Incidental music Archive

SIBELIUS: Scaramouche – Soloists/ Turku Philharmonic Orch./Leif Segerstam – Naxos
Sibelius’ colorful theatrical score resplendently revealed. JEAN SIBELIUS: Scaramouche – Bendik Goldstein, viola – Roi Ruottinin, cello/ Turku Philharmonic Orch./Leif Segerstam – Naxos 8.573511, 71:01, *****: Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) wrote a large amount of music for the theatrical stage that deserves to be heard, and recordings are virtually the only way to hear them, unless […]

SIBELIUS: Swanwhite; Odian; A Lonely Ski Trail; The Countess’ Portrait – Segerstam cond. – Naxos
Segerstam extends his Sibelius commemoration with rare scores of incidental music. SIBELIUS: Swanwhite – Complete Incidental Music, Op. 54; Odian – Complete Incidental Music, Op. 8; A Lonely Ski Trail; The Countess’ Portrait – Riko Eklundh, narr./ Turku Philharmonic Orch./ Leif Segerstam – Naxos 8.573341, 63:34 (9/25/15) ****: As part of the 150th Sibelius anniversary […]

WEILL: Concerto for Violin and Wind Orchestra; STRAVINSKY: L’histoire du soldat – suite; MILHAUD: Suite for violin, clarinet and piano/ Gabriele Pieranunzi, violin/ Enrico Pieranunzi, p./ Alessandro Carbonare, clarinet/ Soloists of the San Carlo Theatre, Naples/ Jeffrey Tate – Musica Media Concerto Classics
An outstanding release of 20th-Century chamber music rarities by KURT WEILL, IGOR STRAVINSKY and DARIUS MILHAUD.
SCHUBERT: Incidental Music to Rosamunde, D 797 – Serena Malfi, alto/ Schweizer Chamber Chorus/ Musikkollegium Winterthur/ Douglas Boyd – MDG
At last a Rosamunde worthy of an audiophile’s library, with an interpretation and performance to match the fantastic sound.