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Albéric Magnard Orchestral Works
8.574084 (Naxos, CD)
DDD
NEW RELEASE (24 April 2020)
Playing time: 65'30"
Tracks: 9
Booklet pages: 8
© 2020 Naxos Rights (Europe) Ltd
Main country of recording: DE
Country of manufacture: DE
Reviewer: Geoff Pearce
Review of Albéric Magnard Orchestral Works published on 8 June 2020
Listen: Albéric Magnard: Hymne à Vénus (track 4, 0:01-0:54)
Philharmonisches Orchester Freiburg
Fabrice Bollon, conductor
Albéric Magnard (1865-1914):
1 Ouverture, Op 10 (1895)
2 Chant funèbre, Op 9 (1895)
3 Hymne à la justice, Op 14 (1902)
4 Hymne à Vénus, Op 17 (1904)
Suite d'orchestre dans le style ancien, Op 2 (1888, edited 1892 by Philippe Marquet)
5 Française: Allegro giocoso
6 Sarabande: Mesto
7 Gavotte: Allegro
8 Menuet: Tranquillo
9 Gigue: Energico
Recorded on 18 June 2018 (track 1), 18-19 June 2018 (track 2), 7 July 2018 (track 3), 2-3 October 2017 (track 4) at Rolf Böhme Saal, Konzerthaus, Freiburg, Germany, and on 8 March 2019 at the SWR Studio, Baden-Baden, Germany (tracks 5-9).