CD: La MerSi Tu Vas A ParisMa RivièrePapa Peint Dans Les BoisLa Poule ZazouAu Clair De La LuneEspoirLibertéImaginezChacun Son RêveOn Danse A ParisUn Air Qui Vient De Chez NousSeul Depuis ToujoursEn Ecoutant Mon Coeur ChanterMy Heart SingsSwing Troubadour
Tracklista:1. Overture2. Colonel Bogey March3. Shear's Escape4. Nicholson's Victory5. Sunset6. Working On the Bridge7. Trek to the Bridge8. Camp Concert Dance9. Finale10. River Kwai March11. I Give My Heart (To No One But You)12. Dance Music13. The River Kwai March/Colonel Bogey March14. Rhapsody for Orchestra, Op. 3815. Prelude16. Lola's Theme17. Fanfare and Elephants' Waltz18. Mike and Lola's Love Theme19. Juke Box20. Tino's Arrival in Paris21. Blue Danube22. Above the Ring23. Stars and Stripes Forever
Tracklista:1. I'll Be Home for Christmas2. Coming Around3. For Saviour's Sake4. Drivin' Home for Christmas5. Hard Candy Christmas6. Snow7. Blue Christmas8. Christmas in Oklahoma9. I Shall Be Released10. Christmas Eve in Amsterdam
Neeme Järvi brings us Vol. 3 in his survey of orchestral works by the Norwegian composer Johan Svendsen. This series has received great reviews for its idiomatic performances by the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra and the violinist Marianne Thorsen. Gramophone wrote of Vol. 2: ‘Järvi and his Norwegian forces are on scintillating form… to be treasured.’ Also on this disc are Two Icelandic Melodies, on tunes that were likely taken down by Svendsen on a journey to Iceland and the Faroe Islands in the summer of 1867, and the Violin Concerto (1870), which Svendsen himself saw as being new and original, several critics at the time agreeing with him. In this piece, the composer’s focus is on the contrast in timbre between soloist and orchestra, rather than the soloist’s virtuosic battle against it. His model for the work may well have been Berlioz’s Harold en Italie for orchestra and viola.