Esther Peristerakis - Film Music; Concertos (2023)

Artist: Esther Peristerakis, Marcel Sobol, WDR Funkhausorchester Köln, Felix Bender, Michael Seal
Title: Film Music; Concertos
Year Of Release: 2023
Label: CapriccioNR
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 83:18 min
Total Size: 369 MB
WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist:Title: Film Music; Concertos
Year Of Release: 2023
Label: CapriccioNR
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 83:18 min
Total Size: 369 MB
WebSite: Album Preview
01. Concerto per Archi: Preludo
01. Concerto per Arpa e Orchestra: Allegro moderato
01. Guerra e pace (Film Music Suite): Introduzione
01. Prova d'orchestra (Film Music): Risatine maliziose
02. Castel del Monte
02. Concerto per Archi: Scherzo
02. Concerto per Arpa e Orchestra: Andante
02. Guerra e pace (Film Music Suite): Momento musicale
02. Prova d'orchestra (Film Music): Valzerino Nr. 72
03. Concerto per Archi: Aria
03. Concerto per Arpa e Orchestra: Allegro
03. Guerra e pace (Film Music Suite): Valzer
03. Prova d'orchestra (Film Music): Galop
04. Concerto per Archi: Finale
04. Guerra e pace (Film Music Suite): Poloniase
05. Guerra e pace (Film Music Suite): La Rosa di Novgorod
06. Guerra e pace (Film Music Suite): Nr. 54
07. Guerra e pace (Film Music Suite): Andrea e Natascha
08. Guerra e pace (Film Music Suite): Nr. 66
09. Guerra e pace (Film Music Suite): Nr. 67
10. Guerra e pace (Film Music Suite): Ritorno a Mosca
11. Guerra e pace (Film Music Suite): Nr. 73
When Toscanini encouraged Nino Rota to study at the Curtis Institute, where guidance by Fritz Reiner and a friendship with Aaron Copland awaited the precocious composer, it was already clear that an outstanding career lay ahead of him, even if its exact course wasn't yet determined. It turned out to be one that straddled classical music and film music, the former informing the latter. This is especially evident when listening to the delightful waltz from Rota's score for the film War & Peace, or the darkly humorous snippets from that for the aptly titled Orchestra Rehearsal. And while Castel del Monte, essentially a horn concertino inspired by King Frederick II’s famous medieval castle in southern Italy, isn’t technically film music, it sounds very much like music for a fantasy film of Rota’s imagining.