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Orchestral works vol. 1

Orchestral works vol. 1

Edo de Waart / Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra

Label: Exton
Format: SACD
Barcode: 4526977001537
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Catalog number: OVCL 153
Releasedate: 07-01-11
During his tenure as the chief conductor of Netherland Radio Philharmonic, Edo de Waart established one of the best culminations the orchestra has ever had. The disc features the most popular repertoire of Wagner, and Edo de Waart, well-known as the opera conductor, directs the skillful orchestra to evoke such a dramatic Wagner world.
  • During his tenure as the chief conductor of Netherland Radio Philharmonic, Edo de Waart established one of the best culminations the orchestra has ever had
  • A disc which contains many of the most popular works of Wagner
  • According to Harrison Parrott Artists Management Edo De Waart, as an exceptional orchestral trainer has catapulted the international reputations of some of the best known orchestras in the world
  • He has most defenitely put his 'orchestral-building' mark on the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Edo de Waart has signed a six year contract to become Chief Conductor of the Royal Flemish Philharmonic (deFilharmonie) from the 2012/13 season onwards
Richard Wagner revolutionised the way composers used the orchestra, as he did so many other aspects of music and musical life. In the course of his career, he expanded the standard operatic orchestra of the earlier nineteenth century into a large assembly of instrumental families, capable of being used separately in full harmony as well as being combined in sonorous harmony and clearly defined counterpoint, with an apparently infinite variety of colourings to match the setting and mood of each work and each scene. His writing for individual instruments and sections took full advantage of contemporary developments in playing technique and in the design of the wind instruments. And the expressive and flexible orchestra of his mature operas became essentially, not an accompaniment to the singers, but the leading carrier of the musical line and the embodiment of the characters’ thoughts, feelings and memories – so that the preludes for the orchestra alone formed an integral part of the drama. (From the CD linernote by Anthony Burton © 2010)