Schtschedrin: Carmen-Suite & Respighi: Pini di Roma

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Mariss Jansons leads live performances of Carmen-Suite and The Pines of Rome with electricity and pizzazz. Despite a slightly clumsy opening, it soon marches into strong and sturdy territory. — BBC Music Magazine, April 2020, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 3rd Jan 2020
Catalogue No: 900183
Label: BR Klassik
Length: 66 minutes

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4th January 2020

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Shchedrin: Carmen Suite

Work length44:31

$13.00

$16.90

$22.75

Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Mariss Jansons

I. Introduction [Live]

Track length1:25

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II. Dance [Live]

Track length2:19

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III. Intermezzo I [Live]

Track length0:58

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IV. Changing of the Guard [Live]

Track length1:56

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V. Carmen's Entrance & Habanera [Live]

Track length3:08

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VI. Scene [Live]

Track length6:53

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VII. Intermezzo II [Live]

Track length1:58

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VIII. Boléro [Live]

Track length1:18

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IX. Torero [Live]

Track length3:22

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X. Torero und Carmen [Live]

Track length4:10

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XI. Adagio [Live]

Track length5:30

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XII. Fortune Telling [Live]

Track length4:40

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XIII. Finale [Live]

Track length6:54

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Respighi: Pines of Rome

Work length21:29

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Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Mariss Jansons

I. I pini di Villa Borghese (Live)

Track length3:00

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II. Pini presso una catacomba (Live)

Track length6:47

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III. I pini del Gianicolo (Live)

Track length6:22

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IV. I pini della Via Appia (Live)

Track length5:20

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This new CD from BR-KLASSIK features the ballet music 'Carmen Suite', based on the famous melodies from George Bizet's eponymous opera and masterfully arranged and adapted by the composer Rodion Shchedrin in 1968, and Ottorino Respighi's well-known symphonic poem 'Pini di Roma' (The Pines of Rome), written in 1924. The name of the Russian composer Rodion Shchedrin is primarily associated in the West with his 'Carmen Suite', which has been highly popular ever since its first performance. The thirteen movements of this ballet music are based on Bizet's opera Carmen, and carefully adapted to the musical language of the present day. After Shchedrin's wife Maya Plisetskaya, long-time prima ballerina of the Bolshoi Theatre, had vainly asked both Shostakovich and Khachaturian to compose a Carmen ballet especially for her, her husband decided to do so instead – a decision that was rewarded with international success. The rousing music in Shchedrin's interpretation sounds very familiar, yet in many ways, entirely new! The Italian composer Ottorino Respighi is especially admired for his masterly instrumentation. The symphonic poems in his 'Roman Trilogy', which deal with the fountains, pine trees and festivals of his adopted home city of Rome, made his name immortal. In his 'Pines of Rome' he describes four locations in the Eternal City, each with a different historical background.

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April 2020

Mariss Jansons leads live performances of Carmen-Suite and The Pines of Rome with electricity and pizzazz. Despite a slightly clumsy opening, it soon marches into strong and sturdy territory.

February 2020

the playing of the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks has an impressive freshness, energy and vibrant colouration. Shchedrin seems to underline the Spanish flavour of the music as seen through Frenchman Bizet’s eyes

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