Orchestra: Australian Chamber Orchestra
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: ABC Classics
Catalogue: ABC4814571
Release: 2016
Size: 1.35 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
01. Sculthorpe: Irkanda IV
02. Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending
Piazzólla: Concerto for Bandoneon & Orchestra ‘Aconcagua’
03. 1. Allegro marcato
04. Kats-Chernin: Torque
Bach: Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, BWV1043
05. 1. Vivace
06. 2. Largo ma non tanto
07. 3. Allegro
Tchaikovsky: Souvenir de Florence, Op. 70
08. 4. Allegro con brio e vivace
09. Tawadros: Rose
10. Wagner: Siegfried Idyll
Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68
11. 4. Adagio – Piu andante – Allegro non troppo, ma con brio – Piu allegro
Mozart: Symphony No. 41 in C major, K551 ‘Jupiter’
12. 1. Allegro vivace
13. 2. Andante cantabile
14. 3. Menuetto (Allegretto)
15. 4. Molto allegro
The Australian Chamber Orchestra is a national treasure, and a world-beating musical force. This album celebrates the ACO’s history of superlative and ambitious music-making, presenting the recordings that have thrilled music-lovers for decades.
The album opens with Irkana IV by Peter Sculthorpe, recorded in 1996 and drawn from one of the most highly award-winning recordings in Australian classical history. Two other Australian composers with whom the ACO has a close history – Elena Kats-Chernin and Joseph Tawadros – are also represented.
The album showcases the stunning breadth of the Orchestra’s music-making by delving back into the Baroque (Bach’s beloved double violin concerto), the Classical (Mozart’s ‘Jupiter’ symphony), and into the Romantic era (Brahms, Wagner and Tchaikovsky). Each work is introduced in the booklet by the ACO’s Artistic Director Richard Tognetti.