giovedì 16 agosto 2012

Neglected Masterworks vol.06 - Late-Romantic Piano Concertos - Reger_Dohnanyi


two genuine masterpieces of the late romantic era ... the first, uproarious and visionary... the second, pensive and classicizing... must be heard!

Max Reger (1873-1916)
Piano Concerto in F minor, Op.114 (1910)
track01: Allegro moderato
track02: Largo con grande espressione
track03: Allegro con spirito - Finale
piano: Gerhard Oppitz
Bamberger Symphoniker
conductor: Horst Stein
Koch Schwann 1989

Ernst von Dohnanyi (1877-1960)

Piano Concerto No.2, Op.42 (1946-47)
track04: Allegro - Legato - Animato - Meno mosso - A tempo
track05: Adagio, poco rubato
track06: Allegro vivace - Più mosso - A tempo
piano: Howard Shelley
BBC Philarmonic
conductor: Matthias Bamert
Chandos 2010


bonus track:

Richard Wagner (transcription Liszt)
track07: Schluss Szene from "Tristan und Isolde" - Isoldens lieberstod
piano: Jean-Yves Thibaudet
Decca 1993


sabato 11 agosto 2012

Neglected Masterworks vol.04.4 - France orchestral - Franck_Massenet_Chausson_Rabaud_Honegger_Gaubert



a wise mix of Impressionism and Romanticism in French style... works that do not have much visibility, but transmit magic emotions... enjoy!



Cesar Franck (1822-1890)
track01: Morceau Symphonique de "Rédemption" (1874)
Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse
Michel Plasson
EMI 1994

Jules Massenet (1842-1912)
track02: Ouverture de "Le Roi de Lahore" (1877)
National Philarmonic Orchestra
Richard Bonynge
Decca 1993

Ernest Chausson (1855-1899)
track03: Soir de fête, poème symphonique, Op.32 (1897-8)
BBC Philarmonic
Yan Pascal Tortelier
Chandos 1999

Henri Rabaud (1873-1949)
track04:  Eglogue, Poème virgilien pour orchestre, Op. 7 (1899)
Orchestre Philarmonique des Pays de Loire
Pierre Dervaux
EMI 1979

Arthur Honegger (1892-1955)
track05: Pastorale d'été, poème symphonique, Op.31 (1920)
Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse
Michel Plasson
EMI 1994



Philippe Gaubert (1879-1941)
Les Chants de la mer (1929)
track06: Chants et parfums, mer colorée
track07: La Ronde sur la falaise (Scherzo)
track08: Là-bas, très loin, sur la mer
Orchestre Philarmonique du Luxembourg
Mark Soustrot
Timpani 2008



venerdì 10 agosto 2012

Neglected Masterworks vol.05 - Romantic Piano Concertos - Rimskij-Korsakov _ Lalo _ Delius


Rimskij-Korsakov (1844-1908)
track01: Piano Concerto in C-sharp minor, Op.30 (1882-83)
(Moderato - Allegro quasi polacca - Andante mosso - Allegro)
piano: Geoffrey Tozer
Bergen Philarmonic Ochestra
Dmitri Kitajenko
Chandos 1993-94

Edouard Lalo (1823-1892)
Piano Concerto in F minor (1889)
track02: Lento - Allegro
track03: Lento
track04: Allegro
piano: Marylene Dosse
Stuttgart Philarmonic
Matthias Kuntzsch
VOX 1978 (rem. 1994)

Frederick Delius (1862-1934)
Piano Concerto in C minor (1897-1907)
(First recording of the original 1904 version)
track05: Allegro ma non troppo
track06: Largo
track07: Maestoso con moto moderato
piano: Piers Lane
Ulster Orchestra
David Lloyd-Jones
Hyperion 2006


bonus track:

Ottorino Respighi (1879-1936)
track08: Fantasia Slava in G minor (1903)
piano: Konstantine Scherbakov
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (Bratislava)
Howard Griffiths

lunedì 6 agosto 2012

Neglected Masterworks vol.04.3 - France orchestral - Berlioz_Duparc_Dukas_Magnard_Roussel_Lazzari


a wise mix of Impressionism and Romanticism in French style... works that do not have much visibility, but transmit magic emotions... enjoy!

Hector Berlioz (1803-1869)
track01: Prelude a 'La Fuite en Egypte', Op.25 (1852)
Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
John Eliot Gardiner
Erato (rec. 1987)

Henri Duparc (1848-1933)
track02: Lenore, poeme symphonique d'apres Gottfried August Buerger (1874-75)
Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse
Michel Plasson
EMI 2006

Paul Dukas (1865-1935)

track03: Polyeucte, ouverture (1891)
BBC Orchestra
Yan Pascal Tortelier
(live record)
Warner Classics 2004

Albéric Magnard (1865-1914)
track04: Chant Funèbre, Op 9 (1895)
Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse
Michel Plasson 
EMI 2006

Sylvio Lazzari (1857 - 1944)
track05: Effet de nuit, tableau symphonique d'après Paul Verlaine (1904)
Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse
Michel Plasson
EMI 2006

Albert Roussel (1869-1937)
track06: Résurrection, Prelude symphonique d'après Tolstoi, Op.4 (1903)
Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse
Michel Plasson
EMI 1987

RELATED TOPIC: 
http://ariaclassical.blogspot.it/2012/06/albert-roussel-evocationsresurrection.html
http://ariaclassical.blogspot.it/2012/04/dukas-lapprenti-sorcier-la-peri.html
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domenica 5 agosto 2012

Neglected Masterworks vol.04.2 - France orchestral - Franck_Bizet_d'Indy_Dukas_Koechlin_Boulanger


a wise mix of Impressionism and Romanticism in French style... works that do not have much visibility, but transmit magic emotions... enjoy!

Cesar Franck (1822-1890)
track01: Ce Qu'on Entend Sur La Montagnepoème symphonique (1845)
Orchestre Symphonique de la RTBF
Brian Priestman

Schwann Musica Mundi (1987)

Georges Bizet (1838-1875)

track02: Prèlude a l'Arlesienne Suite n°1 (1872)
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Paul Paray
Mercury Living Presence 1956 (rem. 1992)

Vincent d'Indy (1851-1931)
track03: La Foret enchantée, légende-symphonie d'après une ballade de Uhland (1878)
Orchestre Philarmonique des Pays de Loire
Pierre Dervaux
EMI 1976 (rem. 1991)

Paul Dukas (1865-1935)
track04: Goetz De Berlichingen, Ouverture Apres Goethe (1883)
Wurttembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen
Fabrice Bollon
Sterling 2008

Charles Koechlin (1867-1950)
track05: Au loin, piece symphonique, Op.20 (1896-1900)
Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra
Leif Segerstam
Marco Polo 1995

Lili Boulanger (1893-1918)
track06: D'un soir triste (1917-18)
BBC Philarmonic
Yan Pascal Tortelier
Chandos 1999



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sabato 4 agosto 2012

Neglected Masterworks vol.04.1 - France orchestral - Berlioz_Duparc_Chausson_Lalo_d'Indy_Magnard_ Fauré


a wise mix of Impressionism and Romanticism in French style... works that do not have much visibility, but transmit magic emotions... enjoy!

Hector Berlioz (1803-1869)
track01: Ouverture des Francs-Juges, Op.3 (1826)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
sir Georg Solti
Decca 1991

Henri Duparc (1848-1933)
track02: Aux Etoiles, poème symphonique (1874, rev 1911)
Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse
Michel Plasson
EMI 2006

Ernest Chausson (1855-1899)
track03: Viviane, poème symphonique, Op.5 (1882)
BBC Philarmonic
Yan Pascal Tortelier
Chandos 1999

Édouard Lalo (1823-1892)
track04: Ouverture des Le Roi d'Ys (1888)
BBC Philarmonic
Yan Pascal Tortelier
Chandos 1999

Vincent d'Indy (1851-1931)
track05: Istar, Variations symphoniques, Op.42 (1896)
Orchestre Philarmonique des Pays de Loire
Pierre Dervaux
EMI 1976 (rem. 1991)

Albéric Magnard (1865-1914)
track06: Hymne a la Justice, op 14 (1902)
Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse
Michel Plasson 
EMI 2006


Gabriel Faurè (1845-1924)
track07: Prelude to Pènèlope (1913)
BBC Philarmonic
Yan Pascal Tortelier
Chandos 1995


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mercoledì 1 agosto 2012

Neglected Masterworks vol.03 - Concertos for 2 Pianos - Bruch_Bliss_Poulenc_Vaughan-Williams


Max Bruch (1838-1920)
Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra, Op. 88a (1912)
track01: Andante sostenuto
track02: Andante con moto - Allegro molto vivace
track03: Adagio ma non troppo
track04: Andante – Allegro
Martin Berkofsky & David Hagan: pianoforte
Berliner Symphonisches Orchester
conductor: Lutz Herbig
VOX 2008

sir Arthur Bliss (1891-1975)
track05: Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra, F110 (1924)
(Allegro giusto - Larghetto tranquillo - Vivo)
Peter Donohoe & Martin Roscoe: pianoforte
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
conductor: David Lloyd-Jones
Naxos 2004

Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra, FP61 (1932)
track06: Allegro ma non troppo
track07: Larghetto
track08: Allegro molto
The Genova & Dimitrov Piano Duo
SWR Rundfunk Kaiserslautern
conductor: Alun Francis
CPO 2004

Ralph Vaughan-Williams (1872-1958)
Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra in C (1946)
track09: Toccata: Allegro moderato
track10: Romanza: Lento
track11-12: Fuga chromatica (Allegro), con finale alla tedesca
Vitya Vronsky & Victor Babin: pianoforte


London Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor: sir Adrian Boult
EMI 1969 (remastered 2008)

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