Composer: Ferruccio Busoni, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Ferencz Liszt, Franz Schreker, Richard Strauss
Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Conductor: Kazuki Yamada
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Pentatone
Catalogue: PTC5186518
Release: 2014
Size: 1.06 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Strauss: Salome
01. Dance of the Seven Veils
02. Liszt: Mephisto Waltz No. 1
03. Korngold: Straussiana
04. Busoni: Tanzwalzer, Op. 53
Schreker: Ein Tanzspiel
05. I. Sarabande
06. II. Menuett
07. III. Madrigal
08. IV. Gavotte
Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier
09. Waltz Sequence No. 1
The second CD in Pentatone’s dance music series lets you savour the vibrant, famous compositions from the German speaking countries. Connected by the power of music, inspired by fin de siècle, this CD glorifies the influential ballet/theatre/opera music from the interwar period.
There are vigorous performances of famous works and the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande is in top form. All of the music is familiar, yet there is always room for conductor Kazuki Yamada and the orchestra to approach it with verve, inviting listeners to remember what they enjoyed so much about it in the first place.