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Escales: French Orchestral Works

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Catalogue numberCHSA5252
Release date2020-01-31
Discs1
Orig. sample rate96000 Hz

Gramphone: Wilson has the ability to make familiar music sound wonderfully fresh and new-minted, all the while carefully judging and calibrating the sound world of each piece… The enthusiasm that [he] elicits from his orchestra is very much apparent on every track, though what really impresses is the finesse as well as the virtuosity of the playing, the refinement of detail, the subtlety of texture and colour.

John Wilson and Sinfonia of London release their second album, following widespread and universal critical acclaim for their first recording, of Korngold’s Symphony in F sharp. This new recording explores the unique sound world of French orchestral music of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The programme juxtaposes well-known favourites, such as Debussy’s Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune, Massenet’s ‘Méditation’ from Thaïs, with pieces far more rarely heard, for example Duruflé’s Trois Danses and Saint-Saëns’s Le Rouet d’Omphale. Many of these works evoke the ‘exoticism’ of Spain or North Africa (as was the fashion in French music of this era), and all share the intricate, detailed orchestration that defines the ‘Impressionist’ style. John Wilson and Sinfonia of London capture the mood and spirit of these pieces with consummate skill and outstanding musicianship. Originally formed in 1955, Sinfonia of London was re-established in 2018 by the British conductor John Wilson to devote itself, at least initially, to recording projects, of which this is the second album.
 
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Extra material for download
 
  Espana
01 España 06:03 $ 1.63 USD
 
  3 Danses, Op. 6 (Version for Orchestra) 21:15
02 3 Danses, Op. 6 (Version for Orchestra): No. 1,
Divertissement
07:16 $ 1.96 USD
03 3 Danses, Op. 6 (Version for Orchestra): No. 2, Danse lente 08:47 $ 2.37 USD
04 3 Danses, Op. 6 (Version for Orchestra): No. 3, Tambourin 05:12 $ 1.40 USD
 
05 Le rouet d'Omphale, Op. 31, R. 169 07:26 $ 2.01 USD
 
  Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune, L. 86
06 Prelude à l'après-midi d'un faune, L. 86 09:12 $ 2.48 USD
 
  Escales 14:15
07 Escales: No. 1, Palermo 06:13 $ 1.68 USD
08 Escales: No. 2, Nefta 02:34 $ 0.69 USD
09 Escales: No. 3, Valencia 05:28 $ 1.48 USD
 
  Thais
10 Thaïs: Méditation 05:34 $ 1.50 USD
 
  Rapsodie espagnole, M. 54 (Version for Orchestra) 14:34
11 Rapsodie espagnole, M. 54 (Version for Orchestra): I.
Prélude à la nuit
03:58 $ 1.07 USD
12 Rapsodie espagnole, M. 54 (Version for Orchestra): II.
Malagueña
02:04 $ 0.56 USD
13 Rapsodie espagnole, M. 54 (Version for Orchestra): III.
Habanera
02:38 $ 0.71 USD
14 Rapsodie espagnole, M. 54 (Version for Orchestra): IV. Feria 05:54 $ 1.59 USD
 
  Album total 78:19
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