Scottish Chamber Orchestra: 40th Anniversary Edition

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The orchestra shows itself brilliantly adapted to any style and conductor — provided, anyway, they have more than a smack of genius. — Sunday Times, 2nd February 2014 More…

Release Date: 10th Feb 2014
Catalogue No: CKD540
Label: Linn
Length: 73 minutes

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Wagner: Siegfried Idyll

Work length19:11

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Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Robin Ticciati
Recorded: 2-3 September 2013
Recording Venue: Usher Hall, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Sibelius: The Tempest, Op. 109, Suite No. 2

Work length15:38

$9.00

$13.50

Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Joseph Swensen
Recorded: 24 March 2013
Recording Venue: Usher Hall, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

I. Chorus of the Winds

Track length3:17

$1.00

$1.50

II. Intermezzo

Track length1:49

$1.00

$1.50

III. Dance of the Nymphs

Track length1:38

$1.00

$1.50

IV. Prospero

Track length1:41

$1.00

$1.50

V. Song 1

Track length0:52

$1.00

$1.50

VI. Song 2

Track length0:58

$1.00

$1.50

VII. Miranda

Track length1:51

$1.00

$1.50

VIII. Naiads

Track length1:20

$1.00

$1.50

IX. Dance Episode

Track length2:12

$1.00

$1.50

Mozart: Symphony No. 41 in C major, K551 'Jupiter'

Work length38:27

$6.60

$9.90

Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras
Recorded: 5-6 August 2007
Recording Venue: City Halls, Glasgow, United Kingdom

I. Allegro vivace

Track length11:27

$2.05

$3.05

II. Andante cantabile

Track length10:27

$1.50

$2.30

III. Menuetto (Allegretto)

Track length5:03

$1.00

$1.50

IV. Molto allegro

Track length11:30

$2.05

$3.05

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This special ‘40th Anniversary Edition’ celebrates the Scottish Chamber Orchestra’s fortieth year with a brand new recording of Wagner’s Siegfried Idyll conducted by Principal Conductor Robin Ticciati.

An additional hand-picked selection of works, conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras and Joseph Swensen, from across its decade-long partnership with Linn completes the programme.

Although more commonly played in a version for full orchestra rather than for chamber ensemble, this recording of Siegfried Idyll is closer to Wagner’s premiere performance, a birthday gift to his wife, Cosima.

Ticciati and the larger string forces of the SCO skilfully enhance the richer tone of the work’s radiant beauty.

Robin Ticciati - a young Colin Davis, Thomas Beecham and Charles Mackerras rolled into one – has had an impressive start to his recording career with the SCO, with two critically acclaimed recordings of Berlioz.

2014 sees Robin Ticciati and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra embark upon their first symphonic cycle with the release of ‘Schumann: Symphonies 1-4’ in April.

Sir Charles Mackerras, the SCO’s Conductor Laureate until his passing in 2010, made numerous awardwinning recordings including BBC Music Magazine’s 2010 ‘Disc of the Year’ recording, ‘Mozart Symphonies 38-41’, on which this impressive performance of Symphony No. 41 features.

Awarding the recording five stars, The Sunday Times described it as ‘possibly their finest record to date...I don't know more enthralling accounts of the Jupiter on disc.’

As Principal Conductor of the SCO from 1996-2005 Joseph Swensen made five thrilling recordings in all, encompassing Brahms, Mendelssohn, Dvorak, Prokofiev and ‘Sibelius: Theatre Music’ from which The Tempest is taken.

Composed when Sibelius was reaching the climax of his career, the ambitious second Suite contains some of his most inspired ideas and finest music; it is a mouth-watering addition to this program.

Reviews

2nd February 2014

The orchestra shows itself brilliantly adapted to any style and conductor — provided, anyway, they have more than a smack of genius.

16th February 2014

This is a wonderful celebration of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra's 40th anniversary: sparkling performances, showing this independent-spirited ensemble...at their best...As usual the Linn sound engineers have done an excellent job.

6th February 2014

[Mackerras’s] interpretation is well worth catching for its blend of grandeur and lucidity, rhythmic energy and shrewd adoption of crisp period performance practices...[Ticciati] draws on the orchestra’s golden sheen and mellifluousness to give a performance of luminous beauty.

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