Moscow Chamber Orchestra - Showpieces & Encores - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Nikolay Tcherepnin, a pupil of Rimsky-Korsakov in St Petersburg, achieved fame as a conductor, directing the premiere of his ballet Le Pavillon d'Armide as the opening to Diaghilev's first Ballets Russes season in 1911 which also marked the Paris debut of Nijinsky. A work of great importance in the history of modern ballet, with choreography by Fokin, this enchanting score brings to life a Gobelin tapestry in a mysterious and haunted pavilion in the grounds of a French chateau. Cocteau described it's effect as 'better than a poem by Heine, than a story of Poe, than any dream, this is nostalgia for things partly seen, insubstantial and insistent.' This recording was first released in 1995 on our Marco Polo tag, and being the only complete recording of this stunning work currently available. This recording was acclaimed on it's initial , with Classic CD concluding that 'excellent performances from the Moscow Symphony Orchestra under Henry Shek and sympathetic engineering make this worth seeking out', and Fanfare stating that 'the performance is thoroughly convincing and ably recorded... an enjoyable discovery.' Album Tracks 1. Pavillon d'Armide (Fantastic Ballet)~Introduction et Scène première (Introduction and First Scene) 2. Pavillon d'Armide (Fantastic Ballet)~Courante. Danse des heures (Courante. Dance of the Hours) 3. Pavillon d'Armide (Fantastic Ballet)~Scène d'animation du Gobelin (The Gobelin Tapestry Comes to Life) 4. Pavillon d'Armide (Fantastic Ballet)~La Plainte d'Armide (Armida's Lamentation) 5. Pavillon d'Armide (Fantastic Ballet)~Scène Grand pas d'action (Adagio) 6. Pavillon d'Armide (Fantastic Ballet)~Grande valse noble 7. Pavillon d'Armide (Fantastic Ballet)~Variation - Allegro - Moderato tranquillo - Vivace - Grave. Maestoso e molto sostenuto 8. Pavillon d'Armide (Fantastic Ballet)~Danse des gamins (de petits esclaves éthiopiens)

World premiere recordings are brought together on this new GENUIN album featuring works by the composer Christian Ridil Renowned musicians from the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, among others, play in formations ranging from brass quintet to flute and percussion to the exquisite combination of (chromatic) harmonica and harpsichord. The works of the Goethe University Frankfurt's former university music director are characterized by stylistic diversity, wit, charm, and virtuosity and yet bear Ridil's clear signature. Absolutely worth discovering! Album Tracks 1. Meeting - Four Humoresques for Brass Quintet-With a Kind of Crypticness 2. Meeting - Four Humoresques for Brass Quintet-Like a Bavarian InchZwiefacherInch 3. Meeting - Four Humoresques for Brass Quintet-Slow 4. Meeting - Four Humoresques for Brass Quintet-(Final Rag) Not Too Fast 5. Märchenbilder for Flute and Percussion-O. B 6. Märchenbilder for Flute and Percussion-Viertel = 100 7. Märchenbilder for Flute and Percussion-Intermezzo 8. Märchenbilder for Flute and Percussion-Viertel = 60 9. Märchenbilder for Flute and Percussion-Viertel = 116 10. Variations on a Hungarian Dance for Clarinet, Bassoon and Piano-Introduktion - Lento 11. Variations on a Hungarian Dance for Clarinet, Bassoon and Piano-Thema - Allegro Robusto 12. Variations on a Hungarian Dance for Clarinet, Bassoon and Piano-Var. I. L'sso Tempo 13. Variations on a Hungarian Dance for Clarinet, Bassoon and Piano-Var. II. InchSaragigaInch - Solenne 14. Variations on a Hungarian Dance for Clarinet, Bassoon and Piano-Var. III. Allegro 15. Variations on a Hungarian Dance for Clarinet, Bassoon and Piano-Var. IV. Tempo Di Valzer 16. Variations on a Hungarian Dance for Clarinet, Bassoon and Piano-Var. V. InchGigabandaInch - Un Poco Giocoso 17. Variations on a Hungarian Dance for Clarinet, Bassoon and Piano-Var. VI. F

Born and trained in Russia, the composer Alla Pavlova later settled in America. Her Symphony No. 1 'Farewell Russia' for chamber orchestra, written in 1994, expresses her feelings about the Russia she knew, now changed beyond recognition. Her Symphony No. Album Tracks 1. Symphony No.1 'Farewell Russia' - Leonid Lebedev 2. Movement 1 3. Movement 2 4. Movement 3 5. Movement 4