Shor: Images from the Great Siege - Verdiana

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
October 9, 2020
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      SHOR, ALEXEY
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      London Symphony Orchestra
    • PERFORMER
      Smbtayan
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      October 09, 2020
    • UPC
      747313906178
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8579061
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Premonition

      Composer: Alexey Shor

      Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Sergey Smbatyan

    2. II. Call to Arms

      Composer: Alexey Shor

      Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Sergey Smbatyan

    3. III. Leaving Home

      Composer: Alexey Shor

      Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Sergey Smbatyan

    4. IV. Solitary Rider

      Composer: Alexey Shor

      Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Sergey Smbatyan

    5. V. Grand Master's Ball

      Composer: Alexey Shor

      Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Sergey Smbatyan

    6. VI. Young Knight's Dream

      Composer: Alexey Shor

      Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Sergey Smbatyan

    7. VII. Mirage

      Composer: Alexey Shor

      Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Sergey Smbatyan

    8. VIII. Cannonade

      Composer: Alexey Shor

      Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Sergey Smbatyan

    9. IX. St. Elmo Barcarolle

      Composer: Alexey Shor

      Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Sergey Smbatyan

    10. X. A Loss

      Composer: Alexey Shor

      Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Sergey Smbatyan

    11. XI. Wartime Lullaby

      Composer: Alexey Shor

      Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Sergey Smbatyan

    12. XII. The Big Bluff

      Composer: Alexey Shor

      Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Sergey Smbatyan

    13. XIII. Victory Celebration

      Composer: Alexey Shor

      Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Sergey Smbatyan

    14. Verdiana (version for orchestra)

      Composer: Alexey Shor

      Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Sergey Smbatyan


One of the pivotal and bloodiest battles of 16th-century Europe, the four-month siege of Malta by an Ottoman armada of some 200 ships, from which the local population led by the Knights of Malta emerged victorious, was an extraordinary episode of heroism overcoming overwhelming odds. Alexey Shor’s orchestral cycle Images from the Great Siege allows his signature lyrical expressiveness free rein in a suite of romanticized impressions – from an atmospheric Premonition of the Ottoman invasion, to the daring and climactic The Big Bluff and final jubilant Victory Celebration. Verdiana is a virtuosic showpiece that celebrates and transforms Verdi’s music into samba, bossa nova and tango styles.