Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liege - Mernier: Ustica - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Guy Braunstein, who was concertmaster of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra for nearly fifteen years, pursues an international career as soloist, conductor and composer. His lifelong passion for the music of the Beatles led him to compose this suite for violin and orchestra which includes all the greatest hits of John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison, performed here with the Liege Royal Philharmonic under a longstanding musical partner, the Mexican conductor Alondra de la Parra. This large-scale rhapsody, based on a dozen Beatles songs, pays tribute to a group of musicians who were greatly influenced by Classical and Romantic composers. To accompany this first recording, two English works for violin and orchestra, The Lark Ascending by Ralph Vaughan Williams and the rarely performed Violin Concerto of Frederick Delius, which - like so many Beatles hits - was recorded at Abbey Road Studios in London!

Step back into the golden age of swing with Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, captured live at InchCarnegie HallInch on October 6, 1939. This historic recording showcases the band at the height of their popularity, delivering the tight arrangements, smooth melodies, and irresistible rhythms that defined an era. Packed with vibrant performances and timeless big band energy, this LP is a must-have for jazz and swing enthusiasts. A rare chance to experience one of America's greatest orchestras in a legendary live setting full of nostalgia, elegance, and pure musical magic.

Richard Wagner and Pyotr Illyich Tchaikovsky these two composers seem to represent two musical extremes on this one album, with their only connection being the orchestra and the conductor who here perform their works. Wagner had proclaimed himself as the savior of German Romantic music, the master who would raise opera and it's performance to a higher level; Tchaikovsky was a tormented Russian Romantic composer who was considered to be too focused on Italian music to be truly Russian and yet whose music was regarded as being too Russian to ever sound truly European. Wagner's InchVorspiel und LiebestodInch from Tristan und Isolde and Tchaikovsky's Symphony in f minor No. 4, op. 36 are presented here together by the Philharmonie Zuidnederland conducted by Dmitri Liss.