James Ehnes, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra & Andrew Davis - Berlioz: Works for Orchestra (Live) (2015) [Hi-Res]
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BAND/ARTIST: James Ehnes, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Davis
- Title: Berlioz: Works for Orchestra (Live)
- Year Of Release: 2015
- Label: Chandos
- Genre: Classical
- Quality: flac lossless / flac 24bits - 96.0kHz +booklet
- Total Time: 01:03:54
- Total Size: 252 mb / 1 gb
- WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist
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01. Intrata di Rob-Roy MacGregor, H 54
02. Rêverie et Caprice, Op. 8, H 88 (Live)
03. Harold en Italie, Op. 16, H 68: I. Harold aux Montagnes. Scenes de melancolie, de bonheur et de joie: Adagio
04. Harold en Italie, Op. 16, H 68: II. Marche de pelerins chantant la priere du soir: Allegretto
05. Harold en Italie, Op. 16, H 68: III. Serenade d'un montagnard des Abruzzes a sa maitresse: Allegro assai
06. Harold en Italie, Op. 16, H 68: IV. Orgie de brigands. Souvenirs des scenes precedentes: Allegro frenetico
The nine-time Juno-winning Canadian James Ehnes is centre stage in a new recording of orchestral works by Berlioz, with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Andrew Davis. This recording was made following an extraordinary concert in November 2014 with the same forces, in which James Ehnes played two instruments made by Stradivarius, respectively a viola in the solo part of Harold en Italie – ‘symphony with a principal viola part’, in Berlioz’s words – and a violin in the solo of Rêverie et Caprice, both of which works feature here.
Berlioz was never ashamed to recycle his music from one work to another, especially when the earlier work had been rejected by the public or by the composer himself. In 1834, Paganini asked Berlioz for a work in which he could display his prowess on a fine Stradivarius viola. Berlioz then composed the four-movement symphony Harold en Italie, incorporating passages from the Rob-Roy overture which he had recently rejected.
Similarly, Rêverie et Caprice was the form eventually given to an aria from the opera Benvenuto Cellini, unceremoniously booed in Paris in 1838. Berlioz transformed the aria into a piece with solo violin three years later. It is the only piece Berlioz ever wrote for solo violin.
“Berlioz’s unorthodox yet idiomatic string writing is beautifully handled by James Ehnes Helped by the astoundingly vivid quality of the SACD recording, Andrew Davis brings out countless details of Berlioz’s always unpredictable orchestration, with the Melbourne SO” (Carlos María Solare, The Strad)
“… Davis and his production team have worked hard to keep James Ehnes’s quite ravishingly beautiful playing in focus. The Melbourners play this still testing score well for their Chief Conductor…” (Mike Ashman, Gramophone)
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01. Intrata di Rob-Roy MacGregor, H 54
02. Rêverie et Caprice, Op. 8, H 88 (Live)
03. Harold en Italie, Op. 16, H 68: I. Harold aux Montagnes. Scenes de melancolie, de bonheur et de joie: Adagio
04. Harold en Italie, Op. 16, H 68: II. Marche de pelerins chantant la priere du soir: Allegretto
05. Harold en Italie, Op. 16, H 68: III. Serenade d'un montagnard des Abruzzes a sa maitresse: Allegro assai
06. Harold en Italie, Op. 16, H 68: IV. Orgie de brigands. Souvenirs des scenes precedentes: Allegro frenetico
The nine-time Juno-winning Canadian James Ehnes is centre stage in a new recording of orchestral works by Berlioz, with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Andrew Davis. This recording was made following an extraordinary concert in November 2014 with the same forces, in which James Ehnes played two instruments made by Stradivarius, respectively a viola in the solo part of Harold en Italie – ‘symphony with a principal viola part’, in Berlioz’s words – and a violin in the solo of Rêverie et Caprice, both of which works feature here.
Berlioz was never ashamed to recycle his music from one work to another, especially when the earlier work had been rejected by the public or by the composer himself. In 1834, Paganini asked Berlioz for a work in which he could display his prowess on a fine Stradivarius viola. Berlioz then composed the four-movement symphony Harold en Italie, incorporating passages from the Rob-Roy overture which he had recently rejected.
Similarly, Rêverie et Caprice was the form eventually given to an aria from the opera Benvenuto Cellini, unceremoniously booed in Paris in 1838. Berlioz transformed the aria into a piece with solo violin three years later. It is the only piece Berlioz ever wrote for solo violin.
“Berlioz’s unorthodox yet idiomatic string writing is beautifully handled by James Ehnes Helped by the astoundingly vivid quality of the SACD recording, Andrew Davis brings out countless details of Berlioz’s always unpredictable orchestration, with the Melbourne SO” (Carlos María Solare, The Strad)
“… Davis and his production team have worked hard to keep James Ehnes’s quite ravishingly beautiful playing in focus. The Melbourners play this still testing score well for their Chief Conductor…” (Mike Ashman, Gramophone)
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