American Concertos / Skride, Rouvali, Gothenburg Symphony, Tampere Philharmonic

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Label
Orfeo
Release Date
September 21, 2018
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      LEONARD BERNSTEIN (COMPOSER)
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Gothenburg Symphony, Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra
    • PERFORMER
      Baiba Skride, Santtu-Matias Rouvali (Conductor)
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      September 21, 2018
    • UPC
      4011790932224
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      ORF-C932182A
    • LABEL
      Orfeo
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Phaedrus - Pausanias: Lento - Allegro

      Composer: Leonard Bernstein

      Ensemble: Göteborgs Symfoniker

      Performer: Baiba Skride

      Conductor: Santtu-Matias Rouvali

    2. II. Aristophanes: Allegretto

      Composer: Leonard Bernstein

      Ensemble: Göteborgs Symfoniker

      Performer: Baiba Skride

      Conductor: Santtu-Matias Rouvali

    3. III. Eryximachus: Presto

      Composer: Leonard Bernstein

      Ensemble: Göteborgs Symfoniker

      Performer: Baiba Skride

      Conductor: Santtu-Matias Rouvali

    4. IV. Agathon: Adagio

      Composer: Leonard Bernstein

      Ensemble: Göteborgs Symfoniker

      Performer: Baiba Skride

      Conductor: Santtu-Matias Rouvali

    5. V. Socrates - Alcibiades: Molto tenuto - Allegro molto vivace

      Composer: Leonard Bernstein

      Ensemble: Göteborgs Symfoniker

      Performer: Baiba Skride

      Conductor: Santtu-Matias Rouvali

    6. I. Moderato nobile

      Composer: Erich Wolfgang Korngold

      Ensemble: Göteborgs Symfoniker

      Performer: Baiba Skride

      Conductor: Santtu-Matias Rouvali

    7. II. Romanze: Andante

      Composer: Erich Wolfgang Korngold

      Ensemble: Göteborgs Symfoniker

      Performer: Baiba Skride

      Conductor: Santtu-Matias Rouvali

    8. III. Finale: Allegro assai vivace

      Composer: Erich Wolfgang Korngold

      Ensemble: Göteborgs Symfoniker

      Performer: Baiba Skride

      Conductor: Santtu-Matias Rouvali

    9. I. Allegro non troppo ma passionato

      Composer: Miklós Rózsa

      Ensemble: Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Baiba Skride

      Conductor: Santtu-Matias Rouvali

    10. II. Lento cantabile

      Composer: Miklós Rózsa

      Ensemble: Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Baiba Skride

      Conductor: Santtu-Matias Rouvali

    11. III. Allegro vivace

      Composer: Miklós Rózsa

      Ensemble: Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Baiba Skride

      Conductor: Santtu-Matias Rouvali

    12. I. Prologue

      Composer: Leonard Bernstein

      Ensemble: Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Santtu-Matias Rouvali

    13. II. Somewhere

      Composer: Leonard Bernstein

      Ensemble: Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Santtu-Matias Rouvali

    14. III. Scherzo

      Composer: Leonard Bernstein

      Ensemble: Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Santtu-Matias Rouvali

    15. IV. Mambo

      Composer: Leonard Bernstein

      Ensemble: Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Santtu-Matias Rouvali

    16. V. Cha-cha

      Composer: Leonard Bernstein

      Ensemble: Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Santtu-Matias Rouvali

    17. VI. Meeting Scene

      Composer: Leonard Bernstein

      Ensemble: Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Santtu-Matias Rouvali

    18. VII. Cool - VIII. Fugue

      Composer: Leonard Bernstein

      Ensemble: Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Santtu-Matias Rouvali

    19. IX. Rumble

      Composer: Leonard Bernstein

      Ensemble: Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Santtu-Matias Rouvali

    20. X. Finale

      Composer: Leonard Bernstein

      Ensemble: Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Santtu-Matias Rouvali


Taking a phone call, Miklós Rózsa could scarcely believe that the legendary violin virtuoso Jascha Heifetz really was seriously interested in his Violin Concerto and ready to give the work its premiere – but so he did in 1956, and the first recording of the work, with its extreme technical challenges, was also made by Heifetz. And it had been just the same with the Violin Concerto by Korngold: the 1947 premiere and the brilliant first recording of this 20th-century classic again showcased Heifetz as soloist.

In the new generation of genuinely American musicians, one outstanding figure was Leonard Bernstein, an all-rounder whose early success led on to even greater heights. Bernstein rated his Violin Concerto of 1954, “Serenade,” inspired by Plato’s Symposium, as his best work ever, and this work too in its imaginatively slimmed-down scoring is now acknowledged to be an important 20th-century concerto for violin.

As an “encore,” this compilation includes the masterly Symphonic Dances from the immortal “West Side Story.”

REVIEWS:

This set of American concertos sees her widen her recorded repertoire still further and her performances of all three are highly successful. She’s very well supported by the young Finnish conductor, Santtu-Matias Rouvali who here appears with the two orchestras of which he’s currently Music Director. The Gothenburg Symphony does the honors on the first disc while disc two features the Tampere Philharmonic. Both orchestras make first rate contributions.

— MusicWeb International