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Strauss, Debussy & Ligeti: Orchestral Works / Nott, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
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Strauss, Debussy & Ligeti: Orchestral Works / Nott, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

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Composer
DEBUSSY LIGETI STRAUSS
Artist
Nott
Format
SACD
Label
PENTATONE
Released
Sep 21, 2018
Catalog #
PTC5186721
UPC
827949072161

About

This album presents extraordinary works of three twentieth-century composers with diverse cultural backgrounds, underlining the versatility and legacy of the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande in its centenary year. Richard Strauss’ Schlagobers (Whipped Cream, 1924) is a playful ballet set in a Viennese Konditorei, of which the orchestral suite is featured on this album. With its lively mix of Viennese waltzes and modern harmonies, light-versed tunes interspersed by sudden outbreaks of ravishing beauty, all brilliantly orchestrated, it can be considered a further exploration of the composer’s “Rosenkavalier style”. Claude Debussy is featured with Jeux, Poeme danse (1912), another piece created for a ballet performance, built around an erotic nocturnal search for a lost tennis ball that Pierre Boulez characterized as a “Prelude à-l’Apres-midi d’une Faune in sports clothes”. Debussy’s Jeux has been a major source of inspiration for post-war avantgarde composers such as Boulez and Stockhausen, and, therefore, the transition from Jeux to Gyorgi Ligeti’s Melodien, fur Orchester (1971) is not jarring. Melodien has the unmistakable mix of sensuous yet eerie soundscapes that makes most of Ligeti’s works so filmic and appealing. This album adds a significant chapter to the Pentatone discography of the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, which already contains the complete Bruckner Symphonies with Marek Janowski, three dance-oriented albums with Kazuki Yamada, and concerto recordings with renowned soloists such as Arabella Steinbacher, Johannes Moser and Denis Kozhukhin. On this album, the OSR’s new chief conductor Jonathan Nott makes his Pentatone debut.

Tracklist 10 tracks

  1. 1 I. In der Konditorküche (In the Confectioner's Shop) 03:31
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. In der Konditorküche (In the Confectioner's Shop)
    Duration
    03:31
    Composer
    Richard Strauss
    Ensemble
    Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
    Conductor
    Jonathan Nott
  2. 2 II. Tanz der Teeblüte (Dance of the Tea Leaves) 03:53
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Tanz der Teeblüte (Dance of the Tea Leaves)
    Duration
    03:53
    Composer
    Richard Strauss
    Ensemble
    Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
    Conductor
    Jonathan Nott
  3. 3 III. Tanz des Kaffee's (Coffee Dance) - Träumerei (Nocturne) 07:22
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Tanz des Kaffee's (Coffee Dance) - Träumerei (Nocturne)
    Duration
    07:22
    Composer
    Richard Strauss
    Ensemble
    Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
    Conductor
    Jonathan Nott
  4. 4 IV. Schlagoberswaltzer (Whipped Cream Waltz) 05:44
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Schlagoberswaltzer (Whipped Cream Waltz)
    Duration
    05:44
    Composer
    Richard Strauss
    Ensemble
    Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
    Conductor
    Jonathan Nott
  5. 5 V. Einzug der Prinzessin (Entry of the Princess) - Tanz der Prinzessin (Princess's Dance) 06:45
    Track
    5
    Title
    V. Einzug der Prinzessin (Entry of the Princess) - Tanz der Prinzessin (Princess's Dance)
    Duration
    06:45
    Composer
    Richard Strauss
    Ensemble
    Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
    Conductor
    Jonathan Nott
  6. 6 VI. Tanz der kleinen Pralinees (Dance of the Small Pralines) - Springtanz der Knallbonbons (Cracker Dance) - Galop 04:09
    Track
    6
    Title
    VI. Tanz der kleinen Pralinees (Dance of the Small Pralines) - Springtanz der Knallbonbons (Cracker Dance) - Galop
    Duration
    04:09
    Composer
    Richard Strauss
    Ensemble
    Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
    Conductor
    Jonathan Nott
  7. 7 VII. Menuett und Pas de deux (Minuet and Pas de deux) 04:41
    Track
    7
    Title
    VII. Menuett und Pas de deux (Minuet and Pas de deux)
    Duration
    04:41
    Composer
    Richard Strauss
    Ensemble
    Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
    Conductor
    Jonathan Nott
  8. 8 VIII. Finale: Allgemeiner Tanz (General Dance) 06:07
    Track
    8
    Title
    VIII. Finale: Allgemeiner Tanz (General Dance)
    Duration
    06:07
    Composer
    Richard Strauss
    Ensemble
    Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
    Conductor
    Jonathan Nott
  9. 9 Jeux 17:12
    Track
    9
    Title
    Jeux
    Duration
    17:12
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Ensemble
    Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
    Conductor
    Jonathan Nott
  10. 10 Melodien 12:58
    Track
    10
    Title
    Melodien
    Duration
    12:58
    Composer
    György Ligeti
    Ensemble
    Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
    Conductor
    Jonathan Nott