[P] 2019
2019
Aaron Copland
Alois Pachernegg
Antonín Dvořák
Arthur Honegger
Eduard Strauß
Hans Christian Lumbye
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Hilding Rosenberg
Jacques Ibert
Johann Strauß (Sohn)
Leonard Bernstein
Silvestre Revueltas
Vincent d' Indy
SWR Rundfunkorchester Kaiserslautern
Jiří Stárek
Hans Christian Lumbye: Kopenhagen Eisenbahn-Dampf Galopp
Aaron Copland: John Henry (A Railroad Ballad)
Alois Pachernegg: Unter Dampf! Ein Zug fährt vorüber
Jacques Ibert: Le Metro
Vincent d' Indy: Horizons verts - Falconara
Eduard Strauß: Bahn frei! op. 45
Antonín Dvořák: Humoreske op. 101 No. 7
Heitor Villa-Lobos: O Trenzinho do Caipira (from: Bachianas Brasileiras No. 2)
Eduard Strauß: Mit Dampf op. 70
Silvestre Revueltas: Construction of the Railroad
Hilding Rosenberg: Railway Fugue
Johann Strauß (Sohn): Pleasure Train op. 281
Leonard Bernstein: Subway Ride and Imaginary Coney Island (from: On the Town)
Arthur Honegger: Pacific 231 (Mouvement symphonique No. 1) – Modéré
Spanning more than a century, this album's programme features a variety of works on the theme of railway: from idyllic to impressionistic, reflecting realism and social criticism, yet all cast in a classical mould – as in Hilding Rosenberg’s Railroad Fugue. The variety of forms and wealth of ideas in these compositions from France, Sweden, the USA, Brazil, Denmark, the Czech Republic, Austria, Switzerland and Germany surprised even the conductor on this album, Jiří Stárek, whose grandfather was a railroad worker!
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