Constantin Silvestri, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra - Debussy, Ravel & Falla (Live) (2025)

Tracklist

01. Images pour orchestre, CD 118: No. 2, Ibéria: I. Par les rues et par les chemins (Live at Winter Gardens, Bournemouth)
02. Images pour orchestre, CD 118: No. 2, Ibéria: II. Les Parfums de la nuit (Live at Winter Gardens, Bournemouth)
03. Images pour orchestre, CD 118: No. 2, Ibéria: III. Le Matin d’un jour de fête (Live at Winter Gardens, Bournemouth)
04. Pavane pour une infante défunte, M. 19 (Live at Winter Gardens, Bournemouth)
05. Nights in the Gardens of Spain: I. En el Generalife (Live at Winter Gardens, Bournemouth)
06. Nights in the Gardens of Spain: II. Danza lejana (Live at Winter Gardens, Bournemouth)
07. Nights in the Gardens of Spain: III. En los jardines de la Sierra de Córdoba (Live at Winter Gardens, Bournemouth)
08. The Three-Cornered Hat, Suite No. 1: I. Introduction (Live at Colston Hall, Bristol)
09. The Three-Cornered Hat, Suite No. 1: II. La tarde (Live at Colston Hall, Bristol)
10. The Three-Cornered Hat, Suite No. 1: III. Danza de la molinera. Fandango (Live at Colston Hall, Bristol)
11. The Three-Cornered Hat, Suite No. 1: IVa. El Corregidor - (Live at Colston Hall, Bristol)
12. The Three-Cornered Hat, Suite No. 1: IVb. La molinera (Live at Colston Hall, Bristol)
13. The Three-Cornered Hat, Suite No. 1: V. Las uvas (Live at Colston Hall, Bristol)
14. The Three-Cornered Hat, Suite No. 2: I. Danza de los vecinos. Sequidillas (Live at Colston Hall, Bristol)
15. The Three-Cornered Hat, Suite No. 2: II. Danza del molinero. Farruca (Live at Colston Hall, Bristol)
16. The Three-Cornered Hat, Suite No. 2: III. Danza final. Jota (Live at Colston Hall, Bristol)



The Romanian conductor Constantin Silvestri (1913-1969) began his distinguished career in 1930 with the Bucharest Radio Symphony Orchestra, leading to the directorship of the Bucharest Philharmonic Orchestra in 1945. In 1956, Silvestri moved to Paris, and a year later he made his UK debut with the London Philharmonic. This led to a major contract with EMI, under which he conducted the Philharmonia, the Paris Conservatoire, and the Vienna Philharmonic orchestras in a wide selection of repertoire including Bartók, Debussy, Dvořák, Elgar, Franck, Hindemith, Liszt, Ravel, Shostakovich, Stravinsky, and Tchaikovsky. These ‘Spanish’-themed recordings are rarities and belonged to Silvestri’s private collection, only discovered after his death. Silvestri’s live performances of Debussy’s Ibéria, Falla’s Nights in the Gardens of Spain (Noches en los jardines de España), and The Three Cornered Hat (Le tricorne) are new additions to his large discography, either commercial recordings or live broadcasts. The wide-ranging recording captures Silvestri’s hugely dynamic, colorful, and expressive conducting of these popular Spanish-influenced works.

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