Composer: Edward William Elgar, Charles Koechlin, Darius Milhaud, Duncan Ward
Orchestra: Philharmonie Zuidnederland
Conductor: Duncan Ward
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Fuga Libera
Catalogue: FUG803
Release: 2022
Size: 1.4 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Milhaud: La Création du monde
01. I. Ouverture
02. II. Le chaos avant la Création
03. III. La naissance de la flore et de la faune
04. IV. La naissance de l’homme et de la femme
05. V. Le désir
06. VI. Le printemps ou l’apaisement
07. Koechlin: Vers la voûte étoilée
08. Ward: Fumes
Elgar: Variations On An Original Theme “Enigma”, Op. 36
09. I. Enigma. Andante
10. II. Variation I, “C.A.E.”. L’istesso tempo
11. III. Variation II, “H.D.S.-P.”. Allegro
12. IV. Variation III, “R.B.T.”. Allegretto
13. V. Variation IV, “W.M.B.”. Allegro di molto
14. VI. Variation V, “R.P.A.”. Moderato
15. VII. Variation VI, “Ysobel”. Andantino
16. VIII. Variation VII, “Troyte”. Presto
17. IX. Variation VIII, “W.N.”. Allegretto
18. X. Variation IX, “Nimrod”. Moderato
19. XI. Variation X, Intermezzo “Dorabella”. Allegretto
20. XII. Variation XI, “G.R.S.”. Allegro di molto
21. XIII. Variation XII, “B.G.N.”. Andante
22. XIV. Variation XIII, ” *** – Romanza”. Moderato
23. XV. Variation XIV, Finale “E.D.U.”. Allegro presto
This fourth album by philharmonie zuidnederland includes works by Darius Milhaud, Charles Koechlin, Duncan Ward and Edward Elgar. Duncan Ward takes you on a symphonic journey with Darius Milhaud’s La Création du monde for small orchestra, after which we fly to the stars in Charles Koechlin’s mysterious Vers la voûte étoilée — Koechlin had first intended to become an astronomer. We then travel further afield with Ward’s own Fumes ; Ward had studied in India with sitar legend Ravi Shankar before joining him in California. The album ends with Elgar’s Enigma Variations. Elgar portrayed fourteen of his closest friends in this enigmatic, humorous and moving work.