Ataulfo Argenta conducts Beethoven, Smetana, Chapi & Gimenez
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Label: ICA Classics
Cat No: ICAC5087
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Orchestral
Release Date: 29th October 2012
Contents
Works
Symphony no.3 in E flat major, op.55 'Eroica'El tambor de granaderos: Prelude
La Corte de Granada
El Baile de Luis Alonso
Artists
Orquesta Nacional de EspanaOrchestre de la Suisse Romande
Gran Orquesta Sinfonica, Madrid
Conductor
Atauflo ArgentaWorks
Symphony no.3 in E flat major, op.55 'Eroica'El tambor de granaderos: Prelude
La Corte de Granada
El Baile de Luis Alonso
Artists
Orquesta Nacional de EspanaOrchestre de la Suisse Romande
Gran Orquesta Sinfonica, Madrid
Conductor
Atauflo ArgentaAbout
After studying in Germany, he founded the Madrid Chamber Orchestra in 1946 and in 1947 was appointed chief conductor of the Orquesta Nacional de España which quickly grew into a major ensemble. Argenta also established himself in Paris with the Paris Conservatoire and French National Radio orchestras and made a considerable number of recordings in London for Decca. He was closely associated with Ernest Ansermet and the Suisse Romande Orchestra, the former seeing him as a potential successor.
Argenta was not associated with Beethoven, yet this live ICA recording of the ‘Eroica’ with the Orquesta Nacional shows him as an exciting interpreter. This is the first time this recording has been published outside Spain, and it benefits from excellent remastering. Similarly, Smetana’s Bartered Bride Overture with the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, recorded live, is also issued for the first time outside Spain. Argenta never recorded either of these works commercially in the studio.
The fill-ups consist of zarzuela orchestral preludes by Chapí and Giménez which have never been issued on CD before and reveal Argenta’s unique affinity with these Spanish composers.
The Beethoven and Smetana are important additions to Argenta’s discography.
Contents:
Beethoven
- Symphony No.3 ‘Eroica’
Orquesta Nacional de España
Palacio de la Musica, Madrid, 24 May 1957
Smetana
- The Bartered Bride: Overture
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Victoria Hall, Geneva, 29 August 1957
Bonus:
Chapí: Musica Classica - Prelude
Chapí: Serenata (from La Corte de Granada, Fantasia morisca)
Chapí: El tambor de granaderos - Prelude
Giménez: El Baile de Luis Alonso - Intermezzo
Giménez: La Boda de Luis Alonso - Intermezzo
Gran Orquesta Sinfonica, Madrid, 1955-57
Mono
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