Relaxing, beloved classics by Debussy, Satie, Ravel, Faurè, Tchaikovsky, Sibelius and more, beautifully played by one of America’s great orchestras. A balm for jangled nerves, and excellent music for unwinding and dining! The pace of the human heartbeat so appealed to the composers on this program that they harnessed their music to it. Yet they produced orchestral statements of such variety that a listener might not immediately discern their similar pace, which is described by the musical term "andante," or walking tempo. A departure, then, for RR and "Prof." Johnson, whose spacious and transparent sonic textures play large dividends in string-based orchestral music of such clarity and refinement.
A program of quiet meditative classics for those seeking an "island of sanity" in today's overbusy world.
Musicians:
Minnesota Orchestra
Eiji Oue, conductor
Selections:
Satie, arr. Debussy
1. Gymnopedie No. 1
Debussy
2. Reverie
Faure
3. Pavane
Grieg
4. Solveig's Song (Peer Gynt)
Massenet
5. The Last Sleep of the Virgin
Wolf-Ferrari
6. Intermezzo (The Jewels of the Madonna)
Debussy
7. Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
Gounod
8. Le Sommeil de Juliette (Romeo et Juliette)
Ravel
9. Pavane for a Dead Princess
Tchaikovsky
10. Andante Cantabile
Sibelius
11. The Swan of Tuonela
Satie, arr. Debussy
12. Gymnopedie No. 3
Total playing time, 69:16
A program of quiet meditative classics for those seeking an "island of sanity" in today's overbusy world.
Musicians:
Minnesota Orchestra
Eiji Oue, conductor
Selections:
Satie, arr. Debussy
1. Gymnopedie No. 1
Debussy
2. Reverie
Faure
3. Pavane
Grieg
4. Solveig's Song (Peer Gynt)
Massenet
5. The Last Sleep of the Virgin
Wolf-Ferrari
6. Intermezzo (The Jewels of the Madonna)
Debussy
7. Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
Gounod
8. Le Sommeil de Juliette (Romeo et Juliette)
Ravel
9. Pavane for a Dead Princess
Tchaikovsky
10. Andante Cantabile
Sibelius
11. The Swan of Tuonela
Satie, arr. Debussy
12. Gymnopedie No. 3
Total playing time, 69:16