Release Date: 25 February 2016
Label: Cpo - Full Price / CPO
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 761203783120
Genres: Classical
Composer/Series: Weber
Description
Although Weber is celebrated as the father of the German romantic opera, aside from Der Freischütz, most of his other stage works are very rarely performed. Their Overtures however, with their colourful, lyrical, instrumentation, and combination of Viennese Classicism and new romantic drama, have stood the test of time as individual orchestral works. This complete recording of Weber's overtures with Howard Griffiths and the WDR Symphony Orchestra is distinguished by fresh verve and gripping dramatism in keeping with the dictates of historically informed performance practice.
Tracklisting
Slovak Chamber Orchestra; Deutsche Kammerakademie Neuss am Rhein; Salzburger Hofmusik; Bohdan Warch
Munchner Rundfunkorchester; Valentin Egel
Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt; Howard Griffiths
L'Orfeo Barockorchester; Michi Gaigg
Kyra Steckeweh; GewandhausChor Leipzig; Gregor Meyer
Orfeo Bo:Gaigg
Elena Harsanyi; Caroline Marcot; Andre Cruz; Thomas Bonni; Kolner Akademie; Michael Alexander Wille
Gernot Submuth; Ramon Jaffe; Monica Gutman
Siglo de Oro, Spinacino Consort
Choir of Merton College, Oxford, Benjamin Nicholas
Roger Waters
Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin; Vladimir Jurowski; Sarah Connolly; Robert Dean Smith
Oregon Symphony; Carlos Kalmar
Odhecaton; Paolo Da Col; The Gesualdo Six
Yo-Yo Ma & Friends
The Tallis Scholars; Peter Phillips
