Svendsen - Orchestral Works Vol.1
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Label: Chandos
Cat No: CHAN10693
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Orchestral
Release Date: 31st October 2011
Contents
Works
Carnival in Paris, op.9Festival Polonaise, op.12
Gedichte (5) fur eine Frauenstimme 'Wesendonck Lieder'
Norwegian Rhapsody no.1, op.17
Norwegian Rhapsody no.2, op.19
Romance for violin and strings, op.26
Romeo and Juliet, op.18
The Girl's Sunday on the Mountain Pasture (arr. J Svendsen)
Zorahayda, op.11
Artists
Marianne Thorsen (violin)Melina Mandozzi (violin)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor
Neeme JarviWorks
Carnival in Paris, op.9Festival Polonaise, op.12
Gedichte (5) fur eine Frauenstimme 'Wesendonck Lieder'
Norwegian Rhapsody no.1, op.17
Norwegian Rhapsody no.2, op.19
Romance for violin and strings, op.26
Romeo and Juliet, op.18
The Girl's Sunday on the Mountain Pasture (arr. J Svendsen)
Zorahayda, op.11
Artists
Marianne Thorsen (violin)Melina Mandozzi (violin)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor
Neeme JarviAbout
Svendsen experienced a defining moment in his career in Bayreuth in 1872, when he played in the first violin section of Richard Wagner’s own orchestra. He and Wagner met and struck up a close friendship. It was during this time in Bayreuth that Svendsen completed Carnival in Paris, the ‘Episode for Orchestra’, Op.9. When Wagner one day looked over the score, he hummed delightedly and said ‘It looks amusing!’ – a fitting description of this festive work which shows the influence of Berlioz in its colourful orchestration and clear contrasts. Humour, joy and breathtaking virtuosity are contrasted with moments of pure romance and lyrical beauty. The premiere was a great success, Edward Grieg, who was present, being overwhelmed by the orchestration.
The Festival Polonaise, Op.12 was composed in honour of the Coronation of the Swedish-Norwegian King Oscar II and Queen Sophie, and brims with a sense of pomp and ceremony suitable for the grand occasion. The work strikes a vivid contrast to Ifjol gjett e gjeitin (Last year I was tending the mountain goats), a charming set of variations for strings on a Norwegian folk tune. It became one of the composer’s great successes, as did the orchestral masterpiece about ill-fated love, Zorahayda, described by the composer as a ‘Legend for Orchestra’
Melina Mandozzi plays in Sœterjentens Søndag.
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