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

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Details

Composer
LEONARD BERNSTEIN (COMPOSER)
Artist
Baiba Skride, Santtu-Matias Rouvali (Conductor)
Format
CD
Label
Orfeo
Released
Sep 21, 2018
Catalog #
ORF-C932182A
UPC
4011790932224

About

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

Tracklist 20 tracks

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1 I. Phaedrus - Pausanias: Lento - Allegro 06:46
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Phaedrus - Pausanias: Lento - Allegro
    Duration
    06:46
    Composer
    Leonard Bernstein
    Performer
    Baiba Skride
    Ensemble
    Göteborgs Symfoniker
    Conductor
    Santtu-Matias Rouvali
  3. 2 II. Aristophanes: Allegretto 04:46
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Aristophanes: Allegretto
    Duration
    04:46
    Composer
    Leonard Bernstein
    Performer
    Baiba Skride
    Ensemble
    Göteborgs Symfoniker
    Conductor
    Santtu-Matias Rouvali
  4. 3 III. Eryximachus: Presto 01:36
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Eryximachus: Presto
    Duration
    01:36
    Composer
    Leonard Bernstein
    Performer
    Baiba Skride
    Ensemble
    Göteborgs Symfoniker
    Conductor
    Santtu-Matias Rouvali
  5. 4 IV. Agathon: Adagio 07:38
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Agathon: Adagio
    Duration
    07:38
    Composer
    Leonard Bernstein
    Performer
    Baiba Skride
    Ensemble
    Göteborgs Symfoniker
    Conductor
    Santtu-Matias Rouvali
  6. 5 V. Socrates - Alcibiades: Molto tenuto - Allegro molto vivace 11:05
    Track
    5
    Title
    V. Socrates - Alcibiades: Molto tenuto - Allegro molto vivace
    Duration
    11:05
    Composer
    Leonard Bernstein
    Performer
    Baiba Skride
    Ensemble
    Göteborgs Symfoniker
    Conductor
    Santtu-Matias Rouvali
  7. 6 I. Moderato nobile 10:00
    Track
    6
    Title
    I. Moderato nobile
    Duration
    10:00
    Composer
    Erich Wolfgang Korngold
    Performer
    Baiba Skride
    Ensemble
    Göteborgs Symfoniker
    Conductor
    Santtu-Matias Rouvali
  8. 7 II. Romanze: Andante 09:14
    Track
    7
    Title
    II. Romanze: Andante
    Duration
    09:14
    Composer
    Erich Wolfgang Korngold
    Performer
    Baiba Skride
    Ensemble
    Göteborgs Symfoniker
    Conductor
    Santtu-Matias Rouvali
  9. 8 III. Finale: Allegro assai vivace 07:33
    Track
    8
    Title
    III. Finale: Allegro assai vivace
    Duration
    07:33
    Composer
    Erich Wolfgang Korngold
    Performer
    Baiba Skride
    Ensemble
    Göteborgs Symfoniker
    Conductor
    Santtu-Matias Rouvali
  10. Disc 2
  11. 1 I. Allegro non troppo ma passionato 13:20
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro non troppo ma passionato
    Duration
    13:20
    Composer
    Miklós Rózsa
    Performer
    Baiba Skride
    Ensemble
    Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Santtu-Matias Rouvali
  12. 2 II. Lento cantabile 09:41
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Lento cantabile
    Duration
    09:41
    Composer
    Miklós Rózsa
    Performer
    Baiba Skride
    Ensemble
    Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Santtu-Matias Rouvali
  13. 3 III. Allegro vivace 08:53
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Allegro vivace
    Duration
    08:53
    Composer
    Miklós Rózsa
    Performer
    Baiba Skride
    Ensemble
    Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Santtu-Matias Rouvali
  14. 4 I. Prologue 04:38
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. Prologue
    Duration
    04:38
    Composer
    Leonard Bernstein
    Ensemble
    Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Santtu-Matias Rouvali
  15. 5 II. Somewhere 04:46
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. Somewhere
    Duration
    04:46
    Composer
    Leonard Bernstein
    Ensemble
    Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Santtu-Matias Rouvali
  16. 6 III. Scherzo 01:32
    Track
    6
    Title
    III. Scherzo
    Duration
    01:32
    Composer
    Leonard Bernstein
    Ensemble
    Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Santtu-Matias Rouvali
  17. 7 IV. Mambo 02:35
    Track
    7
    Title
    IV. Mambo
    Duration
    02:35
    Composer
    Leonard Bernstein
    Ensemble
    Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Santtu-Matias Rouvali
  18. 8 V. Cha-cha 01:03
    Track
    8
    Title
    V. Cha-cha
    Duration
    01:03
    Composer
    Leonard Bernstein
    Ensemble
    Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Santtu-Matias Rouvali
  19. 9 VI. Meeting Scene 00:56
    Track
    9
    Title
    VI. Meeting Scene
    Duration
    00:56
    Composer
    Leonard Bernstein
    Ensemble
    Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Santtu-Matias Rouvali
  20. 10 VII. Cool - VIII. Fugue 03:53
    Track
    10
    Title
    VII. Cool - VIII. Fugue
    Duration
    03:53
    Composer
    Leonard Bernstein
    Ensemble
    Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Santtu-Matias Rouvali
  21. 11 IX. Rumble 02:03
    Track
    11
    Title
    IX. Rumble
    Duration
    02:03
    Composer
    Leonard Bernstein
    Ensemble
    Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Santtu-Matias Rouvali
  22. 12 X. Finale 03:46
    Track
    12
    Title
    X. Finale
    Duration
    03:46
    Composer
    Leonard Bernstein
    Ensemble
    Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Santtu-Matias Rouvali