Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala & Riccardo Chailly – Cherubini Discoveries (2016/2020) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala & Riccardo Chailly – Cherubini Discoveries (2016/2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:14:22 minutes | 1,31 GB | Genre: Classical
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The “discoveries” mentioned in the title of this record are mostly pieces of occasional light music, including a few marches, written by Luigi Cherubini when he was director of the French academy of music in Paris. But the lion’s share of the album conducted by Riccardo Chailly, head of the Filamornica della Scala in Milan, is the Italian composer’s sole symphony commissioned in London as a replacement of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony which could not meet the required deadline.

The German composer greatly admired Cherubini. But, unfortunately, Cherubini is not Beethoven and his skillful Symphony in D major, once championed by Arturo Toscanini, cannot bear comparison with Beethoven’s. Maestro Chailly’s performance generates beautiful energy and excitement but the conductor’s effort cannot turn the symphony into a masterpiece. The album is released to celebrate Beethoven’s birthday. It is worth listening to if you want to discover a composer that Beethoven praised and admired. – François Hudry

Tracklist:
01. Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala – Cherubini: Overture in G Major (10:36)
02. Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala – I. Largo – Allegro (12:57)
03. Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala – II. Larghetto cantabile (09:45)
04. Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala – III. Minuetto. Allegro non tanto (04:39)
05. Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala – IV. Allegro assai (04:45)
06. Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala – Cherubini: Marche religieuse pour le jour du sacre de Charles X (03:14)
07. Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala – Cherubini: Marche religieuse pour le pompe funèbre du Général Hoche (02:02)
08. Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala – Cherubini: Marcia composta per il signore Baron di Braun (03:34)
09. Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala – Cherubini: Marche du préfet du département de l’eure et loir (02:15)
10. Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala – Cherubini: Marche pour le retour du préfet du département de l’eure et loir (02:18)
11. Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala – Cherubini: Marche pour instruments à vent (03:25)
12. Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala – Cherubini: Marche 22 Septembre 1810 (01:43)
13. Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala – Cherubini: Marche 8 Février 1814 (01:11)
14. Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala – Cherubini: Marche pour le pompe funèbre du Général Hoche (04:55)
15. Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala – Cherubini: Marche funèbre (06:58)

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