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Holst: The Planets / Debussy: La Mer / The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy / EuroArts / Unitel Classica / DVD Video
UPC 880242722683
This DVD pays tribute to a representative of the famous conductor personalities of the last century: Eugene Ormandy (1899-1985), who was both energetic and graceful on the podium, was known for his infallible ear and prodigious memory. He became famous for his relationship with the Philadelphia Orchestra, which he served as Musical Director from 1936 until 1980. Under his direction, the orchestra developed its legendary warm, textured, romantic “Philadelphia” or “Ormandy” Sound. Claude Debussy (1862–1918) and Gustav Holst (1874–1934) belonged to a generation of composers that influenced the musical output of the early champions of modernism. Debussy began working on La Mer in September 1903 and the work received its first performance in Paris in 1905. Bound up with the art of the three painters whom Debussy admired above all others - Turner, Monet and Hokusai - it best represents Debussy’s working method: whereas a painting can reproduce the effects of light only statically, music can combine a variety of effects and convey an even more lively impression of their fleeting nature. Gustav Holst wrote his symphony The Planets between 1914 and 1917. It consists of seven movements each representative of a planet and based on thoughts and ideas associated with the respective Roman deity associated with that planet. The live recordings that are reissued here provide impressive evidence of the extent to which the then seventy-eight-year-old Ormandy, who conducted with unassuming gestures and eagle-eyed alertness, and the orchestra, which was brilliant in every section with opulent sonorities, could rely on one another. Together they embody American orchestral culture at its best.
gustav holst: the planets
- Mars, the bringer of war
- Venus, the bringer of peace
- Mercury, the winged messenger
- Jupiter, the bringer of jollity
- Saturn, the bringer of old age
- Uranus, the magician
- Neptune, the mystic
The Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia
Chorus Master: Mary Zatzman
The Philadelphia Orchestra
claude debussy: la mer
- De l'aube à midi sur la mer. Très lent
- Jeux de vagues. Allegro
- Dialogue du vent et de la mer. Animé et tumultueux
The Philadelphia Orchestra
EUGENE ORMANDY
Recorded at the Academy of Music, Philadelphia,
24-26 June 1977
Directed by Kirk Browning
- Director : Eugene Ormandy
- Media Format : Multiple Formats, Color, NTSC, Widescreen, Classical
- Run time : 1 hour and 21 minutes
- Release date : January 1, 2009
- Actors : The Philadelphia Orchestra
- Studio : EuroArts
- ASIN : B0012L2KC2
- Writers : Holst, Debussy
- Number of discs : 1
| Format | Multiple Formats, Color, NTSC, Widescreen, Classical |
| Contributor | Eugene Ormandy, Debussy, Holst, The Philadelphia Orchestra |
| Language | English |
| Number Of Discs | 1 |
| Runtime | 1 hour and 21 minutes |
