Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie – Franck & R. Strauss: Orchestral Works (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:14:26 minutes | 1,23 GB | Genre: Classical
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Strauss’ Burleske contains, despite the classical sonata form, many original elements, such as the opening timpani solo that al ready embodies within it the thematic substance of the piece. The work is a very “”exotic”” waltz full of contrasts, exuberance, humour and charm. Franck’s Symphonic Variations are on the contrary, very formal. You immediately sense the piousness of the person who composed this music, because it is sincere, honest and s ubstantively profound. Yet although Franck remained true to the classical format he still managed to create something new here in as much as he fused three traditions together: solo concerto, symphony and a series of variations. Alongside the two works for solo piano the two symphonic poems by Franck and Strauss are a magnificent addition to the concept of this album. Both works feature a lively musical approach to the s ubject. It’s worth noting too that all the compositions on this recording come from a relatively short period of time: the Burleske and the Variations were both written in 1885, and there are only six years between Le chasseur maudit written in 1883 and Tod und Verklarung in 1889. Despite this short time span the works are stylistically very different, somewhat like the fates of the two composers whose paths never actually crossed .”
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Uta Weyand, Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie & Yves Abel – Ravel & Bizet: Orchestral Works (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:00:35 minutes | 572 MB | Genre: Classical
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Uta Weyand has had great international success giving numerous piano recitals and appearing with orchestras in most European countries, in Russia, Brazil, Cuba and the United States. She performed with such orchestras as the Orchestra of Madrid, those of Barcelona and Valencia, the Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra and Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, the Stuttgart Philharmonic and the National Orchestra of Brazil, with such conductors as Jesús López Cobos, José Ramón Encinar, Enrique García Asensio, Manuel Galduf, Jac van Steen, Marc Tardue and Gabriel Chmura. Uta Weyand has received enthusiastic reviews for her recordings on various German labels. She makes her Ars-Produktion debut with Maurice Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G major, accompanied by the Northwest German Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Yves Abel. The production’s all-French program is complemented by Ravel’s Pavane pour une infante défunte and Georges Bizet’s Symphony in C major.
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