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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Vincent d’Indy - Orchestral Works Volume 1
Iceland Symphony Orchestra, Rumon Gamba D’Indy was a contemporary of Debussy and Ravel, and a pupil of César Franck. Fauré described him as ‘The
Samson of Music’ for his multifarious and generous-minded work as a composer, conductor, educator and
propagandist who greatly strengthened French musical culture.
Today the music of d’Indy is sadly neglected, which is why Chandos and the Iceland Symphony Orchestra have
decided to embark upon a series devoted to his orchestral works with conductor Rumon Gamba. With a style
essentially eclectic and strongly influenced above all by Beethoven and Wagner, d’Indy particularly excelled in
orchestral composition. He drew particular inspiration from his native region in southern France, and formed a
body of post-romantic works richly orchestrated, often inflected with folk-like melodies and employing Franck’s
well-known ‘cyclic method’.
The series begins with a programme of in part rarely performed works, including the outstanding Jour d’été à la
montagne, Op. 61, a work of d’Indy’s full maturity, composed in 1905. This cyclic three-part evocation of a day in
the Ardèche mountains is full of impressionistic details and orchestral nature painting, partly influenced by
Debussy but essentially classical in tonal structures. It is complemented by the early La Forêt enchantée, Op. 8 and
largely contemporaneous Souvenirs, Op. 62, which d’Indy composed as a memorial to his late wife. “The orchestra, under its music director Rumon Gamba, has no problem warming to the Ardèche summer's day so evocatively conjured up in d'Indy's tone poem Jour d'été à la montagne of 1905. And with some exceptional playing it delves deep into the Wagnerian world of La Forêt enchantée and explores the changing moods of Souvenirs. It is all aided by a sumptuous recording.” The Telegraph, 19th May 2008 “The rich orchestration in all three works is superbly realised by the excellent Iceland Symphony Orchestra unde Rumon Gamba and the state-of-the-art Chandos recording; definitely a key record of d'Indy's orchestral output. ” Gramophone Magazine, June 2008 “Most record lovers will be drawn primarily by Jour d'été à la montagne. Rumon Gamba, eliciting controlled and delicate playing from the orchestra in the other two works, does so again here.” BBC Music Magazine, May 2008 **** | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Iceland Symphony Orchestra, Rumon Gamba ‘The music here is really quite wonderful and is played with palpable affection and devotion and is recordied with
clarity and dynamism…. This release confirms him as a rather special composer' International Record Review | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Iceland Symphony Orchestra, Bjarte Engeset | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Iceland Symphony Orchestra, Petri Sakari “This is an ideal coupling of Sibelius symphonies, played with a palpable feel for the idiom by the Iceland Symphony Orchestra. … there is an urgency to the playing, allied to a sense of the characteristic chill which gives the music such a fine edge.” The Daily Telegraph | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Iceland Symphony Orchestra, Petri Sakari | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Iceland Symphony Orchestra, Petri Sakari "This threshold to end-point selection of Sibelius's tone poems from the Icelanders under Petri Sakari can stand comparison with the very best. A primary recommendation for any collector lacking these marvelous works."
- Classical Sound and Vision, February 2003 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Gunnar Guðbjörnsson (tenor) & Bjarni Thor Kristinsson (bass-baritone) Schola Cantorum & Iceland Symphony Orchestra, Hermann Bäumer Edda I consists of thirteen movements, each of which describes part of the creation according to Nordic mythology. As the headings of the individual movements suggest – Sea, Earth, Heaven, Sun, etc. – Leifs’ main concern is the depiction of nature. He achieves this in music which carries the hallmarks of the Leifs style, such as a liberal use of parallel fifths and irregular metric patterns. “This performance, recorded in the wake of the work's long overdue complete premiere in 2006, sound thrilling, the BIS surround engineering catching the huge dynamic range, weight and delicacy of sound. Bäumer holds everything together with finesse and the orchestra play the atmospheric accompaniment marvellously. The main plaudits go, however, to the chorus who sing their extremely difficult parts with compelling conviction. Like it or loathe it, this is one of the recording events of the year.” Gramophone Magazine, February 2008 | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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Sharon Bezaly (flute), Hávarður Tryggvason and Valur Pálsson (double bass) Iceland Symphony Orchestra, Bernharður Wilkinson | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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Iceland Symphony Orchestra, Rumon Gamba | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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Iceland Symphony Orchestra, Petri Sakari "The performances under Petri Sakari are very good indeed, and the recording has a good perspective
and a wide dynamic range." Penguin Guide | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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