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Die Moldau / Previn, Los Angeles Philharmonic


Release Date: 01/07/2009 
Label:  Philips   Catalog #: 416382   Spars Code: DDD 
Composer:  Mikhail Glinka,  Modest Mussorgsky,  Bedrich Smetana,  Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Conductor:  André Previn
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
Number of Discs: 1 
Recorded in: Stereo 
Length: 0 Hours 49 Mins. 

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Notes and Editorial Reviews

Recording-wise, André Previn's tenure as music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic (1985-89) was a largely successful one. The present disc is one of a handful of excellent recordings Previn made for Philips, which captured the orchestra in rich, vivid sound. The performances are impressive too, starting with a vigorous and exciting Ruslan and Ludmilla overture and a tempestuous Night on Bare Mountain. In The Moldau, Previn wonderfully captures the shifting moods and colors of the various locales depicted in the work. Only Romeo and Juliet disappoints as Previn's tepid reading downplays the music's passion.

There's nothing to disappoint in the Los Angeles Philharmonic's performance, however. The players do Read more themselves proud as they deliver the goods with sterling musicianship and discernible enthusiasm. You'll hear virtuoso playing from all sections--from the piccolo right down to the tuba. This quality alone makes the disc worth hearing, and you can do so again thanks to Arkivmusic.com's "on demand" service.

--Victor Carr Jr, ClassicsToday.com
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Works on This Recording

1.
Russlan and Ludmilla: Overture by Mikhail Glinka
Conductor:  André Previn
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1837-1842; Russia 
2.
Night on the Bare Mountain by Modest Mussorgsky
Conductor:  André Previn
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1866; Russia 
 Notes: Orchestrated: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1886) 
3.
Má vlast: no 2, Moldau, T 111 by Bedrich Smetana
Conductor:  André Previn
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1874; Czech Republic 
4.
Romeo and Juliet Overture by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Conductor:  André Previn
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1869/1880; Russia 

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