Norwegian Suites / Romeo and Juliet / Zorahayda
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JOHAN SVENDSEN
Norwegian Suites / Romeo and Juliet / Zorahayda
South Jutland Symphony Orchestra / Bjarte Engeset
[ Naxos / CD ]
Release Date: Tuesday 1 September 2009
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Johan Svendsen remains pre-eminent among those 19th-century Norwegians who harnessed Romantic Nationalism to Classical musical forms.
Inspired by Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsodies (8554480 & 8554481) the four Norwegian Rhapsodies spin traditional melodies into expansive orchestral essays whose eloquence, ebullience and energy has ensured them wide appeal.
His Romeo and Juliet, completed prior to Tchaikovsky's fantasy-overture, and Zorahayda, based on Washington Irving's tale of a Moorish princess and a Christian knight, are dreamy musical evocations of two classic love stories.
Svendsen's two symphonies are also available on 8553898.
Tracks:
Romeo og Julia, Op. 18
Norsk Rapsodi No. 1, Op. 17
Norsk Rapsodi No. 2, Op. 19
Norsk Rapsodi No. 3, Op. 21
Norsk Rapsodi No. 4, Op. 22
Zorahayda, Op. 11
