Suppe: Overtures, Marches / Jarvi, Royal Scottish NO

$21.99
Label
Chandos
Release Date
January 29, 2013
Format
Added to Cart! View cart or continue shopping.


    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      SUPPE, FRANZ VON
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Royal Scottish National Orchestra
    • PERFORMER
      Jarvi
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      January 29, 2013
    • UPC
      095115511022
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      CHSA 5110
    • LABEL
      Chandos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic
    Works ⌄

    1. Leichte Kavallerie (Light Cavalry): Overture

      Composer: Franz von Suppé

      Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

      Conductor: Neeme Järvi

    2. Boccaccio: Overture

      Composer: Franz von Suppé

      Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

      Conductor: Neeme Järvi

    3. Boccaccio, Act III: March

      Composer: Franz von Suppé

      Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

      Conductor: Neeme Järvi

    4. Die Kartenschlagerin, oder Pique Dame (Queen of Spades): Overture

      Composer: Franz von Suppé

      Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

      Conductor: Neeme Järvi

    5. Humoristische Variationen (arr. R. Thiele)

      Composer: Franz von Suppé

      Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

      Conductor: Neeme Järvi

    6. Dichter und Bauer (Poet and Peasant): Overture

      Composer: Franz von Suppé

      Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

      Conductor: Neeme Järvi

    7. Fatinitza: March

      Composer: Franz von Suppé

      Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

      Conductor: Neeme Järvi

    8. Das Modell (The Model): Overture

      Composer: Franz von Suppé

      Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

      Conductor: Neeme Järvi

    9. Uber Berg, Uber Tal

      Composer: Franz von Suppé

      Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

      Conductor: Neeme Järvi

    10. Isabella: Overture

      Composer: Franz von Suppé

      Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

      Conductor: Neeme Järvi

    11. Die schöne Galathee (The Beautiful Galatea): Overture

      Composer: Franz von Suppé

      Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

      Conductor: Neeme Järvi

    12. Donna Juanita: March

      Composer: Franz von Suppé

      Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

      Conductor: Neeme Järvi

    13. Ein Morgen, ein Mittag, ein Abend in Wien (Morning, Noon and Night in Vienna): Ouvertüre (Overture)

      Composer: Franz von Suppé

      Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

      Conductor: Neeme Järvi




SUPPÉ Overtures: Leichte Kavallerie; Boccaccio; Pique-Dame; Dichter und Bauer; Das Modell; Isabella; Die schöne Galathée; Ein Morgen, ein Mittag und ein Aband in Wien. Boccaccio-Marsch. Humoristische Variationen. Marziale nach Motiven aus der Operette “Fatinitza.” Über Berg, über Thal. Juanita-Marsch • Neeme Järvi, cond; Royal Scottish Natl O • CHANDOS 5110 (SACD: 79: 42)


If your familiarity with Francesco Ezechiele Ermenegildo Cavaliere Suppé Demelli (Franz von Suppé to most of us) is limited to the Overtures to Light Cavalry and Poet and Peasant , then this disc is for you. It can be summed up in two words: GREAT FUN! Thirteen numbers spanning half a century (1844-1895) make up this 80-minute program, and few will disappoint. Right from the opening trumpet fanfare of Light Cavalry —bright, boisterous, splendidly assured—one senses that this disc is going to be a total delight. Tight rhythms, crisp articulation, immense verve, and Chandos’s vividly brilliant sound inform every number.


Unless you are already a die-hard Suppé fan, there are bound to be joyful surprises at every turn. The coda to the Queen of Spades Overture will have you positively jumping out of your seat and cheering with exhilaration. The March after Motifs from Fatinitza (arranged by the 20th-century Max Schönherr) is curiously reminiscent of the March from Beethoven’s Ruins of Athens . Listeners who know Brahms’s Academic Festival Overture will recognize one of its themes in the Humorous Variations , although it should be remembered that Suppé’s overture preceded Brahms’s by more than 30 years. And make no mistake, there is humor aplenty in Suppé’s work.


Exclusively Suppé discs are not common. Those that exist are almost all devoted only to the overtures, and I haven’t found any released since 2001, when Marco Polo issued Vol. 6 of its Suppé Overtures series (Volumes 1, 2, 4, and 5 have been reviewed in Fanfare 18:4, 18:6, 19:4, and 22:6). That makes the present item under consideration all the more welcome as it includes four marches and a variation set in addition to eight overtures, some well known, others not.


Extensive program notes by Calum MacDonald about each work add further sparkle to this outstanding release. Definitely a Want List candidate.


FANFARE: Robert Markow