Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg – 150th Anniversary (1855–2005)
Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg
Alain Lombard, conductor
Theodor Guschlbauer, conductor
Jan Latham-Koenig, conductor
5th June 2006
AV2067
£7.99
Summary:
The Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg celebrated its 150th Anniversary in 2005 with an album featuring three of their past prominent music directors: Alain Lombard conducts Bizet’s Symphony in C, Theodor Guschlbauer conducts d’Indy’s Souvenirs, and Jan Latham-Koenig, who made two other acclaimed recordings with the OPS for Avie – Franck’s Symphony in D and Four Orchestral Extracts from Psyché (AV0003) and Ibert’s Persée et Andromede (AV0008) – conducts a sweeping version of Strauss’s Don Juan.
Please note the booklet notes accompanying this CD are in French only.
Tracklist:
GEORGES BIZET (1838–1875)
Symphony in C* (1855) (29:20)
1. Allegro vivo (7:08)
2. Adagio (9:12)
3. Scherzo: allegro vivace (4:21)
4. Allegro vivace (8:37)
Alain Lombard, conductor
VINCENT D’INDY (1851–1931)
5. Souvenirs, Op. 62** (1906) (19:55)
Theodor Guschlbauer, conductor
RICHARD STRAUSS (1864–1949)
6. Don Juan, Op. 20*** (1888) (17:55)
Jan Latham-Koenig, conductor
Total Duration: 67:28
Recorded 1976 (Bizet), 1992 (d’Indy) and 2001 (Strauss), in the Palais de la musique et des congrès, Strasbourg
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