martedì 17 dicembre 2013

Andante con... Tormento! (symphonic sketches) vol.2 - Alfven _ Zemlinsky _ Langgaard _ Magnard _ Moeran _ Martinu


a collection of symphonic pieces that could better express the human torment...

Hugo Alfven (1872-1960)
track 01: Symphony no.2, op.11 (1901) - II. Andante
National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland
conductor: Niklas Willen
Naxos 2000

Alexander von Zemlinsky (1871-1942)
track02: Die Seejungfrau (1902-03) - I. Sehr massig bewegt
Gurzenich Orchestra Cologne Philharmonic
conductor: James Conlon
EMI 1996

Rued Langgaard (1893-1952)
track03: Symphony no.1 (1908-11) - III. Sagn (Legend).Lento
Danish National Symphony Orchestra/DR
conductor: Thomas Dausgaard
Dacapo 2008

Albéric Magnard (1865-1914)
track04: Symphony no.4, op.21 (1913) - III. Sans lenteur et nuancé
Malmo Symphony Orchestra
conductor: Thomas Sanderling
BIS 2000

Ernest Moeran (1894-1950)
track05: Symphony in G minor (1934-37) - II. Lento
Ulster Orchestra
conductor: Vernon Handley
Chandos 2004

Bohuslav Martinu (1890-1959)
track06: Symphony no.1 (1942) - III. Largo
BBC Symphony Orchestra
conductor: Jiri Belohlavek
ONYX CLASSICS 2011


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sabato 30 novembre 2013

Neglected Masterworks vol.12.3 - Hommage à l'Italie - Auber _ Mendelssohn _ Cui _ Massenet _ Marx _ Stravinsky

several foreign composers dedicated to Italy some of their orchestral works (Berlioz: Harold en Italie - Mendelssohn: Italian Symphony - Tchaicovsky: Capriccio Italien, Stravinsky: Italian Suite etc...) 
in these collections I picked up many of lesser-known ones...

RELATED TOPICS: Strauss - Aus Italien, Op.16

Daniel Auber (1782-1871)
track 01: La Muette de Portici - Ouverture (1828)
Orchestre Philarmonique de Monte-carlo
conductor: Thomas Fulton
EMI 1987

 Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
track02: Song of the Venetian Gondolier
CSR Symphony Orchestra (Bratislava)
conductor: Ondrej Lenard
Naxos 1989

 Cesar Cui (1835-1918)
track03: Tarantelle, op.12 (1858)
CSR Symphony Orchestra (Bratislava)
conductor: Ondrej Lenard
Naxos 1989

 Jules Massenet (1842-1912)
Scenes Napolinates (1876)
track04: La Danse
track05: La procession et l'Improvisateur
track06: La Fete
CSR Symphony Orchestra (Bratislava)
conductor: Ondrej Lenard
Naxos 1989

 Joseph Marx (1882-1964)
Castelli Romani, for Piano and Orchestra (1929-30)
track07: Villa Hadriana - Allegro (ma non troppo)
track08: Tusculum - Andante
track09: Frascati - Presto
piano: David Lively
Bochum Symphony Orchestra
conductor: Steven Sloane
ASV 2005

 Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
(transcribed with Gregor Piatigorsky)
Suite Italienne for Cello and Piano (1932)
track10: Introduzione. Allegro moderato
track11: Serenata. Larghetto
track12: Aria
track13: Tarantella. Vivace
track14: Minuetto. Finale
cello: Michal Kanka
piano: Jaromir Klepac
Praga Digital 2005

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martedì 20 agosto 2013

Neglected Masterworks vol.08.2 - Pieces for Violin & Orchestra


Carl Reinecke (1824-1910)
track01: Romance in E minor, Op.93 (ca. 1870)
violin: Ingolf Turban
Berner Symphonie-Orchester
conductor: Johannes Moesus
CPO 2007

Alexander Glazunov (1865-1936)
track02: Meditation, Op.32 (1891)
violin: Chloe Hanslip
Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana
conductor: Alexander Vedernikov
Hyperion 2013

Josef Suk (1874-1936)
track03: Fantasy in G minor Op.24 (1903)
violin: Julia Fisher
Orchestre Philarmonique de Monte-Carlo
conductor: Yakov Kreizberg
Decca 2011

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) 
track04: Caprice andalous in G major, Op.122 (1904)
violin: Olivier Charlier
Ensemble Orchestral de Paris
conductor: Jean-Jacques Kantorow
EMI 2000

Gustav Holst (1874-1934)
track05: A song of the night, Op.19 No.1 (1905)
violin: Lorraine McAslan
London Philarmonic Orchestra
conductor: David Arherton
Lyrita 1993

Wilhelm Stenhammar (1871-1927)
track06: Sentimental romance, Op.28 No.2 - Allegro patetico (1910)
violin: Ulf Wallin
Malmo Symphony Orchestra
conductor: Paavo Jarvi
BIS 1992

Ottorino Respighi (1879-1936)
track06: Poema autunnale (1925)
violin: Pierre Amoyal
Orchestre National de France
conductor: Charles Dutoit
Decca 1995

Kurt Atterberg (1887-1974)
track07: Adagio amoroso (1967)
violin: Ulf Wallin
Camerata Nordica
conductor: Ulf Wallin
CPO 2005
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mercoledì 3 luglio 2013

Neglected Masterworks vol.04.8 - France orchestral - Bizet _ Holmes _ Lekeu _ Chabrier _ Pierné _ Cras _ Koechlin



Georges Bizet (1838-1875)
track01: Marche funèbre, WD.35 (1860-61)
Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse
conductor: Michel Plasson
EMI 2008

Augusta Holmes (1847-1903)
track02: La Nuit et l'amour. Interlude de l'ode symphonique - Ludus pro Patria (1888)
Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor: Patrick Davin
Marco Polo 1994

Guillaume Lekeu (1870-1894)
track03: Seconde Etudes Symphonique. Ophelie (2e version) (1889)
Philarmonique de Liege
conductor: Pierre Bartholomée
Ricercar 1994

Emmanuel Chabrier (1841-1894)
track04: Gwendoline. Ouverture (1885-90)
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
conductor: Paul Paray
Mercury Living Presence 1960

Gabriel Pierné (1863-1937)
track05: Les Cathedrales. Prelude (1915)
Orchestre National De Lorraine
conductor: Jacques Mercier
Timpani 2010

Jean Cras (1879-1932)
Journal de bord (1927)
track06: I. Quart de huit a minuit
track07: II. Quart de minuit a quatre
track08: III. Quart de quatre a huit
Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz
conductor: Pierre Stoll
Cybelia 1986

Charles Koechlin (1867-1950)
track09: Vers la voute etoilée, Op.129 (1923-33 rev.1939)
Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart
conductor: Heinz Holliger

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sabato 15 giugno 2013

Neglected Masterworks vol.13.1 - Pieces for Cello & Orchestra - Faure _ Bruch _ Lekeu _ Elgar _ Holst _ Rachmaninov _ Respighi _ Ropartz _ Weinberg



Gabriel Faurè (1845-1924)
track01: Elégie for Cello & Orchestra, Op.24 (1883)
cello: Peter Dixon
BBC Philarmonics
conductor: Yan-Pascal Tortelier
Chandos 1995

Max Bruch (1838-1920)
track02: Adagio on Celtic Melodies, Op.56 (1891)
cello: Martin Ostertag
Symphony Orchestra of  Sunwestfunk
conductor: Michael Boder
Aurophon 1989

Guillame Lekeu (1870-1894)
track03: Larghetto for Cello & String Quartet (1892)
cello: Marie Hallynck
Orchestre Philharmonique de Liege
conductor: Pierre Bartolomee
Ricercar 1994

Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
track04: Romance for Cello & Orchestra, Op.62
cello: Julian Lloyd-Webber
London Symphony Orchestra
conductor: Charles Mackerras
EMI 1986

Gustav Holst (1874-1934)
track05: Invocation Op.19 no.2 (1911)
cello: Alexander Baille
London Philarmonic Orchestra
conductor: David Atherton
Lyrita 1993

 Sergej Rachmaninov (1873-1843)
track06: Vocalise, Op.34 (1912)
cello: Vytautas Sondeckis
Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra
conductor: David Geringas
Naxos 2000

 Ottorino Respighi (1879-1936)
track07: Adagio con Variationi per Cello & Orchestra, P133 (1921)
cello: Mstislav Rostropovich
Moscov Philarmonic Orchestra
conductor: Kirill Kondrashin
Yedang 2002

 Guy Ropartz (1864-1955)
track08: Rhapsodie pour Violoncelle et Orchestre (1928)
cello: Henri Demarquette
Orchestre de Bretagne
Kirill Karabits
Timpani 2005

 Moisey Weinberg (1919-1996)
track09: Fantasia for Cello & Orchestra, Op.52 (I. Adagio) (1956)
cello: Claes Gunnarsson
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
conductor: Thord Svedlung
Chandos 2000

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venerdì 7 giugno 2013

Neglected Masterworks vol.06.2 - Late-Romantic Piano Concertos - Bliss _ Lyatoshinsky


two lush and flourishing post-romantic works.. it's a shame there's not a better sound recording about Lyatoshinsky's Slavonic Concerto...
enjoy!

sir Arthur Bliss (1891-1975)
Piano Concerto in B-flat, Op.58 (1939)
track01: Allegro con brio
track02: Adagietto
track03: Andante maestoso - Molto vivo
piano: Peter Donohoe
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
conductor: David Lloyd-Jones
Naxos 2004

Boris Lyatoshinsky (1895-1968)
Slavonic Concerto, Op.54 (1953)
track04: Allegro
track05: Lento
track06: Allegro risoluto
piano: Evgeny Rzhanov
Ukrainian Radio and TV Symphony Orchestra
conductor: Vladimir Gnedash
Russian Disk 1994

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lunedì 3 giugno 2013

Neglected Masterworks vol.12.2 - Hommage à l'Italie (Postcards from Italie) - d'Indy _ Gounod _ Godard _ Elgar



several foreign composers dedicated to Italy some of their orchestral works (Berlioz: Harold en Italie - Mendelssohn: Italian Symphony - Tchaicovsky: Capriccio Italien, Stravinsky: Italian Suite etc...) 
in these collections I picked up many of lesser-known ones...

RELATED TOPICS: Strauss - Aus Italien, Op.16


Vincent d'Indy (1851-1931)
Symphonie en la mineur "Italienne" (1870-72)
track01: Rome. Andante maestoso; Allegro ma non troppo
track02: Florence. Allegro vivace
track03: Venice. Andante, sans lenteur
track04: Naples. Saltarelle: Allegro ma non troppo
Orchestre de Bretagne
conductor: Lionel Bringuier
Timpani 2007

Charles Gounod (1818-1893)
track05: Saltarello (1871)
CSR Symphony Orchestra (Bratislava)
conductor: Ondrej Lenard
Naxos 1989


Benjamin Godard (1849-1895)
Scènes Italiennes, Op.126 (1891)
track06: Serenade Florentine
track07: Sicilienne
track08: Tarantelle
CSR Symphony Orchestra (Bratislava)
conductor: Ondrej Lenard
Naxos 1989

Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
track09: In the South (Alassio), Op.50 (1903-04)
London Philarmonic Orchestra
conductor: Adrian Boult
EMI 1972/1988





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venerdì 24 maggio 2013

STORM and TEMPEST - Atterberg _ Chausson _ Honegger _ Nystroem _ Sibelius _ Sullivan _ Tchaikovsky



Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900)
track01: Introduction to "The Tempest", Op.1 (1861)
Kansas City Symphony
conductor: Michael Stern
Reference Recordings 2008

Pyotr I. Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
track02: Overture "The Storm", Op.76 (1864)
London Symphony Orchestra
conductor: Gennadi Rozhdestvensky
Regis 1987

Pyotr I. Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
track03: "The Tempest", Op.18 (1873)
Russian National Orchestra
conductor: Mikhail Pletnev
DG 1994


Ernest Chausson (1855-1899)
track04: "La tempete", Op.18 - Interlude (1888)
Ensemble Orchestral de Paris
conductor: Jean-Jacques Kantorow
EMI 1995


Kurt Atterberg (1887-1974)
track05: Symphony no.3, op 10 - 2nd movement (Storm) (1914-16)
Radio-Philharmonie Hannover des NDR
conductor : Ari Rasilainen
CPO 1999


Arthur Honegger (1892-1955)
track06: Prelude pour "La Tempete" H48a (1923)
Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse
conductor: Michel Plasson
DG 1993


Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
track07 "The Tempest Suite No.1". Op.109 - The Storm (1925)
Helsinki Philarmonic Orchestra
conductor: Leif Segerstam
Ondine 1998


Gosta Nystroem (1890-1966)
track08: Prelude "Stormen" (Tempest) (1934)
Swedish Radio SymphonY Orchestra
conductor: Evgeny Svetlanov
Musica Sveciae 2000


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lunedì 20 maggio 2013

Neglected Masterworks vol.12.1 - Hommage à l'Italie (Postcards from Italie) - Bizet _ Liszt _ Charpentier _ Rimsky-Korsakov _ Stenhammar



several foreign composers dedicated to Italy some of their orchestral works (Berlioz: Harold en Italie - Mendelssohn: Italian Symphony - Tchaicovsky: Capriccio Italien, Stravinsky: Italian Suite etc...) 
in these collections I picked up many of lesser-known ones...

RELATED TOPICS: Strauss - Aus Italien, Op.16

Georges Bizet (1838-1875)
"Roma" Symphonie (1860-61)
track01: Andante tranquillo-allegro agitato
track02: Allegretto vivace-Scherzo
track03: Andante molto
track04: Allegro vivacissimo
Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse
conductor: Michel Plasson
EMI 2008

Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
track05:  Tarantelle (1869)
CSR Symphony Orchestra (Bratislava)
conductor: Ondrej Lenard
Naxos 1989

Gustave Charpentier (1860-1956)
Impressions d'Italie (1889)
track06: Napoli
CSR Symphony Orchestra (Bratislava)
conductor: Ondrej Lenard
Naxos 1989

Nikolaj Rimskij-Korsakov (1844-1908)
track07: Funiculì, funiculà by Luigi Denza (1907)
CSR Symphony Orchestra (Bratislava)
conductor: Ondrej Lenard
Naxos 1989

Wilhelm Stenhammar (1871-1927)
Lodelezzi sings, Op.39 (ca.1918)
track08: Elegy. Lento
track09: Intermezzo. Allegro agitato
track10: Tempo di valse moderato - Tempo di marcia vivace
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
conductor: Neeme Jarvi
BIS 1994

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sabato 11 maggio 2013

Neglected Masterworks vol.09.2 - Pieces for Piano & Orchestra



Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Fantaisie pour Piano & Orchestre L73 (1889-90)
track01: Andante ma non troppo. Allegro giusto
track02: Lento e molto espressivo
track03: Allegro molto
piano: Aldo Ciccolini
Orchestre National de L'ORTF
conductor: Jean Martinon
EMI 1998

Camille Saint_Saens (1835-1921)
track04: "Africa" Fantaisie, Op.89 (1991)
piano: Jean-Philippe Collard
Royal Philarmoni Orchestra
André Previn
EMI 1988

Benjamin Godard (1849-1895)
Fantaisie Persane, Op.152 (1894)
track05: Quasi adagio - Tempo tranquillo
track06: Allegretto moderato - Quasi adagio - Allegro con moto
piano: Victor Sangiorgio
Royal Scottich National Orchestra
conductor: Martin Yates
Dutton Epoch 2012

Paul le Flem (1881-1984)
track07: Fantaisie pour piano et orchestre (1911)
piano: Marie-Catherine Girod
Orchestre de Bretagne
conductor: Claude Schnitzler
Timpani 1995

Ernest Bloch (1880-1959)
track08: Scherzo Fantastique (1948)
piano: Jenny Lin
SWR Rundfunkorchester Kaiserslautern
conductor: Jirí Stárek
Hanssler Classic 2007


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Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)
track09: Vers la Flamme, Op.72 (1914)
piano: Roger Woodward
Etcetera 2004

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sabato 4 maggio 2013

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mercoledì 1 maggio 2013

Neglected Masterworks vol.05.3 - Romantic Piano Concertos vol.3 - Godard _ von Sauer


Benjamin Godard (1949-1895)
Piano Concerto n.1 in A minor, Op.31 (1875)
track01: Andante - Allegro vivace
track02: Scherzo: Allegretto non troppo
track03: Andante quasi adagio
track04: Allegro ma non troppo - Vivace
piano: Victor Sangiorgio
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
conductor: Martin Yates
Dutton 2012

Emil von Sauer (1862-1942)
Piano Concerto n.2 in C minor (1901)
track05: Moderato lamentoso - Animato - Allegretto - Allegro moderato assai - Moderato - Tempo I (attacca)
track06: Vivacissimo (attacca)
track07: Adagio - Andante - Molto moderato (attacca)
track08: Allegro deciso, assai moderato
piano: Oleg Marshev
Aarhus Symphony Orchestra
conductor: James Loughran
Danacord 2004

bonus tracks:
Benjamin Godard (1949-1895)
track09-10: Introduction et Allegro pour Piano et Orchestre, Op.49 (1880)
piano: Victor Sangiorgio
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
conductor: Martin Yates
Dutton 2012


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venerdì 26 aprile 2013

Neglected Masterworks vol.04.7 - France orchestral - Bizet _ Lalo _ Gounod _ Ropartz _ Dukas _ d'Indy _ Honegger _ Aubert


Georges Bizet (1838-1875)
track01: Ouverture en La (1855)
Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal
conductor: Charles Dutoit
Decca 2000

 Edouard Lalo (1823-1892)
track02: Scherzo in D minor (1884)
Basler Simphonie Orchester
conductor: Giancarlo Andretta
CPO 1996

 Charles Gounod (1818-1893)
track03: Mors et Vita - Prelude a la "Pars Secunda" (Judicium) (1885)
Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse
conductor: Michel Plasson
EMI 1992

 Joseph-Guy Ropartz (1864-1955)
track04: La Cloche des Morts (1887)
Luxenbourg Symphony Orchestra
conductor: Emmanuel Krivine
Timpani 2003

 Paul Dukas (1865-1935)
track05: Ariane et Barbe-bleue, Introduction du troisième acte (1907)
Orchestre National de O.R.T.F.
conductor: Jean Martinon
EMI 1973 (1989)

 Vincent d'Indy (1851-1931)
track06-07: Diptyque Méditerranée, op.87 (1926-27)
a) Soleil Matinal
b) Soleil Vespéral
Iceland Symphony Orchestra
conductor: Rumon Gamba
Chandos 2010

 Arthur Honegger (1892-1955)
track08-09: Mermoz, suite da film
a) suite n°1: La Traversee des Andes
b) suite n°2: Le Vol sur L'Atlantique
Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse
conductor: Michel Plasson
DG 1993

 Louise Aubert (1877-1968)
track10: Offrande (1947) 
Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor: Leif Segerstam
Marco Polo 1994



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giovedì 18 aprile 2013

Neglected Masterworks vol.04.6 - France orchestral - Saint-Saëns _ Godard _ Magnard _ d'Ollone _ Rabaud _ Le Flem _ Koechlin



Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
track01: Prelude a la "Déluge", Op.45 (1875)
Orchestre de l'Ile de France
conductor: Jaques Mercier
RCA 2000

Benjamin Godard (1849-1895) 
track02: Ouverture des Guelfes (1882)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
conductor: Martin Yates
Dutton 2012

Alberic Magnard  (1865-1914)
track03: Ouverture, Op 10 (1895)
Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse
conductor: Michel Plasson
EMI 2006

Max d'Ollone (1875-1959)
track04: Lamento pour orchestre (1908)
Barcelona Symphony Orchestra
conductor: Lawrence Foster
Claves 2002

Henri Rabaud (1873-1949)
track05: Danses pour Orchestre (Marouf, Savetier du Caire) (1914)
Orchestre Philarmonique des Pays de Loire
conductor: Pierre Dervaux
EMI 1991

Paul Le Flem (1881-1984)
track06: Pour les Morts (1920)
Rhenish Philarmonic Orchestra
conductor: James Lockhart
Marco Polo 1994

Charles Koechlin (1867-1950)
track07: La Méditation de Purun Bhagat Op.159 (1936)
Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
conductor: David Zinman
RCA 1994
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