Music For The Theatre, Vol. 1

Music For The Theatre, Vol. 1

Music For The Theatre, Vol. 1
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Composer: Georges Bizet
Composer: Richard [1] Strauss
Conductor: Christopher Hogwood
Orchestra: Kammerorchester Basel
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2005-04-12
Music Label: Arte Nova Classics
Soundtracks:
  1. L' Arlésienne, incidental music for voices & orchestra for the play by Alphonse Daudet: Prélude
  2. L' Arlésienne, incidental music for voices & orchestra for the play by Alphonse Daudet: Tempo di Minuetto
  3. L' Arlésienne, incidental music for voices & orchestra for the play by Alphonse Daudet: Entr'acte I
  4. L' Arlésienne, incidental music for voices & orchestra for the play by Alphonse Daudet: Mélodrame I
  5. L' Arlésienne, incidental music for voices & orchestra for the play by Alphonse Daudet: Pastorale
  6. L' Arlésienne, incidental music for voices & orchestra for the play by Alphonse Daudet: Carillon
  7. L' Arlésienne, incidental music for voices & orchestra for the play by Alphonse Daudet: Mélodrame II
  8. L' Arlésienne, incidental music for voices & orchestra for the play by Alphonse Daudet: Farandole
  9. L' Arlésienne, incidental music for voices & orchestra for the play by Alphonse Daudet: Entr'acte II
  10. Der Bürger als Edelmann (Le bourgeois gentilhomme), suite from the ballet for orchestra, Op. 60-IIIa (TrV 228c): Ouvertüre zum I. Auf
  11. Der Bürger als Edelmann (Le bourgeois gentilhomme), suite from the ballet for orchestra, Op. 60-IIIa (TrV 228c): Menuett
  12. Der Bürger als Edelmann (Le bourgeois gentilhomme), suite from the ballet for orchestra, Op. 60-IIIa (TrV 228c): Der Fechtmeister
  13. Der Bürger als Edelmann (Le bourgeois gentilhomme), suite from the ballet for orchestra, Op. 60-IIIa (TrV 228c): Auftritt und Tanz de
  14. Der Bürger als Edelmann (Le bourgeois gentilhomme), suite from the ballet for orchestra, Op. 60-IIIa (TrV 228c): Das Menuett des Lull
  15. Der Bürger als Edelmann (Le bourgeois gentilhomme), suite from the ballet for orchestra, Op. 60-IIIa (TrV 228c): Courante
  16. Der Bürger als Edelmann (Le bourgeois gentilhomme), suite from the ballet for orchestra, Op. 60-IIIa (TrV 228c): Auftritt des Cléonte
  17. Der Bürger als Edelmann (Le bourgeois gentilhomme), suite from the ballet for orchestra, Op. 60-IIIa (TrV 228c): Vorspiel zum II. Auf
  18. Der Bürger als Edelmann (Le bourgeois gentilhomme), suite from the ballet for orchestra, Op. 60-IIIa (TrV 228c): Das Diner (Tafelmusi

Free Music Notes for Music For The Theatre, Vol. 1

Free Music Review: Nicely done theatrical scores
Hit: 3 Stars

I owned Hogwood's older recording of the Bizet "L'Arleisienne" suite coupled with two French symphonies and performed by the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra. I bought this one because I liked the other one and was seeking a modern recording of the Strauss incidental music.

Hogwood is a bit more sensitive with the Bizet this time around, aided by marginally more refined playing by the Basel Chamber Orchestra. Together, they play an extended suite of the music that accomapanied a drama with more subtlety and sensitivity to the changing moods of the score than in Hogwood's first recording.

I enjoy this music more than the Strauss occasional music that is akin to film music and never approaches the profundity of any other Strass score. You won't find any of Strauss's philosophical pondering in this little suite, but you will find some delicacies hidden inside that are nicely done.

Hogwood and the Basel players do all they can with this music, recreating the environment that may have existed when the music accompanied a stage play. The final section of the Strauss suite, "The dinner", is the lengthiest section at 9:52.

The players do everything they can to breathe sensitivity and life in this theater music in what must be the first of at least two installments of similar music. Hogwood is his zestful self, attacking the music with gusto and joie de vive where called for. Only this time, he approaches with a gentler attack in the quieter, more pensive and introspective moments.

The sound on this 2004 recording is pretty good DDD. While there are shortcomings in this issue you don't pay much for them. At a list price of $6.98 you won't be out much even if you don't like anything herein.
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Music For The Theatre, Vol. 1 Poster

The L?Arlésienne suite recorded here is extracted from the original theater orchestration of Bizet that exists in his own autograph score in Paris. All numbers are in their original keys, but the sequence has been revised for this presentation. Richard Strauss is rarely described as a neoclassical composer, but for Moliére?s play he immersed himself in the style of the baroque, as well as studying the editions of Lully then available.

The Kammerorchester Basel (KOB) is one of the leading chamber orchestras of Europe and is in international demand. The KOB is an orchestra without a permanent conductor. The musicians themselves create the unique artistic profile of the orchestra by participating in the selection of conductors, soloists and repertoire. Christopher Hogwood, pioneer of historical performance practice, is the KOB?s Principal Guest Conductor, and it was he who started the acclaimed recording project on Arte Nova a few years ago. Since founding the Academy of Ancient Music in 1973, Hogwood has gained international recognition for his performances of baroque and early classical repertoire with period instruments.

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