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ANDANTE - CLASSICS FOR RELAXING AND DREAMING
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Andante: Classics for Relaxing and Dreaming
ANDANTE, the Italian word for repose, has created the peaceful and serene
moments in classical music, From the extensive Naxos catalogue of compact discs,
thirteen tracks have been selected to transport you to those precious moments
of tranquility…
The slow awakening of dawn has been so beautifully pictured in Edvard Grieg's
Morning. Norwegian by birth, young Edvard took his formal studies in
Leipzig. International recognition came with his Piano Concerto and the incidental
music to Ibsen's play, Peer Gynt. At first he thought that he only had
to supply background music, but soon found he was expected to provide a score
of substance. He later extracted two orchestral suites, and from the first,
he completed in 1888, comes this misty view of Morning.
Shortly after Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky had composed his first song at the
age of four, family wealth evaporated, and a frustrated musician became a reluctant
office clerk. From this insecure backdrop came the finest Russian composer of
the 19th century, producing six symphonies, concertos, and ballets. His dream,
however, was to be a great opera composer, though that largely eluded him, and
it was his short salon pieces that appeared in millions of albums of piano music
that made his name famous throughout the world. From a group of Six Songs,
composed in 1869, comes None but the Lonely Heart, here transcribed for
piano.
George Frederic Handel was born in Germany, but found such fame when he visited
London in 1710 that he decided to settle there, and became a naturalised English
citizen. He produced one success after another, and the appetite for his music
was overwhelming. Among the many works composed in 1739 was the Twelve Concerti
Grossi, the Siciliano from the eighth reminding us of his short period
in Italy before he arrived in London.
For years people believed Franz Schubert had died before he could complete
his Eighth Symphony, and it became known as the 'Unfinished'. In fact
he abandoned it after completing just two movements six years before his untimely
death. Maybe he would have returned to it in later life, or he may simply have
found the existing movements so perfect that he could not find a finale of suitable
stature. The long Andante was one of the sublime orchestral works of the romantic
era.
Fryderyk Chopin was only twelve when his playing had passed anything his teacher
could impart. He was then self-taught until he was old enough to enter the Warsaw
Conservatoire. As a composition student he was impatient and decided to earn
a living as a concert pianist. In 1830 he made his final appearance in Warsaw,
when he played the First Piano Concerto, the Larghetto central movement
in the form of an affectionate Romance.
Born in 1809, one year before Chopin, Felix Mendelssohn was one of the most
naturally gifted composers of the first half of the 19th century. A brilliant
pianist, a fine conductor, and a skilled administrator, he sometimes spread
his gifts too thinly. As a miniaturist he was superb, and throughout his life
composed a series of fifty-eight piano works called, Songs without words.
They combine charm with pure serenity, the Andante espressivo the second
of book one.
Mendelssohn had been viewed as the natural successor to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
who was writing music of value by the age of five. Wolfgang was to live just
thirty-five years, by which time he had composed a monumental amount of music,
including concertos for all the major instruments. That included the most frequently
performed concerto in the clarinet repertoire. Written for one of the great
clarinet exponents of the time, Anton Stadler, it was first performed by him
in 1791. Fifteen years earlier Mozart had returned to his native Salzburg, and
there wrote a Divertimento for the name day of his patron, Countess Lodron.
The quiet and nocturnal Adagio is in an amorous mood, and gained the work the
nickname, 'Lodron Night Music'.
Antonio Vivaldi was the most prolific Italian composer in the early part of
the 18th century. In recent times his music has entered the world of 'pop' classics
with his atmospheric The Four Seasons. In his later life to taught at
a school for orphaned and abandoned girls, and achieved such excellence that
musicians used to travel to Pietà to hear the orchestra and soloists.
His pupils must have contained many virtuoso soloists to perform Vivaldi's challenging
music. The school was a place where he could experiment musically, leading to
the 12 Concertos called L'estro armonico, a series of works calling for
one, two and three solo violins.
There is a frequently performed composer whose name is 'Traditional'. It covers
a mass of music where the composer was never known. Most are folk melodies passed
down from one generation to the next, the Song of the Volga Boatmen,
a haunting melody quoted by so many composers in their music. It has been arranged
for every conceivable instrument, and heard here as a violin and piano duet.
Johann Sebastian Bach was born in 1685, as part of a dynasty of musicians who
worked in Germany for over two hundred years. He was to become the most famous,
his massive output including the Four Orchestral Suites. They were written
in an elegant French style, the soothing Saraband coming from the Second
of these, and composed around 1737.
The year 1803 marked a new optimism in Ludwig van Beethoven's eventful life,
his hero, Napoleon, was about to change the world, and that spirit of heroism
was reflected in his music. His love of Napoleon was short lived, but that sense
of daring Napoleon generated is heard in the 'Waldstein' Sonata, written
for Count Ferdinand von Waldstein, one of the composer's generous benefactors.
It is a powerful work, a moment of repose reached the short Adagio.
If Anatol Liadov had not been so lazy, he could have become one of the great
composers of the 20th century, and we may never have had the world's greatest
ballets. It was Liadov who was asked by the famous impresario, Dyagilev, to
write the ballet, The Firebird. But with no sign of a score, Dyagilev,
gave the project to a young man called Stravinsky. Liadov's output was small,
but amongst it is probably the most delectable piece of orchestral music written
this century, The Enchanted Lake.
Disc 1
- Morning From Peer Gynt Suite - 03:42
- None but the Lonely Heart (tr. Peter Nagy) - 03:29
- Siciliano - 03:44
- Andante con moto - 11:05
- Romance: Larghetto - 09:22
- Andante Espressivo - 02:05
- Adagio - 07:47
- Largo - 02:28
- Song of the Volga Boatmen - 04:50
- Adagio - 07:34
- Sarabande - 03:17
- Molto Adagio - 04:03
- The Enchanted Lake - 07:57
Morning From Peer Gynt Suite (more info)
Performed by:
Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra
Composed by: Edvard Grieg
Conducted by: Stephen Gunzenhauser
Composed by: Edvard Grieg
Conducted by: Stephen Gunzenhauser
None But The Lonely Heart (more info)
Concerto Grosso (more info)
Performed by:
Capella Istropolitana
Composed by: George Frideric Handel
Conducted by: Jozef Kopelman
Composed by: George Frideric Handel
Conducted by: Jozef Kopelman
Symphony No. 8 (more info)
Performed by:
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
Composed by: Franz Schubert
Conducted by: Michael Halasz
Composed by: Franz Schubert
Conducted by: Michael Halasz
Piano Concerto No. 1 (more info)
Performed by:
Budapest Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Fryderyk Chopin
Conducted by: Gyula Nemeth
Istvan Szekely, piano
Composed by: Fryderyk Chopin
Conducted by: Gyula Nemeth
Istvan Szekely, piano
Andante Espressivo (more info)
Lodron Night Music (more info)
L'Estro armonico (more info)
Song Of The Volga Boatmen (more info)
Clarinet Concerto, A major, K.622 (more info)
Suite (more info)
Piano Sonata No. 21 (more info)
The Enchanted Lake (more info)
Performed by:
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
Composed by: Anatol Konstantinovich Liadov
Conducted by: Stephen Gunzenhauser
Composed by: Anatol Konstantinovich Liadov
Conducted by: Stephen Gunzenhauser
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Composer(s)/ Author(s):
Chopin, Fryderyk; Grieg, Edvard; Handel, George Frideric; Liadov, Anatol Konstantinovich; Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus; Schubert, Franz; Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich
Conductor(s):
Dvorak, Jaroslav; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Halasz, Michael; Kopelman, Jozef; Nemeth, Gyula
Orchestra(s):
Budapest Symphony Orchestra; Capella Istropolitana; Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra; Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra
Artist(s):
Luptacik, Jozef; Nagy, Peter; Nishizaki, Takako; Szekely, Istvan
Label: Naxos Night Music
UPC: 730099660624
Item Number: 8556606
Release Date: Jul 1, 2000
Chopin, Fryderyk; Grieg, Edvard; Handel, George Frideric; Liadov, Anatol Konstantinovich; Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus; Schubert, Franz; Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich
Conductor(s):
Dvorak, Jaroslav; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Halasz, Michael; Kopelman, Jozef; Nemeth, Gyula
Orchestra(s):
Budapest Symphony Orchestra; Capella Istropolitana; Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra; Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra
Artist(s):
Luptacik, Jozef; Nagy, Peter; Nishizaki, Takako; Szekely, Istvan
Label: Naxos Night Music
UPC: 730099660624
Item Number: 8556606
Release Date: Jul 1, 2000
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