Beethoven: Overtures & Incidental Music / Skrowaczewski, Minnesota Orchestra
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Much has been written about Beethovenās only opera, Fidelio, formerly Leonore. Beethoven worked on it on and off for almost a decade. During that time the four different overtures included on this recording were composed. They are substantially different, not only in length but also in themes, while the Fidelio overture is composed in a different key and uses no material from the opera itself. The Ruins of Athens is a set of incidental music pieces composed for the opening of the Deutsches Theater in todayās Budapest. Even though only the Turkish March is often heard today, many listeners may be familiar rather with Lisztās fantasia for piano and orchestra on themes of this score.
Stanislaw Skrowaczewski began to play the piano and the violin at the age of four, composed his first symphonic work at seven, gave his first public piano recital when he was eleven and went on to become one of the best known conductors in the world. He conducted several Polish orchestras before emigrating to the US where he was chief conductor of many leading orchestras. On the present recording he leads the GRAMMY Award-winning Minnesota Orchestra. The recordings of American orchestras produced for VOX by the legendary Elite Recordings team of Marc Aubort and Joanna Nickrenz are considered by audiophiles to be among the very finest sounding orchestral recordings ever made.
Past praise of the recordings included on this remastered CD release:
āThe sound is by and large excellent, the beautiful clarity and simplicity of the sonics show modern American analog recordings at its best, just as the performances show the non-slick, musical/expressive side of music making in this country at its lively best.
-- Stereo Review, (11/1981)
Itās not all that uncommon to collect all of Beethovenās dramatic incidental music and overtures in one set, but itās quite possible that itās never been done as well as this before.
-- Buffalo Evening News, (06/1981)
The overall sonic qualities of this venture are extraordinary.
-- Los Angeles Times, )04/1981)
The recorded sound is amazing. The performances are nothing short of a revelation. This record shows that the Minnesota Orchestra is one of the finest on the continent.
-- FM Guide Toronto, (04/1981)
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Beethoven: Overtures & Incidental Music / Skrowaczewski, Minnesota Orchestra
Beethoven: Overtures & Incidental Music / Skrowaczewski, Minnesota Orchestra
ļ»æLearn more about this recording on the Naxos Classical Spotlight podcast!
Much has been written about Beethovenās only opera, Fidelio, formerly Leonore. Beethoven worked on it on and off for almost a decade. During that time the four different overtures included on this recording were composed. They are substantially different, not only in length but also in themes, while the Fidelio overture is composed in a different key and uses no material from the opera itself. The Ruins of Athens is a set of incidental music pieces composed for the opening of the Deutsches Theater in todayās Budapest. Even though only the Turkish March is often heard today, many listeners may be familiar rather with Lisztās fantasia for piano and orchestra on themes of this score.
Stanislaw Skrowaczewski began to play the piano and the violin at the age of four, composed his first symphonic work at seven, gave his first public piano recital when he was eleven and went on to become one of the best known conductors in the world. He conducted several Polish orchestras before emigrating to the US where he was chief conductor of many leading orchestras. On the present recording he leads the GRAMMY Award-winning Minnesota Orchestra. The recordings of American orchestras produced for VOX by the legendary Elite Recordings team of Marc Aubort and Joanna Nickrenz are considered by audiophiles to be among the very finest sounding orchestral recordings ever made.
Past praise of the recordings included on this remastered CD release:
āThe sound is by and large excellent, the beautiful clarity and simplicity of the sonics show modern American analog recordings at its best, just as the performances show the non-slick, musical/expressive side of music making in this country at its lively best.
-- Stereo Review, (11/1981)
Itās not all that uncommon to collect all of Beethovenās dramatic incidental music and overtures in one set, but itās quite possible that itās never been done as well as this before.
-- Buffalo Evening News, (06/1981)
The overall sonic qualities of this venture are extraordinary.
-- Los Angeles Times, )04/1981)
The recorded sound is amazing. The performances are nothing short of a revelation. This record shows that the Minnesota Orchestra is one of the finest on the continent.
-- FM Guide Toronto, (04/1981)
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ļ»æLearn more about this recording on the Naxos Classical Spotlight podcast!
Much has been written about Beethovenās only opera, Fidelio, formerly Leonore. Beethoven worked on it on and off for almost a decade. During that time the four different overtures included on this recording were composed. They are substantially different, not only in length but also in themes, while the Fidelio overture is composed in a different key and uses no material from the opera itself. The Ruins of Athens is a set of incidental music pieces composed for the opening of the Deutsches Theater in todayās Budapest. Even though only the Turkish March is often heard today, many listeners may be familiar rather with Lisztās fantasia for piano and orchestra on themes of this score.
Stanislaw Skrowaczewski began to play the piano and the violin at the age of four, composed his first symphonic work at seven, gave his first public piano recital when he was eleven and went on to become one of the best known conductors in the world. He conducted several Polish orchestras before emigrating to the US where he was chief conductor of many leading orchestras. On the present recording he leads the GRAMMY Award-winning Minnesota Orchestra. The recordings of American orchestras produced for VOX by the legendary Elite Recordings team of Marc Aubort and Joanna Nickrenz are considered by audiophiles to be among the very finest sounding orchestral recordings ever made.
Past praise of the recordings included on this remastered CD release:
āThe sound is by and large excellent, the beautiful clarity and simplicity of the sonics show modern American analog recordings at its best, just as the performances show the non-slick, musical/expressive side of music making in this country at its lively best.
-- Stereo Review, (11/1981)
Itās not all that uncommon to collect all of Beethovenās dramatic incidental music and overtures in one set, but itās quite possible that itās never been done as well as this before.
-- Buffalo Evening News, (06/1981)
The overall sonic qualities of this venture are extraordinary.
-- Los Angeles Times, )04/1981)
The recorded sound is amazing. The performances are nothing short of a revelation. This record shows that the Minnesota Orchestra is one of the finest on the continent.
-- FM Guide Toronto, (04/1981)
