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Minnesota Orch/Oue, E:cnd...
Bolero: Orchestral Fireworks
Genres: Dance & Electronic, Classical

Track Listings (12) - Disc #1
1. Overture, Op.24: Colas Breugon
2. Looking Glass Insects
3. The Flight Of The Bumblebee
4. Symphonic Poem No. 3: Les Preludes
5. Hungarian Dance No. 3
6. Hora Staccato
7. Slavonic Dance Op. 72
8. Praeludium
9. Dance Of The Sylphs
10. Merry Waltz
11. Habanera
12. Boleo

CD Details

All Artists: Minnesota Orch/Oue, E:cnd...
Title: Bolero: Orchestral Fireworks
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Reference Recordings
Original Release Date: 1/1/2000
Re-Release Date: 3/14/2000
Genres: Dance & Electronic, Classical
Styles: Opera & Classical Vocal, Chamber Music, Forms & Genres, Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music, Historical Periods, Modern, 20th, & 21st Century, Symphonies
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 030911109226

Synopsis

Amazon.com

It's gutsy for a young conductor and a second-tier orchestra to take on a program of showpieces, but Oue and the Minnesotans acquit themselves well, exhibiting flair and color in pieces that need them to make an effect. The big works are Liszt's Les Préludes and Ravel's Bolero. The Liszt gets a terrific reading--just listen to the warmth of the strings as they sing the melody about 3'40" in the delicacy of the wind phrases and the power of the grand climax. There's charm aplenty too, as in the lightly tripping Brahms Hungarian Dance. The lesser known works will please; Dinicu's "Hora" swirls vigorously and Klemperer's smiling "Merry Waltz" will happily surprise those who think him incorrigibly stolid. As usual for this label the sound is superior, with wide dynamics, sweet treble, burly bass, and oodles of detail and other audiophile virtues. An unalloyed delight! --Dan Davis

CD Reviews

Emotional!

07/28/2000

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I bought this CD as someone who knew Eiji Oue when he was in Boston, and I am thrilled with what he has done with the Minnesota Orchestra. The sound quality on this recording is great, and Eiji and his orchestra give an energetic and emotional performance. Having been a student at Interlochen Arts Camp for several years (and those of you who have been there know what I am talking about), I still cannot listen to "Les Preludes" without bursting into tears. The CD is a wonderful addition to anyone's collection, whether you are a fan of classical music or not."

Easy listening

Chris Honingh | Krommenie, NH Netherlands | 08/04/2000

(2 out of 5 stars)

"The Minnesota Orchestra under its director Eije Oue has a marvelous set of musicians, but in my opinion they made too many records in the last years. Although none of the pieces on this record is really bad, with the exceptance of Otto Klemperer's Merry Waltz, the common denominator is popularity, the wellknown showpieces that lack the element of surprise. Liszt's Les Préludes is played adequately, but lacks the intensity of The Philadelphia Orchestra under Wolfgang Sawallisch (Water Lily Acoustics) and the Boléro by Ravel misses the jazz-influences Ravel intended. The sound quality of this Reference Recording is outstanding, as usual."

Excellent Recording

David Adolphson | Rochester, MN, United States | 06/26/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This is another topnotch Reference Recordings / MN Orchestra disc. All 15 minutes of Bolero is a perfect, gradual crescendo. And the brass in Liszt's Les Preludes will knock your socks off. I wish I could give this 10 stars!!!"