Cherubini Discoveries

Cherubini Discoveries

by Riccardo ChaillyRiccardo Chailly

Overview

The "Symphony in D major" of Luigi Cherubini hardly qualifies as a "discovery"; it may not be a standard repertory item, but it has been performed by Arturo Toscanini, among others, over the years. It's a stirring post-Classical symphony that gets its full due here from Riccardo Chailly, obviously having a great time conducting the Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala. The rest of the music, however, is not so common, and it is worth the listener's while. The "Overture in G major" is a close cousin to the symphony; it was written in the same year (1815), and even more than the symphony, it shows with its massive slow introduction why Beethoven, who disliked most other composers, admired Cherubini. The rest of the album is devoted to marches that, with one or two exceptions, have never been recorded. These are intriguing pieces of Gebrauchsmusik written, in most cases, for specific occasions or individuals. Several are funeral marches, not a genre Cherubini invented, but his examples have the gravity of Beethoven's. This is a release that belongs on the shelf or hard drive of any Beethoven admirer.

Product Details

Release Date: 03/20/2020
Label: Decca
UPC: 0028948315918
catalogNumber: 003181202

Tracks

  1. Overture for orchestra in G major  (10:36)

  2. Symphony in D major

    1. 1. Largo - Allegro  (12:57)
    2. 2. Larghetto cantabile  (09:45)
    3. 3. Minuetto. Allegro non tanto  (04:39)
    4. 4. Allegro assai  (04:45)
  3. Marche religieuse, for orchestra (from Mass No.9 "For the Coronation of Charles X")  (03:13)
  4. Marche religieuse pour le pompe funèbre du Général Hoche, for orchestra  (02:02)
  5. March for Baron de Braun, for band  (03:34)
  6. March for Prefect of Eure-et-Loire Chartres, for band  (02:15)
  7. March for Prefect's Return, for band  (02:18)
  8. March for winds  (03:25)
  9. March for winds  (01:43)
  10. March for the National Guard, for band  (01:11)
  11. Hymne et march funébre, for chorus & orchestra  (04:55)
  12. Funeral March, for orchestra in D minor  (06:58)

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