George Enescu: Romanian Rhapsody No. 1; Suites 2 & 3

George Enescu: Romanian Rhapsody No. 1; Suites 2 & 3

George Enescu: Romanian Rhapsody No. 1; Suites 2 & 3
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Composer: George Enescu
Conductor: Cristian Mandeal
Orchestra: "George Enescu" Bucharest Philharmonic Orchestra
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2006-06-13
Music Label: Arte Nova Classics
Soundtracks:
  1. Romanian Rhapsody No. l In A Major, Op. ll
  2. Overture
  3. Sarabande
  4. Gigue
  5. Menuet Grave
  6. Air
  7. Bourree'
  8. Renouveau Champetre
  9. Gamins En Plein Air
  10. La Vielle Maison De L'enfance, Au Soleil Couchant
  11. Riviere Sous La Lune
  12. Danses Rustiques

Music reviews of George Enescu: Romanian Rhapsody No. 1; Suites 2 & 3

Music Review: Enjoyable Enescu treasures
Rating: 5 Stars

The iconic Romanian composer George Enescu (1881-1955) has not reached yet the worldwide fame he actually deserves. Authoritative critics and reputed scholars have always advocated his superb gifts not only as violin virtuoso - it is well-known that his recordings made date and remained truly interpretive benchmarks -, as conductor, pedagogue or pianist, but mainly as a profound and inspired composer in the XXth century. Some of these voices claim for Enescu a place among the giants, on equal footing with Shostakovich, Stravinsky or Bartok, and do consider his masterpiece "Oedipe" as one of the greatest operas of the modern age. Lord Yehudi Menuhin (the beloved former pupil of Enescu) said once that "the time of Enescu is to come".

As Enescu's widespread recognition is still awaited, it remains for the Romanian musicians to champion his music and propagate it on the international stage, to reveal that huge treasure of beauties, deep (yet, often contradictory) feelings and profound thoughts compounding a work valuable in its own right and escaping the strict classification in certain currents or fashions.

Since 1958 in Romania takes place an important international festival (now with a rhythm of two years) to honor the name of George Enescu. There is one imposed condition, namely that all the invited orchestras must include a work by Enescu in their concerts during the Bucharest festival. This way the world-renowned ensembles get accustomed with his oeuvre and, once deciphered and assumed, it is kept in their current repertory. Maybe, it is performed even in other places, in tours or recording sessions. Unfortunately, Enescu's works still seem too difficult to conductors and orchestras, the idiom of the scores and their particular mood remaining alien to contemporary musicians. Consequently, these scores remain so to a large audience as well, hence preventing it from a priceless treasure of musical beauties. Notwithstanding some famous conductors (such as Lawrence Foster or Gennady Rozhdestvensky) have constantly championed and extensively recorded Enescu lately, to both their probity and his benefit.

However, the first Romanian Rhapsody composed at 19 years (together with a second one, both bearing the opus number 11) gained a worldwide fame for its lovely folk tunes (in fact, all Enescu's works are imbued with such folk aromas) and vivid Romanian rhythms, becoming definitely the best known of all his compositions. Here it is performed with an infectious empathy by the Romanian conductor Cristian Mandeal (former pupil of Celibidache and Karajan) along with his musicians from "George Enescu" Philharmonic Orchestra. The two suites (no.2 in C major op.20 & no.3 in D major op.27 "Villageoise") attest for Enescu's neo-classical facet. Although the two pieces differ from one another in mood and character (even their moments of composition witnessed slightly different stages in Enescu's career), they reveal a mighty symphonist with a keen sense of colours and orchestral textures, a rigorous and honest musician devoted to principles and truth, extracting the sap of his composition from folk melodies of his people.

All in all a superb five-star recording, enjoyable and highly recommended!

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George Enescu (1881-1955) is still remembered today, fifty years after his death, as Romania?s greatest classical composer. He was also a virtuoso violinist. His many works in numerous genres remain largely unknown outside his native land except for the immensely popular Romanian Rhapsodies, but they deserve wider circulation in view of the beauty of their melodies, their brilliant orchestrations, and their strong characterization and originality. This recording offers two of Enescu?s orchestral suites in addition to the beloved Rhapsody No. 1. Dancing vivacity and colorful instrumentation are characteristics of these effervescent orchestra pieces. The Romanian Philharmonic Society was founded in 1868. Its conductors have included significant figures in Romanian music not to mention Enescu himself, whose name the orchestra incorporated into its title in 1955 as the George Enescu Bucharest Philharmonic. The current conductor is Cristian Mandeal, who studied with both Karajan and Celibidache. He has conducted numerous major orchestras and more than forty world premieres.

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