Strauss Respighi Swr Sgro - Tone Poems Pini Di Roma (14 tracks) +Album Reviews

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Strauss, Respighi, Swr Sgro
Tone Poems / Pini Di Roma
Genre: Classical

Track Listings (6) - Disc #1
1. Don Juan Op. 20: Don Juan, Op. 20 (Tone-Poem After) - Sergiu Celibidache
2. Death and Transfiguration, Op. 24: Death and Transfiguration, Op. 24 (Tone-Poem For Large Orchestra); Largo - Allegro molto agitato - Etwas breiter - Tempo I. Sehr breit - Allegro molto agitato - Moderato - Sergiu Celibidache
3. The Pines Of Rome: The Pines Of The Villa Borghese. Allegretto vivace - Vivace - Sergiu Celibidache
4. The Pines Of Rome: Pines Near A Catacomb - Sergiu Celibidache
5. The Pines Of Rome: The Pines Of The Janiculum - Sergiu Celibidache
6. The Pines Of Rome: The Pines Of The Appian Way - Sergiu Celibidache
Track Listings (6) - Disc #2
1. A Hero's Life: The Hero - Richard Strauss
2. A Hero's Life: The Hero's Adversaries - Richard Strauss
3. A Hero's Life: The Hero's Companion - Richard Strauss
4. A Hero's Life: The Hero's Battlefield - Richard Strauss
5. A Hero's Life: The Hero's Works of Peace - Richard Strauss
6. A Hero's Life: The Hero's Retreat and Fulfilment - Richard Strauss
Track Listings (2) - Disc #3
1. Death Aand Transfiguration, Op. 2 (Rehearsal): Death And Transfiguration, Op. 24 (Rehearsal) - Sergiu Celibidache
2. The Pines of Rome (Rehearsals) - Sergiu Celibidache

CD Details

All Artists: Strauss, Respighi, Swr Sgro, Celibidache
Title: Tone Poems / Pini Di Roma
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Release Date: 7/18/2000
Album Type: Box set, Original recording remastered
Genre: Classical
Styles: Forms & Genres, Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music, Symphonies
Number of Discs: 3
SwapaCD Credits: 3
UPC: 028945319025

CD Reviews

Very Good

Record collector | Salzburg, Austria | 01/09/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"As usual, Celibidache does not disappoint. The playing is secure and the interpretation is `pre Munich Celi,' which means that the uncanny `insight' is not yet there. But still, better than most."

A great Tod und Verklärung

Markian Gooley | Hawthorne, FL USA | 06/18/2009

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I got this mostly for Tod und Verklärung: I like the Respighi pieces enough that I wouldn't shut them off if they came on the radio, but I don't often seek them out.

I'll stick with reviewing T&V, although I gave the rest of this set a listen and can't fault it.

The recording I'm most familiar with is an oldish Karajan/BPO one, also on DG, that lasts a leisurely 27 minutes. Karajan forces a slow pace but doesn't risk wallowing in sentimentality and schmaltz. I used to think the Karajan version the best, but this recording is arguably better. Celibidache goes nearer the edge, risks being sentimental, flirts with schmaltz. It's a riskier approach, but I'd say that he pulls it off: I find the performance more moving than the Karajan, yet not excessive."