Berlioz, Chopin & Others: Orchestral Works Classical Hanssler

Berlioz, Chopin & Others: Orchestral Works

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HA 0268

Berlioz, Chopin & Others: Orchestral Works

Label Catalogue Number:
HC22068

Running Time: 00:52:51

Release Date: October 2022
Originally recorded in 2021

Genre:
Classical

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Maurice Ravel took a compositional interest not only in the Spanish bolero, but also in the Viennese waltz. In March 1920, he completed the score of the work consistently entitled La Valse, about which he later remarked in an interview: "It is a dancing, spinning, almost hallucinating ecstasy, an increasingly passionate and exhausting whirl of dancers who get carried away in exuberance." But there are also some grotesque distortions. They remind us that this composition, in addition to the sonorous glorification of the Belle Époque, also represents the dance on a volcano that was already deflagrating at the time.

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“… He [Peter Sommerer] presides proudly over this orchestra of outstanding brass and woodwind players in these polished and praiseworthy performances. Their elevated level of ensemble and is especially noteworthy…”

Michael Cookson – Musicwebinternational.com – 16 March 2023

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“…this album is a great musical success. The transcriptions are very successful and preserve the style and spirit of the works … Peter Sommerer's direction is diligent and attentive, helping to make this album a success. Admittedly, we are on the margins of the repertoire, but the tradition of wind orchestras and the artistic quality of this publication deserve attention.”

Pierre-Jean Tribot – Crescendo magazine.be – 15 January 2023

“The Saxon Wind Philharmonic … turns to the French repertoire, and the musicians, under the direction of Peter Sommerer, give convincing proof of their great skills … The recordings are characterized by the finest playing technique as well as by joy of playing.The fluid music-making, full of pulsating life, fills the listener with enthusiasm for the arrangements, which are also well done. The sound recording is pleasantly spacious and transparent.” ****

Norbert Tischer – Pizzicato.lu – 13 October 2022

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