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


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

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


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

RELATED LINKS: Neglected Masterworks vol.09 - Pieces for Piano & Orchestra

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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