For its very first album on Chandos, the National Youth
Orchestra of Great Britain devotes its characteristic
energy and musical mastery to an explosive
programme that transcends daily life and earthly
experience. It is helped by the enthusiastic,
encouraging, and experienced baton of Edward
Gardner as well as by the sumptuous yet detailed
acoustic of Symphony Hall, Birmingham, all fully
revealed in this surround-sound recording.
Their performance of Strauss's Also sprach Zarathustra
and Holst's The Planets is already a point of reference
in the UK after the immensely successful Prom concert
that preceded the recording. The concert's five-star
review in The Daily Telegraph praised in particular the
orchestra's 'great attack and complete absence of
anything routine', while The Guardian emphasised the
great performance of the orchestra in this 'graceful and
evocative programme', especially the 'depth and
richness of sound that belied their youth'.
This unique album is a first milestone in what promises
to be a superb discography for the NYO.
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For its very first album on Chandos, the National Youth
Orchestra of Great Britain devotes its characteristic
energy and musical mastery to an explosive
programme that transcends daily life and earthly
experience. It is helped by the enthusiastic,
encouraging, and experienced baton of Edward
Gardner as well as by the sumptuous yet detailed
acoustic of Symphony Hall, Birmingham, all fully
revealed in this surround-sound recording.
Their performance of Strauss's Also sprach Zarathustra
and Holst's The Planets is already a point of reference
in the UK after the immensely successful Prom concert
that preceded the recording. The concert's five-star
review in The Daily Telegraph praised in particular the
orchestra's 'great attack and complete absence of
anything routine', while The Guardian emphasised the
great performance of the orchestra in this 'graceful and
evocative programme', especially the 'depth and
richness of sound that belied their youth'.
This unique album is a first milestone in what promises
to be a superb discography for the NYO.
SIDE ONE
RICHARD STRAUSS
Also sprach Zarathustra, Op.30 TrV 176 (1895-96) 31:35
1. Sehr breit - Immer breiter - 1:59
2. 'Von den Hinterweltlern'. Weniger breit - MaBig langsam, mit Andacht - Sehr breit - 3:27
3. 'Von der groBen Sehnsucht'. Bewegter - Früheres ZeitmaB (maBig langsam) - 1:54
4. 'Von den Freuden - und Leidenschaften'. Bewegt - Noch bewegter, sehr leidenschaftlich - Etwas breiter werden - 1:51
5. 'Das Grablied'. Etwas ruhiger - Immer ruhiger - 2:05
6. 'Von der Wissenschaft'. Sehr langsam - Schnell - Etwas labhafter - Sehr langsam - Etwas weniger langsam - Doppelt so schnell - 4:10
7. 'Der Genesende'. Energisch - Allmahlich etwas bewegter - Immer bewegter - Immer schneller - 4:52
8. 'Das Tanzlied'. [ ] - Zart bewegt - Mit labhaftem Schwung - Leicht und elastisch - Sehr bewegt - 7:13
9. 'Das Nachtwandlerlied'. [ ] - Langsam - Immer ruhiger - Immer langsamer - Noch langsamer 4:01
GUSTAV HOLST
The Planets, Op.32, H 125 (1914-17) * 48:01
10. I Mars, the Bringer of War. Allegro 7:10
SIDE TWO
1. II Venus, the Bringer of Peace. Adagio - Andante - Animato - Meno mosso - Largo - Animato - Largo - 7:40
2. III Mercury, the Winged Messenger. Vivace3:42
3. IV Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity. Allegro giocoso - Piu mosso - Tempo I - Andante maestoso - Tempo I - 7:27
4. V Saturn, the Bringer of Old Age. Adagio - Poco animato - Tempo I - Animato - [A tempo I] - 8:30
5. VI Uranus, the Magician. Allegro - Lento - Allegro - Largo 5:18
6. VII Nepture. the Mystic. Andante - Allegretto 7:46 |
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