Composer: Jacques Ibert, Richard Strauss
Performer: Amihai Grosz, Jian Wang
Orchestra: Orchestre National de Lyon
Conductor: Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Channel
Catalogue: CCS45424
Release: 2024
Size: 2.14 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Strauss: Don Quixote, Fantastic Variations on a Theme of Knightly Character, Op. 3
01. I. Introduktion. Mässiges Zeitmass
02. II. Don Quixote, Der Ritter von der Traurigen Gestalt
03. III. Sancho Panza
04. IV. Variation 1. Gemächlich
05. V. Variation 2. Kriegerisch
06. VI. Variation 3. Mässiges Zeitmass
07. VII. Variation 4. Etwas Breiter
08. VIII. Variation 5. Sehr Langsam
09. IX. Variation 6. Schnell
10. X. Variation 7. Ein Wenig Ruhiger als Vorher
11. XI. Variation 8
12. XII. Variation 9. Schnell und Stürmisch
13. XIII. Variation 10. Viel Breiter
14. XIV. Finale. Sehr Ruhig
Ibert: Le Chevalier errant
15. I. Les moulins
16. II. Danse des galériens
17. III. L’âge d’or
18. IV. Les comédiens. Finale
The Orchestre National de Lyon and its new musical director Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider have embarked on a collaboration with Channel Classics, which will involve several recordings combining the great works of the repertoire with lesser-known pieces. Recognised as one of the pre-eminent violinists of our time, Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider has developed an international career as a conductor, now leading some of the world’s greatest orchestras. On this album, Strauss & Ibert, violist Amihai Grosz and cellist Jian Wang take on the musical roles of Sancho Panza and Don Quixote in Strauss’s virtuoso tone poem Don Quixote. The symphonic suite from Jaques Ibert’s Le chevalier errant also depicts moments from Cervantes’ Don Quixote, replete with scenes from the knight’s adventures including the famous battle in The Windmills, the Dance of the Galley Slaves and various dances including a flamenco.