ARia CLaSsiCa CoMPiLaTioNs: giugno 2013

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

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

Hommage-vol.12.1:http://ariaclassicacompilations.blogspot.it/2013/05/neglected-masterworks-vol121-hommage_3187.html

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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