Richard Egarr, Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra - An Evening With Leopold Stokowski (2011)
BAND/ARTIST: Richard Egarr, Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra
- Title: An Evening With Leopold Stokowski
- Year Of Release: 2011
- Label: Glossa
- Genre: Classical
- Quality: flac lossless +Booklet
- Total Time: 01:08:25
- Total Size: 308 mb
- WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist
01. Toccata
02. Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 (arr. L. Stokowski): Fugue
03. Tu mancavi a tormentarmi, crudelissima speranza (arr. L. Stokowski)
04. Water Music: Suites Nos. 1 and 2, HWV 348, 349 (excerpts) (arr. R. Egarr): I. Prelude (Water Music: Suite No. 2 in D major, HWV 349: I. Overture)
05. Water Music: Suites Nos. 1 and 2, HWV 348, 349 (excerpts) (arr. R. Egarr): II. Alla Hornpipe (Water Music: Suite No. 2 in D major, HWV 349: II. Alla Hornpipe)
06. Water Music: Suites Nos. 1 and 2, HWV 348, 349 (excerpts) (arr. R. Egarr): III. Allegro (Water Music: Suite No. 1 in F major, HWV 348: X. Allegro)
07. Water Music: Suites Nos. 1 and 2, HWV 348, 349 (excerpts) (arr. R. Egarr): IV. Menuet (Water Music: Suite No. 2 in D major, HWV 349: III. Minuet)
08. Water Music: Suites Nos. 1 and 2, HWV 348, 349 (excerpts) (arr. R. Egarr): V. Lentement (Water Music: Suite No. 2 in D major, HWV 349: IV. Lentement)
09. Water Music: Suites Nos. 1 and 2, HWV 348, 349 (excerpts) (arr. R. Egarr): VI. Bourree (Water Music: Suite No. 2 in D major, HWV 349: V. Bourree)
10. Overture (Suite) No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068: II. Air, "Air on a G String" (arr. L. Stokowski)
11. Concert Suite (arr. L. Stokowski): I. Trumpet Tune (A Choice Collection of Lessons: Trumpet Tune in C, Z. 678, "The Cebell")
12. Concert Suite (arr. L. Stokowski): II. Echo Pastorale (The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act II: Echo)
13. Concert Suite (arr. L. Stokowski): III. Hornpipe (The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: First Music: Hornpipe)
14. Concert Suite (arr. L. Stokowski): IV. When I am laid in earth (Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act III: When I am laid in earth, "Dido's Lament")
15. Concert Suite (arr. L. Stokowski): V. Largo and Allegro: Largo (The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act IV: Largo)
16. Concert Suite (arr. L. Stokowski): V. Largo and Allegro: Allegro (The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act IV: Allegro)
17. Adoramus te Christe (arr. L. Stokowski)
18. Intemerata Dei mater (arr. R. Egarr for orchestra)
19. Marche slave (Slavonic March), Op. 31
The charm and sheer full-blooded pleasure offered by Leopold Stokowski’s transcriptions continues to hold sway today – complete with opulent and resonant strings – some three decades after the dynamic conductor’s death. The ‘Stokowski Sound’ was particularly, indeed deliberately, well-suited to the possibilities offered with the development of stereo recording of the maestro’s ay, a challenge which Glossa’s engineer Manuel Mohino has happily embraced as much as the Brussels Philharmonic, whose members have taken to this style like ducks to water, in this modern-day “Evening with Leopold Stokowski”.
Leading the way with a classy swagger in transcriptions of Bach, Purcell and Palestrina is conductor Richard Egarr, perhaps better known for his work with the unadorned originals (he is the Music Director of the Academy of Ancient Music, after all), but in reality equally at home in much later music – and he makes no bones about his appreciation of the Stokowski style. About the transcription of Dido’s Lament Egarr says, “It is still Purcell, even in Stokowski's fur coat.” and, for added emphasis, he conjures up his own orchestral confection of Handel’s Water Music. An evening’s entertainment of unalloyed pleasure culminating in a triumphant rendition of the Slavonic March by Tchaikovsky, à la Stokowski, naturally.
01. Toccata
02. Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 (arr. L. Stokowski): Fugue
03. Tu mancavi a tormentarmi, crudelissima speranza (arr. L. Stokowski)
04. Water Music: Suites Nos. 1 and 2, HWV 348, 349 (excerpts) (arr. R. Egarr): I. Prelude (Water Music: Suite No. 2 in D major, HWV 349: I. Overture)
05. Water Music: Suites Nos. 1 and 2, HWV 348, 349 (excerpts) (arr. R. Egarr): II. Alla Hornpipe (Water Music: Suite No. 2 in D major, HWV 349: II. Alla Hornpipe)
06. Water Music: Suites Nos. 1 and 2, HWV 348, 349 (excerpts) (arr. R. Egarr): III. Allegro (Water Music: Suite No. 1 in F major, HWV 348: X. Allegro)
07. Water Music: Suites Nos. 1 and 2, HWV 348, 349 (excerpts) (arr. R. Egarr): IV. Menuet (Water Music: Suite No. 2 in D major, HWV 349: III. Minuet)
08. Water Music: Suites Nos. 1 and 2, HWV 348, 349 (excerpts) (arr. R. Egarr): V. Lentement (Water Music: Suite No. 2 in D major, HWV 349: IV. Lentement)
09. Water Music: Suites Nos. 1 and 2, HWV 348, 349 (excerpts) (arr. R. Egarr): VI. Bourree (Water Music: Suite No. 2 in D major, HWV 349: V. Bourree)
10. Overture (Suite) No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068: II. Air, "Air on a G String" (arr. L. Stokowski)
11. Concert Suite (arr. L. Stokowski): I. Trumpet Tune (A Choice Collection of Lessons: Trumpet Tune in C, Z. 678, "The Cebell")
12. Concert Suite (arr. L. Stokowski): II. Echo Pastorale (The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act II: Echo)
13. Concert Suite (arr. L. Stokowski): III. Hornpipe (The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: First Music: Hornpipe)
14. Concert Suite (arr. L. Stokowski): IV. When I am laid in earth (Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act III: When I am laid in earth, "Dido's Lament")
15. Concert Suite (arr. L. Stokowski): V. Largo and Allegro: Largo (The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act IV: Largo)
16. Concert Suite (arr. L. Stokowski): V. Largo and Allegro: Allegro (The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act IV: Allegro)
17. Adoramus te Christe (arr. L. Stokowski)
18. Intemerata Dei mater (arr. R. Egarr for orchestra)
19. Marche slave (Slavonic March), Op. 31
The charm and sheer full-blooded pleasure offered by Leopold Stokowski’s transcriptions continues to hold sway today – complete with opulent and resonant strings – some three decades after the dynamic conductor’s death. The ‘Stokowski Sound’ was particularly, indeed deliberately, well-suited to the possibilities offered with the development of stereo recording of the maestro’s ay, a challenge which Glossa’s engineer Manuel Mohino has happily embraced as much as the Brussels Philharmonic, whose members have taken to this style like ducks to water, in this modern-day “Evening with Leopold Stokowski”.
Leading the way with a classy swagger in transcriptions of Bach, Purcell and Palestrina is conductor Richard Egarr, perhaps better known for his work with the unadorned originals (he is the Music Director of the Academy of Ancient Music, after all), but in reality equally at home in much later music – and he makes no bones about his appreciation of the Stokowski style. About the transcription of Dido’s Lament Egarr says, “It is still Purcell, even in Stokowski's fur coat.” and, for added emphasis, he conjures up his own orchestral confection of Handel’s Water Music. An evening’s entertainment of unalloyed pleasure culminating in a triumphant rendition of the Slavonic March by Tchaikovsky, à la Stokowski, naturally.
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