Post by erik on May 6, 2023 19:47:21 GMT -5
A suite of three Hungarian Dances of Johannes Brahms is what is in this week's Classical Works Spotlight, in orchestrations by the conductor who recorded them in the spotlighted recording.
Brahms: HUNGARIAN DANCE SUITE (NOS. 6, 7, & 5) (ORCH. BY THOMAS DAUSGAARD)
Along with his four symphonies, two piano concertos, the ultra-popular D Major Violin Concerto, and the Haydn Variations, Johannes Brahms was able to make what would commonly be called “money music” into a hugely successful art form. Such was the case with his 21 Hungarian Dances. Composed between 1869 and 1880. these works are based upon the gypsy music of Hungary that was introduced by a close Hungarian friend of his, the violinist Ede Reminyi. Originally composed for solo piano or piano duo, the Hungarian Dances were frequently orchestrated by other composers, including the last five (nos. 17-21) by Antonin Dvorak; while the most famous of these, the G Minor #5, was orchestrated by Albert Parlow. In the second decade of the 21st century, however, Danish composer and conductor Thomas Dausgaard did his own orchestrations of that particular Hungarian Dance, and its companions (No. 6 in D Flat Major; No. 7 In A Major) in a scaled-back form for a recording with the Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Dausgaard’s orchestrations are notably less bombastic but no less lively in their own ways.
Swedish Chamber Orchestra/THOMAS DAUSGAARD (Bis)
Included:
SYMPHONY NO. 2 IN D MAJOR, OP. 73
VARIATIONS ON A THEME OF HAYDN, OP. 56-A
ACADEMIC FESTIVAL OVERTURE, OP. 80
Brahms: HUNGARIAN DANCE SUITE (NOS. 6, 7, & 5) (ORCH. BY THOMAS DAUSGAARD)
Along with his four symphonies, two piano concertos, the ultra-popular D Major Violin Concerto, and the Haydn Variations, Johannes Brahms was able to make what would commonly be called “money music” into a hugely successful art form. Such was the case with his 21 Hungarian Dances. Composed between 1869 and 1880. these works are based upon the gypsy music of Hungary that was introduced by a close Hungarian friend of his, the violinist Ede Reminyi. Originally composed for solo piano or piano duo, the Hungarian Dances were frequently orchestrated by other composers, including the last five (nos. 17-21) by Antonin Dvorak; while the most famous of these, the G Minor #5, was orchestrated by Albert Parlow. In the second decade of the 21st century, however, Danish composer and conductor Thomas Dausgaard did his own orchestrations of that particular Hungarian Dance, and its companions (No. 6 in D Flat Major; No. 7 In A Major) in a scaled-back form for a recording with the Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Dausgaard’s orchestrations are notably less bombastic but no less lively in their own ways.
Swedish Chamber Orchestra/THOMAS DAUSGAARD (Bis)
Included:
SYMPHONY NO. 2 IN D MAJOR, OP. 73
VARIATIONS ON A THEME OF HAYDN, OP. 56-A
ACADEMIC FESTIVAL OVERTURE, OP. 80