Various Artists - Launy Grondahl Legacy 3 - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Adam Fischer writes of Mahler's 8th Symphonie InchMahler's Eighth is a special challenge for all participants in rehearsals, in performance, and, of course, when making a recording. The challenge lies in freeing the music from all of the technical and logistical problems that come with it. Whenever new possibilities emerged in music history (such as new musical instruments), composers tended to introduce the novelty quite frequently in the first phase to show it's potential. A good example was the Mannheim School in the 1700s. The crescendo had just been invented musicians no longer had to play dynamics in Inchterraced levels.Inch Mannheim pieces from that period are thus brimming with crescendos musicians reveled in the new possibilities. Mahler, later on, wanted to explore the possibilities of an orchestra of unprecedented size, particularly in the Eighth. The effects made possible by such an enlargement should not become an end in themselves. That is the special challenge we have faced. If on this recording we have over 500 people singing and playing together, that is only a means, not an end...Inch

Album Tracks 1. Suite for String Orchestra in A-Flat Major, Op. 59 (1945) 2. Concerto for Cello and String Orchestra, Op. 61 (1947) 3. Sommernacht (Summer Night), Pastoral Intermezzo for String Orchestra, Op. 58 (1945)

Album Tracks 1. Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 InchAppassionataInch I. Allegro Assai 2. Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 InchAppassionataInch II. Andante Con Moto 3. Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 InchAppassionataInch III. Allegro Ma Non Troppo - Presto 4. Intermezzo No. 1 in B minor, Op. 119 5. Waltz No. 15 in A-Flat Major, Op. 39 6. Romeo and Juliet, Ten Pieces for Piano, Op. 75 IV. Juliet As a Young Girl 7. Romeo and Juliet, Ten Pieces for Piano, Op. 75 VI. Montagues and Capulets 8. Romeo and Juliet, Ten Pieces for Piano, Op. 75 IX. Dance of the Girls with the Lilies 9. Romeo and Juliet, Ten Pieces for Piano, Op. 75 VIII. Mercutio 10. Images L. 110, Book I Reflets Dans L'eau 11. 24 Preludes, Op. 28 VI. Prelude in B minor 12. 24 Preludes, Op. 28 III. Prelude in G Major 13. 24 Preludes, Op. 28 IV. Prelude in E minor 14. 24 Preludes, Op. 28 VIII. Prelude in F-Sharp minor 15. 24 Preludes, Op. 28 XV. Prelude in D-Flat Major 16. 24 Preludes, Op. 28 XVI. Prelude in B-Flat minor 17. A Prole Do Bebê, Book I Branquinha 18. A Prole Do Bebê, Book I Moreninha 19. A Prole Do Bebê, Book I O Polichinelo 20. A Prole Do Bebê, Book I A Pobrezinha 21. Malambo, Op. 7 22. Fuga y Misterio