A Musical Journey - Bavaria and Switzerland

$13.99
Label
Naxos AudioVisual
Release Date
November 17, 2009
Format
Added to Cart! View cart or continue shopping.


    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      TCHAIKOVSKY
    • PERFORMER
      Banowetz, Slovak Rso, Lenárd, Honda, Clark
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      November 17, 2009
    • UPC
      747313524655
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      2110246
    • LABEL
      Naxos AudioVisual
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Chamber Music & Recitals
    Works ⌄

    1. Bavaria and Switzerland: A Musical Tour (NTSC)

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    2. I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso – Allegro con spirito

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Joseph Banowetz

      Conductor: Ondrej Lenárd

    3. II. Andantino semplice – Prestissimo

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Joseph Banowetz

      Conductor: Ondrej Lenárd

    4. III. Allegro con fuoco

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Joseph Banowetz

      Conductor: Ondrej Lenárd

    5. I. Meditation

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Mariko Honda

      Conductor: Keith Clark

    6. II. Scherzo

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Mariko Honda

      Conductor: Keith Clark

    7. III. Melodie

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Mariko Honda

      Conductor: Keith Clark


The musical tour starts in the Bernese Alps, which offer some of the finest scenery in Switzerland, with glaciers and snow-covered expanses, waterfalls, mountain lakes, and the towering Matterhorn. The Nymphenburg Palace and Park, in Munich, present a contrast, in their baroque elegance. The tour ends with glimpses of the Chiemsee, the largest of the Bavarian lakes, with it's three wooded islands, on one of which Wagner's patron, King Ludwig II, built his folly, the Schloss Herrenchiemsee. Music for the tour is taken from Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, one of the best known of all romantic concertos. This is followed by his 'Souvenir d'un lieu Cher,' three pieces originally for violin and piano, but here orchestrated by the composer Glazunov.