Orchestral Works Volume 2

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EUGENE GOOSSENS
Orchestral Works Volume 2
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis

[ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD ]

Release Date: Friday 1 March 2013

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This disc marks the beginning of the partnership between the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and its recently appointed Chief Conductor, Sir Andrew Davis, who already boasts an impressive discography on Chandos.

In the pieces performed here, we find Goossens emerging at the end of World War I as a brilliant and innovative orchestrator, a modernist with a technique derived from Debussy, Ravel, and early Stravinsky.

"listening to this disc is 74 minutes well-spent. Tam O'Shanter's four minutes whizz by in exhilarating fashion; Goossens knew just how much mileage could be extracted from his musical ideas and none of these pieces outstays its welcome. The Three Greek Dances are nicely evocative, and two suites of orchestrated piano pieces leave you wanting more." The Arts Desk, 6th April 2013

"It is almost redundant to praise the excellent sound quality of this CD. The same applies to the enthusiastic, but always sensitive and sympathetic playing by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and Sir Andrew Davis...This CD is a tremendously important addition to the catalogues." MusicWeb International, 18th April 2013

"Chandos's rich sound is up to the usual high standards and outshines Goossens's own 1922 recording of Tam O'Shanter" Gramophone Magazine, May 2013

"Virtuoso orchestration by a super-skilled composer...Classy performances." BBC Music Magazine, July 2013 ****

Tracks:

Four Conceits, Op. 20
Kaleidoscope, Op. 18
Tam O'Shanter 'Scherzo after Burns', Op. 17a
Variations on 'Cadet Rousselle'
Nature Poems, Op. 25
Premiere recording of orchestral version
Three Greek Dances, Op. 44
Premiere recording of orchestral version
Don Juan de Mañara: Intermezzo
Premiere recording of orchestral version
Concert Piece, Op. 65