Tchaikovsky: Souvenir de Florence - Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition / Camerata du Leman

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Label
PENTATONE
Release Date
March 6, 2020
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      MUSSORGSKY TCHAIKOVSKY
    • PERFORMER
      Camerata Du Leman
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      March 06, 2020
    • UPC
      827949076268
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      PTC5186762
    • LABEL
      PENTATONE
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Allegro con spirito

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: Camerata du Léman

    2. II. Adagio cantabile

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: Camerata du Léman

    3. III. Allegretto moderato

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: Camerata du Léman

    4. IV. Allegro vivace

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: Camerata du Léman

    5. Promenade

      Composer: Modest Mussorgsky

      Ensemble: Camerata du Léman

    6. I. The Gnome

      Composer: Modest Mussorgsky

      Ensemble: Camerata du Léman

    7. Promenade

      Composer: Modest Mussorgsky

      Ensemble: Camerata du Léman

    8. II. The Old Castle

      Composer: Modest Mussorgsky

      Ensemble: Camerata du Léman

    9. Promenade

      Composer: Modest Mussorgsky

      Ensemble: Camerata du Léman

    10. III. Tuileries

      Composer: Modest Mussorgsky

      Ensemble: Camerata du Léman

    11. IV. Bydło

      Composer: Modest Mussorgsky

      Ensemble: Camerata du Léman

    12. Promenade

      Composer: Modest Mussorgsky

      Ensemble: Camerata du Léman

    13. V. Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks

      Composer: Modest Mussorgsky

      Ensemble: Camerata du Léman

    14. VI. Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuÿle

      Composer: Modest Mussorgsky

      Ensemble: Camerata du Léman

    15. VII. The Market Place at Limoges

      Composer: Modest Mussorgsky

      Ensemble: Camerata du Léman

    16. VIII. Catacombæ: Sepulchrum romanum

      Composer: Modest Mussorgsky

      Ensemble: Camerata du Léman

    17. Cum mortuis in lingua mortua

      Composer: Modest Mussorgsky

      Ensemble: Camerata du Léman

    18. IX. The Hut on Fowl's Legs (Baba-Yaga)

      Composer: Modest Mussorgsky

      Ensemble: Camerata du Léman

    19. X. The Great Gate of Kiev

      Composer: Modest Mussorgsky

      Ensemble: Camerata du Léman


The young players of the Swiss string ensemble Camerata du Léman make their recording debut with energetic performances of Tchaikovsky’s Souvenir de Florence and Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, in a new arrangement by concertmaster Simon Bouveret. The Camerata realize an ensemble sound that is both homogenic and soloistic, and are driven by a shared desire for adventure and a common passion for chamber music. Tchaikovsky’s Souvenir de Florence is a tribute to the Italian city where the composer spent a winter, and simultaneously a declaration of love to Italian lyricism. The ensemble’s new rendition of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition revives the nineteenth-century transcription practice, while also demonstrating the inexhaustible musical richness of this timeless masterpiece.

REVIEW:

There is plenty of fine playing and recorded sound here to give this release a firm recommendation if you’re interested in this repertory in versions for string orchestra. Camerata Léman proves to be a most impressive ensemble.

-- Fanfare