Offenbach: Le Royaume de Neptune & Other Works / Griffiths, Deutsches Symphony Orchestra Berlin

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Label
CPO
Release Date
November 1, 2019
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      OFFENBACH, JACQUES
    • PERFORMER
      Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Griffiths
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      November 01, 2019
    • UPC
      761203530120
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      555301-2
    • LABEL
      CPO
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Orphée aux enfers (Orpheus in the Underworld): Overture

      Composer: Jacques Offenbach

      Ensemble: Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

      Conductor: Howard Griffiths

    2. L'orage

      Composer: Jacques Offenbach

      Ensemble: Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

      Conductor: Howard Griffiths

    3. Scherzando

      Composer: Jacques Offenbach

      Ensemble: Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

      Conductor: Howard Griffiths

    4. Pas de trois

      Composer: Jacques Offenbach

      Ensemble: Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

      Conductor: Howard Griffiths

    5. Transformation

      Composer: Jacques Offenbach

      Ensemble: Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

      Conductor: Howard Griffiths

    6. Marche

      Composer: Jacques Offenbach

      Ensemble: Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

      Conductor: Howard Griffiths

    7. Valse

      Composer: Jacques Offenbach

      Ensemble: Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

      Conductor: Howard Griffiths

    8. Polka

      Composer: Jacques Offenbach

      Ensemble: Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

      Conductor: Howard Griffiths

    9. La Naissance de la perle

      Composer: Jacques Offenbach

      Ensemble: Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

      Conductor: Howard Griffiths

    10. Variations

      Composer: Jacques Offenbach

      Ensemble: Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

      Conductor: Howard Griffiths

    11. Finale

      Composer: Jacques Offenbach

      Ensemble: Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

      Conductor: Howard Griffiths

    12. Apothéose

      Composer: Jacques Offenbach

      Ensemble: Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

      Conductor: Howard Griffiths

    13. Entrée des bergers

      Composer: Jacques Offenbach

      Ensemble: Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

      Conductor: Howard Griffiths

    14. Petite marche - Très modéré

      Composer: Jacques Offenbach

      Ensemble: Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

      Conductor: Howard Griffiths

    15. Les faunes

      Composer: Jacques Offenbach

      Ensemble: Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

      Conductor: Howard Griffiths

    16. Final

      Composer: Jacques Offenbach

      Ensemble: Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

      Conductor: Howard Griffiths

    17. I. Allegro moderato

      Composer: Jacques Offenbach

      Ensemble: Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

      Conductor: Howard Griffiths

    18. II. Première heure

      Composer: Jacques Offenbach

      Ensemble: Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

      Conductor: Howard Griffiths

    19. III. Deuxième heure

      Composer: Jacques Offenbach

      Ensemble: Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

      Conductor: Howard Griffiths

    20. IV. Troisième heure

      Composer: Jacques Offenbach

      Ensemble: Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

      Conductor: Howard Griffiths

    21. V. Quatrième heure

      Composer: Jacques Offenbach

      Ensemble: Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

      Conductor: Howard Griffiths

    22. VI. Cinquième heure

      Composer: Jacques Offenbach

      Ensemble: Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

      Conductor: Howard Griffiths

    23. VII. L'aurore

      Composer: Jacques Offenbach

      Ensemble: Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

      Conductor: Howard Griffiths

    24. Orphée aux enfers: Overture

      Composer: Carl Binder

      Ensemble: Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

      Conductor: Howard Griffiths


On his recently released Offenbach album featuring some of this composer’s unknown overtures, “Howard Griffiths is able to generate sparkling moments, dramatic buildups of suspense, highly expressive lyrical designs, and frequently suddenly occurring shifts of mood with absolutely outstanding success” (klassik-heute. com). And the latest Offenbach interpretation by Griffiths also does perfect justice to this composer’s highly effectively instrumented and melodically very appealing music while transmitting infectious zest for life. Orphee aux Enfers was Offenbach’s first international success and perhaps his most performed opera throughout the world – a landmark establishing a new genre known as the “Offenbachiade” and standing for societal satire in the form of music theater. The present album offers the essence of the orchestral numbers and ballet inserts composed for the version of Orpheus in the Underworld from 1874. The rediscovery of the magnificent ballet L’Atlantide or Le Royaume de Neptune (The Realm of Neptune) and its recording premiere on this album qualify as nothing short of sensational. Found under incredible circumstances by Jean-Christophe Keck in an old storage box, this music from the recently published volume of Keck’s Offenbach edition for Boosey & Hawkes / Bote & Bock accomplishes a very important task ranking first on the list of every composer’s desiderata by making available score material in its uncorrupted form. These gems are finely orchestrated and filled with magical melodies!