Lully & R. Strauss: Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme

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The Norwegian orchestra has the expressive resources to project all sides of the Lully, while they capture the light-hearted joie de vivre of the Strauss to perfection. The mock-ceremonial aspect... — Classical Music, March 2018, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 16th Feb 2018
Catalogue No: LWC1143
Label: LAWO
Length: 57 minutes

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Strauss, R: Suite for orchestra from Der Bürger als Edelmann (The Bourgeois Gentleman) Op. 60

Work length34:52

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Norwegian Chamber Orchestra
Terje Tønnesen

I. Ouverture

Track length3:57

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II. Menuett

Track length1:32

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III. Der Fechtmeister

Track length1:47

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IV. Auftritt und Tanz der Schneider

Track length4:50

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V. Das Menuett des Lully

Track length2:01

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VI. Courante

Track length2:24

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VII. Auftritt des Cléonte

Track length4:18

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VIII. Vorspiel zum Acte II

Track length3:09

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IX. Das Diner

Track length10:54

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Lully: Le bourgeois gentilhomme – excerpts

Work length22:32

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Norwegian Chamber Orchestra
Terje Tønnesen

X. Ouverture

Track length2:46

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XI. Ritournelles

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XII. Premier Intermède: Air - Sarabande - Bourrée - Gaillarde - Canarie

Track length3:13

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XIII. Premier air des garçons tailleurs - deuxième air - Marche pour la cérémonie des Turcs

Track length3:22

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XIV. Troisième air

Track length1:20

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XV. Le donneur de livre - Ritournelle des Espagnols - Deuxième air des Espagnols

Track length3:21

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XVI. Ritournelle italienne

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XVII. L'entrée des Scaramouches, Trivelins et Arlequins - Chaconne des Scaramouches, Trivelins et Arlequins

Track length3:36

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The Norwegian Chamber Orchestra turns forty this year and is celebrating the occasion with this new recording.

They have been around in every age, those who put on airs and think themselves better than the rest of us. They have been depicted in countless plays, the best known of which is Molière's 'Le bourgeois gentilhomme'.

Two musical versions are presented here, written almost 250 years apart, yet equally relevant in their time and ours. Lully and Strauss both revel in their love of telling stories: not with words, but with a wealth of tonal material, they tell the tale of Monsieur Jourdain, who aspires to rise from his middle-class (bourgeois) status to the ranks of the aristocracy, with all it entails. No one escapes in this satirical presentation, which ridicules everyone involved.

Strauss?s 'Der Bürger als Edelmann' is directly inspired by Lully's 'Le bourgeois gentilhomme'; his music describes the same situations, and several of the movements are based on Lully?s music. Yet never before have these works been released together, presumably because of the distance between the compositions in terms of time and style: modern orchestras play Strauss and specialized baroque orchestras play Lully. In the words of artistic director Terje Tønnesen, "It is exciting when the same musicians with the same instruments try to recreate the sounds of these very different epochs. We in the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra endeavour to create something unique that makes our recordings meaningful."

Conductor Terje Tønnesen is one of Norway's leading violinists with a distinguished reputation in Norway's classical music world as artistic director of the Norwegian chamber Orchestra and concertmaster of Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra.

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Classical Music March 2018

The Norwegian orchestra has the expressive resources to project all sides of the Lully, while they capture the light-hearted joie de vivre of the Strauss to perfection. The mock-ceremonial aspect to Strauss’ ‘Auftritt des Cleonte’ is beautifully managed, and there is the ‘Das Menuett des Lully’ to bind things together nicely. A vibrant modern version. A wonderful disc.

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