Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Shakespeare Overtures, Vol. 2 / Penny, West Australian Symphony

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
October 26, 2010
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO, MARIO
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      West Australian Symphony Orchestra
    • PERFORMER
      Penny
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      October 26, 2010
    • UPC
      747313250172
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8572501
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic
    Works ⌄

    1. As You Like It, Op. 166

      Composer: Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

      Ensemble: West Australian Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Andrew Penny

    2. Il mercante di Venezia (The Merchant of Venice), Op. 76

      Composer: Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

      Ensemble: West Australian Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Andrew Penny

    3. Much Ado about Nothing, Op. 164

      Composer: Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

      Ensemble: West Australian Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Andrew Penny

    4. King John, Op. 111

      Composer: Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

      Ensemble: West Australian Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Andrew Penny

    5. Il racconto d'inverno (The Winter's Tale), Op. 80

      Composer: Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

      Ensemble: West Australian Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Andrew Penny


The art of Shakespeare was a recurring fascination for Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco. In addition to two operas and numerous settings of songs and sonnets, he wrote 11 Shakespeare Overtures which here receive their first ever complete recording. Deploying all the resources of the symphony orchestra, these are some of the twentieth century’s most dramatic and tuneful orchestral works, spectacular evocations of Shakespeare’s greatest plays.