Naxos Musical Journey - Madrid, La Mancha, Toledo

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Label
Naxos AudioVisual
Release Date
October 31, 2006
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      VARIOUS
    • PERFORMER
      Various
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      October 31, 2006
    • UPC
      747313550951
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      2110509
    • LABEL
      Naxos AudioVisual
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Chamber Music & Recitals
    Works ⌄

    1. Capriccio espagnol, Op. 34: IV. Scena e canto gitano

      Composer: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

      Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Adrian Leaper

    2. Souvenir d'une nuit d'été a Madrid, "Spanish Overture No. 2"

      Composer: Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka

      Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Keith Clark

    3. Act III, Scene 4: Si ridesti il Leon di Castiglia.

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Marian Vach

      Conductor: Oliver von Dohnányi

    4. Rapsodie espagnole: IV. Feria

      Composer: Maurice Ravel

      Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Kenneth Jean

    5. Le Cid, Act II: Madrilene

      Composer: Jules Massenet

      Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Keith Clark

    6. Carmen Suite No. 2: V. La garde montante

      Composer: Georges Bizet

      Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Anthony Bramall

    7. Carmen Suite No. 1: I. Prelude

      Composer: Georges Bizet

      Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Anthony Bramall

    8. Carmen Suite No. 2: IV. Chanson du Toreador

      Composer: Georges Bizet

      Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Anthony Bramall

    9. Carmen Suite No. 1: V. Les dragons de Alcala

      Composer: Georges Bizet

      Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Anthony Bramall

    10. Don Carlos, Act II: Spuntato ecco il di d'esultanza

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Marian Vach

      Conductor: Oliver von Dohnányi

    11. Symphonie espagnole, Op. 21: IV. Andante

      Composer: Édouard Lalo

      Ensemble: Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia

      Performer: Howard Zhang

      Conductor: Takuo Yuasa

    12. Rapsodie espagnole: II. Malagueña

      Composer: Maurice Ravel

      Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Kenneth Jean

    13. Grand Sonata in A Major: II. Romanze

      Composer: Niccolò Paganini

      Performer: Gerald Garcia


This series of DVDs features travel scenes accompanied by classical music.

The Places

We explore the streets, palaces and parks of Madrid, the capital of Castile and of Spain, before turning south to La Mancha, the country of the immortal Don Quixote, and to Toledo, the home of Cervantes and of the great painter known as El Greco.

The Music

The music of Spain held an exotic attraction for composers from other lands. The Russians Glinka and Rimsky-Korsakov found inspiration here, as did the French composers Lalo, Massenet and Ravel, who claimed Basque descent on his mother's side, and Bizet, whose opera Carmen is imbued with the spirit of the country. Spain provided Verdi with a narrative source, and another Italian, the demon violinist Paganini, was equally a master of the quintessential Spanish instrument, the guitar.