra

Number of Discs: 1 
Recorded in: Stereo 
Length: 1 Hours 12 Mins. 

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Alexander Voormolen's two Baron Hop suites call to mind a sort of Dutch cross between Prokofiev in his "Classical Symphony" mode, and Poulenc. There's the same use of archaic forms (minuet, rondo, sarabande, air), the same parodistic wit, the same "wrong note" tunefulness, and also a wholly personal, refined sense of orchestral color. This music is extremely popular in Holland, and no wonder! The Concerto for Two Oboes is equally delightful: full of fun and written with incredible skill for the soloists. I dare anyone to listen to the finale and not come away humming its slightly sinister, witty main theme. The Nocturne for Orchestra subtitled "Eline" resembles Delius at his most evocatively chromatic, its mysterious decadence highlighted by an indulgent excess of celesta and harp. No less a figure than the famous scholar D.F. Tovey wrote one of his famous program notes about Baron Hop, and this is clearly music that should never have sunk into oblivion. Chandos has performed one of its most thoroughly enjoyable rescue missions by making this marvelous stuff available once again in absolutely brilliant performances and sound. Don't miss out on a really good time.

--David Hurwitz

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1.  Eline by Alexander N. Voormolen
Conductor:  Matthias Bamert
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Hague Residentie Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1951; The Hague, Netherlan 
Notes: Orchestrated: Alexander Voormolen 
2.  Baron Hop Suite no 1 by Alexander N. Voormolen
Conductor:  Matthias Bamert
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Hague Residentie Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1923; The Hague, Netherlan 
3.  Baron Hop Suite no 2 by Alexander N. Voormolen
Conductor:  Matthias Bamert
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Hague Residentie Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1931; The Hague, Netherlan 
4.  Concerto for 2 Oboes by Alexander N. Voormolen
Performer:  Pauline Oostenrijk (Oboe), Hans Roerade (Oboe)
Conductor:  Matthias Bamert
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Hague Residentie Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1933; The Hague, Netherlan 
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Baron Hop Suite No. 1
I. Overture Baron Hop
Baron Hop Suite No. 1
II. Sarabande Fagel
Baron Hop Suite No. 1
III. Polka Cupido-Citron
Baron Hop Suite No. 1
IV. March of the Hereditary Prince-Stadtholder
Concerto for 2 Oboes
I. Allegro
Concerto for 2 Oboes
II. Arioso: Andantino cantabile
Concerto for 2 Oboes
III. Rondo: Vivo allegretto
Eline
Baron Hop Suite No. 2
I. Overture, "Viva Carolina"
Baron Hop Suite No. 2
II. Minuet Princess Royal
Baron Hop Suite No. 2
III. Air William V
Baron Hop Suite No. 2
IV. Rondo Wolfenbuttel
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