Holst - The Planets / Britten - Purcell Variations & Fugue
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Label: ICA Classics
Cat No: ICAC5053
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Release Date: 30th January 2012
Contents
Artists
Ladies of the BBC Symphony Orchestra ChorusBBC Symphony Orchestra
Conductor
Gennadi RozhdestvenskyWorks
The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, op.34The Planets, op.32
Artists
Ladies of the BBC Symphony Orchestra ChorusBBC Symphony Orchestra
Conductor
Gennadi RozhdestvenskyAbout
He was the highly distinguished principal conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra from 1978 to 1981, an exciting period in the orchestra’s history faithfully captured here.
During this period, he conducted many British composers, a favourite being Britten (the Russian premiere of A Midsummer Night’s Dream), Vaughan Williams (a complete cycle on Melodiya), Walton, Elgar, Maxwell Davies (the premiere of Symphony No.2) and John Tavener.
These recordings of Holst’s Planets and Britten’s Variations & Fugue on a Theme of Purcell have never been issued before on CD.
The Planets is new to Rozhdestvensky’s extensive discography. Rozhdestvensky’s 1980 Royal Festival Hall performance is a freshly conceived interpretation of The Planets which is both exciting and superbly played, and the stereo recording has a spectacular dynamic range.
The performance of Britten’s Variations & Fugue on a Theme of Purcell was given on a Far East tour in Osaka, Japan in 1981. Osaka’s Royal Festival Hall has a wonderful natural acoustic which invests each instrument with great clarity and warmth.
Contents:
Holst
- The Planets Suite
Ladies of the BBC SO Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra / Gennadi Rozhdestvensky
Royal Festival Hall, London, 12 March 1980
Britten
- Variations & Fugue on a Theme of Purcell
BBC Symphony Orchestra / Gennadi Rozhdestvensky
Festival Hall, Osaka, Japan, 1 June 1981
Stereo ADD
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