Description
Tchaikovsky & Dvořák: Serenades for Strings - Naxos Classical Collection CD
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- UPC: 636943404829
- Product Type: Audio CD
- Brand Name: Naxos
- MPN: 8.554048
- Genre: Classical
- Style: Romantic / String Orchestra
- Composers: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893) & Antonín Dvořák (1841–1904)
- Conductors: Philippe Entremont / Jaroslav Krček
- Orchestras: Vienna Chamber Orchestra / Capella Istropolitana
- Release Year: 1997 (Recorded 1990)
Product Features
- Format: 1 Compact Disc (CD)
- Total Playing Time: 61'05"
- Recording Venues: Casino Baumgarten, Vienna (Tchaikovsky); Moyzes Hall, Bratislava (Dvořák)
- Audio Quality: DDD (Fully Digital Recording)
- Liner Notes: English, German, and French text included.
Overview
This Naxos release pairs two of the most beloved masterpieces in the string orchestra repertoire. Tchaikovsky's Serenade for Strings in C Major is a work of lush, Romantic intensity, which the composer himself noted was written from "inner impulse." It is paired with Dvořák's Serenade for Strings in E Major, a piece radiating Bohemian warmth and lyrical joy. With performances by the prestigious Vienna Chamber Orchestra and the Capella Istropolitana, this album captures the technical brilliance and emotional depth of the late 19th-century string tradition.
Interesting Facts
- A Mozartian Tribute: Tchaikovsky intended his Serenade as an homage to Mozart, though the result is unmistakably Russian in its sweeping melodies and folk-inspired finale.
- Rapid Composition: Dvořák composed his Serenade in just twelve days in May 1875, during a particularly happy and productive period in his life.
- The Cover Art: The beautiful landscape on the cover is a painting titled The Rainbow by the renowned Russian realist painter Arkhip Kuindzhi.
- Distinguished Conductor: Philippe Entremont, who conducts the Tchaikovsky piece, is world-renowned primarily as a concert pianist, bringing a soloist's sensitivity to his conducting.
Track Listing
Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings in C Major, Op. 48
- Pezzo in forma di Sonatina (9:33)
- Walzer (3:53)
- Elegie (9:09)
- Finale (Tema Russo) (7:49)
Dvořák: Serenade for Strings in E Major, Op. 22
- Moderato (4:15)
- Tempo di valse (7:15)
- Scherzo: Vivace (6:36)
- Larghetto (6:50)
- Finale: Allegro vivace (5:45)
Publishers
- Label: Naxos
- Copyright: ℗ 1991 HNH International Ltd. / © 1997 HNH International Ltd.
- Producers: Karol Kopernický and Hubert Geschwandtner
- Music Notes: Keith Anderson
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