Janacek: Sinfonietta/Violin Concerto/Cunning Little Vixen

Product Description:
Janácek first achieved worldwide fame with his Sinfonietta of 1926, written when he was already 72 years old. Its brilliant, tuneful originality has enabled it to become the chief work of this long under-appreciated genius to take its place in the standard repertory. This recording also presents two other orchestral masterpieces: the Violin Concerto, subtitled "Pilgrimage of the Soul," which was originally written in 1926 and reconstructed in 1988; and the orchestral suite from his fanciful children’s opera The Cunning Little Vixen. The eminent Czech conductor Václav Neumann is joined here in the concerto by the brilliant violinist Christiane Edinger, who today performs with all the leading orchestras.

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Average customer rating: At budget price, the so-called Violini Concerto is worth hearing

Janacek: Sinfonietta/Violin Concerto/Cunning Little Vixen Edinger , Neumann , and SWR Symphony Orchestra Manufacturer: Arte Nova Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Janácek, Leos | ( J ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Sinfonia | Symphonies | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Violin | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music 4-for-3 Classical | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Henri Dutilleux: Orchestral Works, Vol. 3 Dutilleux: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2 Dutilleux: Orchestral Works I Robert Schumann: Symphonies Nos. 1-4 Beethoven: Piano Concertos 3 & 4 ASIN: B000AMPZP8 Release Date: 2005-09-13

Tracks:

1. I. Allegretto. Allegro. Maestoso
2. II. Andante. Allegretto
3. III. Moderato. Prestissimo. Moderato
4. IV. Allegretto. Presto
5. V. Andante Con Moto. Allegretto. Allegro. Maestoso
6. Violin Concerto
7. I. Andante. Allegro. Presto. Andante
8. II. Andante. Moderato. Allegro

Album Description

Janácek first achieved worldwide fame with his Sinfonietta of 1926, written when he was already 72 years old. Its brilliant, tuneful originality has enabled it to become the chief work of this long under-appreciated genius to take its place in the standard repertory. This recording also presents two other orchestral masterpieces: the Violin Concerto, subtitled "Pilgrimage of the Soul," which was originally written in 1926 and reconstructed in 1988; and the orchestral suite from his fanciful children's opera The Cunning Little Vixen. The eminent Czech conductor Václav Neumann is joined here in the concerto by the brilliant violinist Christiane Edinger, who today performs with all the leading orchestras.

Customer Reviews:

At budget price, the so-called Violini Concerto is worth hearing.......2006-01-11

Janacek didn't write a violiin concerto, and it's not clear he actually began one. In 1988 a reconstruction was made from sketches of a work that later got absorbed into his 1926 opera "From the House of the Dead." But this is by no means a bastardized work. It's a fascinating 13 min. snippet of late Janacek, which is always worth hering. The work is so quirky as to be indescribable--there is a seonse of constant improvisation on themes that meld and merge, while the orchestra does strange things along the lines of the nature sounds in The Cunning LIttle Vixen. This 1990 performance by Christiane Edinger is lovely and very well recorded.

Vaclav Neumann and his Baden-Baden orchestra play on eveyr piece here. They are fine in the background of the concerto, but the brass aren't up to the famous Sinfonietta, unless you think that Janacek wanted them to bray loud and out of tune (admittedly, it's a fearsome work for the brass section.) This not very generous CD (56 min.) ends with the always welcome Suite from "The Cunning LIttle Vixen" in a mild, sweet performance. But the main reason to sample this bargain disc is for the concerto.

Average customer rating: A good bargain intro to the Sinfonietta

Janacek: Sinfonietta Op60; Cunning Little Vixen Manufacturer: Arte Nova Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Janácek, Leos | ( J ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Sinfonia | Symphonies | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Violin | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music CDs Under $7 | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music ASIN: B000005I7G Release Date: 1998-01-01

Tracks:

1. 'Military Sinfonietta' Sinfonietta Op. 60: Allegretto/Allegro/Maestoso
2. 'Military Sinfonietta' Sinfonietta Op. 60: Andante/Allegretto
3. 'Military Sinfonietta' Sinfonietta Op. 60: Moderato/Prestissimo/Moderato
4. 'Military Sinfonietta' Sinfonietta Op. 60: Allegretto/Presto
5. 'Military Sinfonietta' Sinfonietta Op. 60: Andante Con Moto/Allegretto/Allegro/Maestoso
6. Vn Con: 'Pilgrimage Of The Soul'
7. 'The Cunning Little Vixen' Ste: Andante/Allegro/Presto/Andante
8. 'The Cunning Little Vixen' Ste: Andante/Moderato/Allegro

Customer Reviews:

A good bargain intro to the Sinfonietta.......1999-03-31

I dearly love the Sinfonietta, and I think that no one's music library is complete without a recording. Mackerras is absolutely tops, but you could do a lot worse than with Neumann on Arte Nova (certainly if you listen to a lot of critics and go for the Naxos version, you will do plenty worse). The SWF is not the Vienna Phil, but they do boast strings that have a glowing tone (although intonation is sometimes suspect in the violins, although surprisingly not in the violas!), and good woodwind soloists. The trumpets (all 12) behave themselves for the most part, although there are some fluffs in I, but not too serious. Again, V sums up the piece for me. Neumann takes his time (or so it seems). He lays out the piece for you so that you can read it like a good book. He pays attention to much detail, and the SWF gives it to him. He expertly balances the various choirs (no mean feat in Janacek; this is where Lenard fails miserably on Naxos), and he has good flow (although not to Mackerras' exaulted extent). Engineering is fine, again superior to Naxos velvet-curtain treatment to 2/3rds of the orchestra. Heartily recommended for bargain hunters, but I would suggest that saving your pennies for Mackerras might even be wiser if you want only one copy in your collection.

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