Classics for chamber orchestra / Rossini ... [and others].

Format:

Sound recording

Contributor:

Mühlbach, Christine, instrumentalist.

Gillblad, Per-Olof, instrumentalist.

Wedin, Jan-Olav, conductor.

Segerstam, Leif, conductor.

Stockholms sinfonietta, performer.

Helsingin Kamariorkesteri, performer.

Vestjysk kammerensemble, performer.

Language:

English

French

German

Subjects (All):

Chamber orchestra music.

Overtures.

Harp with string orchestra.

String orchestra music, Arranged.

Suites (Chamber orchestra).

Symphonic poems.

Incidental music--Excerpts.

Incidental music.

Galops.

Genre:

String orchestra music, Arranged.

Sound recordings.

Excerpts.

Physical Description:

1 audio disc : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.

4 3/4 in.

Place of Publication:

Djursholm, Sweden : BIS, [1993]

System Details:

digital

optical

1.4 m/s

stereo

digital recording

Contents:

Overture "La scala di seta" = The silken ladder / Gioacchino Rossini (5:58)

Aria in classic style : for harp and orchestra / Marcel Grandjany (5:54)

Adagio for strings / Samuel Barber (6:42)

Tuonelan joutsen = The swan of Tuonela : op. 22 no. 3 (7:59) ; Suite mignonne : for two flutes and strings : op. 98a (7:15) ; Canzonetta : op. 62a : from the incidental music to "Kuolema" (4:22) ; Rakastava = The lover : op. 14 (11:33) / Johan (Jean) Julius Christian Sibelius

Preludia taneczne = Dance preludes (third version) / Witold Lutosławski (9:31)

Champagne gallop / Hans Christian Lumbye (2:01).

Participant:

In the 1st-4th and 9th works: Christine Mühlbach, harp (2nd) ; Per-Olof Gillblad, cor anglais (4th) ; Stockholm Sinfonietta ; Jan-Olav Wedin, conductor. In the 5th-7th: Helsinki Chamber Orchestra ; Leif Segerstam, conductor. In the 8th: Vestjyst Chamber Ensemble.

Notes:

BIS: CD-180 (on container spine: BIS-CD-180).

The 4th work is a symphonic poem.

The 2nd work with string orchestra; the 3rd originally for string quartet, arr. by the composer for string orchestra.

The 1st-4th and 9th works recorded May 1-2 and 24, 2001 at the Stockholm Concert Hall; the 5th-7th recorded Dec. 21-22, 1974 at the Sibelius Academy, Helsinki, Finland; the 8th recorded June 4-5, 1977 at the Festival Hall, Esbjerg, Denmark.

Compact disc.

Program notes in English with German and French translations (8 p.) inserted in container.

Contains:

Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868. Scala di seta. Sinfonia

Grandjany, Marcel, 1891-1975. Aria in classic style.

Barber, Samuel, 1910-1981. Quartets, violins (2), viola, cello, no. 1, op. 11, B minor. Adagio; arranged

Sibelius, Jean, 1865-1957. Lemminkäis-sarja. Tuonelan joutsen

Sibelius, Jean, 1865-1957. Suite mignonne.

Sibelius, Jean, 1865-1957. Kuolema. Canzonetta

Sibelius, Jean, 1865-1957. Rakastava, string orchestra

Lutosławski, Witold, 1913-1994. Preludia taneczne.

Lumbye, H. C. (Hans Christian), 1810-1874. Champagner galop.

OCLC:

47651684

Publisher Number:

7318590001806

CD-180 BIS

BIS-CD-180 BIS