Festive Sounds / Inkinen, German Radio Philharmonic

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Label
SWR
Release Date
August 11, 2023
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Victor Hely-Hutchinson, Engelbert Humperdinck, Mas Reger, Richard Strauss, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    • PERFORMER
      Deutsche Radio Philharmonie, Elsa Benoit, Sarah Romberger
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      August 11, 2023
    • UPC
      747313913183
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      SWR19131CD
    • LABEL
      SWR
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic
    Works ⌄

    1. Hänsel und Gretel: Overture

      Composer: Engelbert Humperdinck

      Ensemble: Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern

      Conductor: Pietari Inkinen

    2. 5 Lieder, Op. 41, TrV 195: No. 1. Wiegenlied (version for voice and orchestra)

      Composer: Richard Strauss

      Ensemble: Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern

      Performer: Elsa Benoit

      Conductor: Pietari Inkinen

    3. Dornröschen: Festklänge

      Composer: Engelbert Humperdinck

      Ensemble: Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern

      Conductor: Pietari Inkinen

    4. Serenade in E-Flat Major, Op. 7, TrV 106

      Composer: Richard Strauss

      Ensemble: Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern

      Conductor: Pietari Inkinen

    5. Hänsel und Gretel: Act II Scene 2: Abends, will ich schlafen gehn (Evening Prayers) - Scene 3: Dream Pantomine

      Composer: Engelbert Humperdinck

      Ensemble: Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern

      Performer: Elsa Benoit, Sarah Romberger

      Conductor: Pietari Inkinen

    6. The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a: II. Danses caractéristiques: March

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern

      Conductor: Pietari Inkinen

    7. Schlichte Weisen, Op. 76: No. 52. Mariä Wiegenlied (version for voice and orchestra)

      Composer: Max Reger

      Ensemble: Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern

      Performer: Sarah Romberger

      Conductor: Pietari Inkinen

    8. I. Prelude: Allegro energico

      Composer: Victor Hely-Hutchinson

      Ensemble: Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern

      Conductor: Pietari Inkinen

    9. II. Scherzo: Allegro molto moderato

      Composer: Victor Hely-Hutchinson

      Ensemble: Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern

      Conductor: Pietari Inkinen

    10. III. Andante quasi lento e cantabile

      Composer: Victor Hely-Hutchinson

      Ensemble: Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern

      Conductor: Pietari Inkinen

    11. IV. Allegro energico come prima

      Composer: Victor Hely-Hutchinson

      Ensemble: Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern

      Conductor: Pietari Inkinen


For many people Christmas time has come when the broadcasting stations start playing the specific music everybody knows and hears each year. However, not always music performed around Christmas has originally been composed for Christmas too. Especially our earliest and therefore most emotional memories are closely related to this festivity. The music we associate with these emotions does not necessarily have to be Christmassy, but should intensify and reflect those feelings. In December 2022 the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie under chief conductor Pietari Inkinen performed a festive concert in the main broadcasting studio of the Saarländischer Rundfunk in Saarbrücken. Entitled "Festklänge" (Festive Sounds), the concerto was a compilation of Christmas music and music associated with Christmas, featuring the soprano Sarah Romberger and the mezzo-soprano Elsa Benoit as soloists. It contains next to Hely Hutchinson's excerpts from Humperdinck's opera Hansel and Gretel as well from Tchaikovskys' The Nutcracker.