Sir John Eliot Gardiner, London Symphony Orchestra – Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 “Scottish”, The Hebrides Overture – Schumann: Piano Concerto (2014) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Sir John Eliot Gardiner, London Symphony Orchestra – Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 “Scottish”, The Hebrides Overture – Schumann: Piano Concerto (2014)
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Inspired by his travels to the British Isles and full of the influence of the rolling Scottish landscape, both Mendelssohn’s Symphony No 3 ‘Scottish’ and his overture The Hebrides (‘Fingal’s Cave’) are amongst the composer’s most popular and admired works. The London Symphony Orchestra present us with inspiring performances of these works, as well as a performance of Schumann’s Piano Concerto, featuring the celebrated pianist, Maria João Pires.

Sir John Eliot Gardiner writes of this coupling; ‘Even if they spoke with different accents these genial Romantics were united in their ambitious fervour for ‘abstract’ music to be acknowledged as having the same expressive force as poetry, drama or the literary novel. The three works on this album exemplify the endeavour and range of invention of two of them, friends and colleagues in Leipzig’.

Tracklist:
01. Sir John Eliot Gardiner, London Symphony Orchestra – The Hebrides ‘Fingal’s Cave’, Op 26 (10:01)
02. Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Maria João Pires, London Symphony Orchestra – Piano Concerto in A minor, Op 54 – 1. Allegro affettuoso (15:20)
03. Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Maria João Pires, London Symphony Orchestra – Piano Concerto in A minor, Op 54 – 2. Intermezzo. Andantino grazioso (05:03)
04. Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Maria João Pires, London Symphony Orchestra – Piano Concerto in A minor, Op 54 – 3. Allegro vivace (11:04)
05. Sir John Eliot Gardiner, London Symphony Orchestra – Symphony No 3 in A minor ‘Scottish’, Op 56 – 1. Andante con moto-Allegro un poco agitato (15:01)
06. Sir John Eliot Gardiner, London Symphony Orchestra – Symphony No 3 in A minor ‘Scottish’, Op 56 – 2. Vivace non troppo (04:10)
07. Sir John Eliot Gardiner, London Symphony Orchestra – Symphony No 3 in A minor ‘Scottish’, Op 56 – 3. Adagio (08:56)
08. Sir John Eliot Gardiner, London Symphony Orchestra – Symphony No 3 in A minor ‘Scottish’, Op 56 – 4. Allegro vivacissimo-Allegro maestoso assai (09:38)

Personnel:
London Symphony Orchestra
Maria João Pires, piano (#2-4)
Sir John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

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