New Russia State Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Walker - Waghalter: New World Suite (2015) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Mandragola, Op. 18: Overture
02. Mandragola, Op. 18: Intermezzo
03. New World Suite (Reconstructed by A. Walker): I. Intrada
04. New World Suite (Reconstructed by A. Walker): II. Intermezzo
05. New World Suite (Reconstructed by A. Walker): III. Hymn and Variations
06. New World Suite (Reconstructed by A. Walker): IV. Promenade
07. New World Suite (Reconstructed by A. Walker): V. Idyll and Hornpipe
08. New World Suite (Reconstructed by A. Walker): VI. Pastorale
09. New World Suite (Reconstructed by A. Walker): VII. City Dance
10. New World Suite (Reconstructed by A. Walker): VIII. Vaudeville
11. New World Suite (Reconstructed by A. Walker): IX. Berceuse
12. New World Suite (Reconstructed by A. Walker): X. Finale
13. Masaryk's Peace March (Reconstructed by A. Walker)

Ignatz Waghalter rose from an impoverished childhood in Poland to become conductor at the newly founded Deutsches Opernhaus in Berlin in 1912. Here, the first performance of his youthful comic opera Mandragola, attended by luminaries such as Richard Strauss, Busoni, and Humperdinck, won him huge acclaim: the Overture and Intermezzo reveal his orchestral mastery. With the rise of Nazism Waghalter left Europe for America where he strongly identified with the Afro-American cause, and began work on the New World Suite, ten short movements of rich melodic imagination that illustrate his constant desire to write approachable and lively music. Volume 1 in this series [8572809] was an ICMA (International Classical Music Awards) nominee.

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