Karłowicz Bianca da Molena, Serenade & Rebirth Symphony BBC Philharmonic Orchestra & Gianandrea Noseda

• Mieczyslaw Karlowicz (1876 - 1909): Bianca da Molena, Op. 6:
• 1 Karlowicz: Bianca da Molena, Op. 6 11:10
• Serenade for Strings in C Major, Op. 2:
• 2 Karlowicz: Serenade for Strings in C Major, Op. 2: I. March. Allegro moderato 05:05
• 3 Karlowicz: Serenade for Strings in C Major, Op. 2: II. Romance. Andante con moto 06:54
• 4 Karlowicz: Serenade for Strings in C Major, Op. 2: III. Waltz. Allegro moderato 05:59
• 5 Karlowicz: Serenade for Strings in C Major, Op. 2: IV. Finale. Allegretto non troppo 03:22
• Symfonia odrodzenie, Op. 7, "Rebirth Symphony":
• 6 Karlowicz: Symfonia odrodzenie, Op. 7, "Rebirth Symphony": I. Andante - Allegro 14:27
• 7 Karlowicz: Symfonia odrodzenie, Op. 7, "Rebirth Symphony": II. Andante non troppo 09:16
• 8 Karlowicz: Symfonia odrodzenie, Op. 7, "Rebirth Symphony": III. Vivace - Molto meno mosso 05:15
• 9 Karlowicz: Symfonia odrodzenie, Op. 7, "Rebirth Symphony": IV. Allegro maestoso - Allegro ben moderato 10:32
• Total Runtime 01:12:00

Info for Karłowicz Bianca da Molena, Serenade & Rebirth Symphony

Mieczyslaw Karlowicz's compositions reflect his admiration for the music of Bruckner.

Karlowicz was the great hope of the 'Young Poland' movement, but died in 1909 aged only thirty-two. The 'Rebirth' Symphony comes from early in his short career and in style owes much to Tchaikovsky. The CD also offers a Serenade for Strings, an immediately engaging work despite its inevitable roots in the Slavic tradition of Dvorák and Suk. The BBC Philharmonic conveys the music with a sense of authority, enthusiasm, and loving care. This is the second of three Chandos discs devoted to the music of Karlowicz and was BBC Music Magazine's Disc of the Month in April 2004.

"Mieczyslaw Karlowicz is served like a kind by the Chandos engineers for this second volume of orchestral works. Nodesda makes a dedicated successor to Tortelier, conductor for the first volume. He draws some intense playing from the excellent Manchester orchestra, especially in long-drawn, quieter passages, and the Romance from the string Serenade, where the composer evokes Mahler, Grieg, Tchaikovsky, Dvorák, Elgar, and a variety of Nordic composers, but with a calm confidence all his own." (Fanfare)

"Hes [Karlowicz] best known for his symphonic poems, but Noseda gives the premiere recording of Karlowiczs only symphony, an early programmatic work that is a masterly synthesis of Richard Strauss and Tchaikovsky (think of the Fifth). The fillers are both even earlier - and equally well caught." (The Independent)

BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda, conductor

Gianandrea Noseda
is widely recognized as one of the leading conductors of his generation. He is Musical America’s 2015 Conductor of the Year.

Gianandrea Noseda’s appointment as Music Director of the Teatro Regio Torino in 2007 ushered in a transformative era for the company: his initiatives have propelled the Teatro Regio Torino onto the global stage, where it has become one of Italy’s most important cultural exports. Under his leadership the Teatro Regio Torino has launched its first tours outside of Torino with performances in Austria, China, France, Germany, Japan and Russia. In August 2014 Gianandrea Noseda brought the Teatro Regio Torino to the Edinburgh Festival for its United Kingdom debut. In December 2014 he also led the Teatro Regio Torino in a historic first, and critically acclaimed, tour of North America with concert per¬formances of William Tell in Chicago (Harris Theater), Toronto (Roy Thomson Hall), New York (Carnegie Hall) and Ann Arbor, Michigan (University Musical Society).

Gianandrea Noseda is Principal Guest Conductor of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra since 2011, he has performed with the orchestra in Israel and has led a successful seven cities tour in the US in spring 2014. He is also Principal Conductor of the Orquestra de Cadaqués and Artistic Director of the Stresa Festival (Italy). He was at the helm of the BBC Philharmonic from 2002 to 2011. In 1997 he was appointed the first foreign Principal Guest Conductor of the Mariinsky Theatre, a position he held for a decade.

Gianandrea Noseda has close relationships with the London Symphony Orchestra (that he conducts regularly at the Barbican Centre and on tour), the NHK Symphony, the Pitts¬burgh and Philadelphia Orchestras, the Orchestre National de France, the Filarmonica della Scala and the Wiener Symphoniker. He has a long standing relationship with The Metropolitan Opera dating back to 2002 and has conducted many new productions, including the 2013 – 2014 season’s widely praised Prince Igor, now available as a DVD from Deutsche Grammophon.

In 2015 makes his debuts with the Berlin Philharmonic and at the Salzburg Festival. Conducting the Filarmonica Teatro Regio Torino makes his debut at the Aix-en Provence Easter Festival. His commitment to young musicians will continue with the European Union Youth Orchestra and with the Julliard School in New York and the Guildhall School in London.

Maestro Noseda intense recording activity counts over fifty CD, many of which have been celebrated by critics and received numerous awards. His Musica Italiana recording project, which he initiated ten years ago with the label Chandos, has chronicled underap¬preciated Italian repertoire of the 20th Century and brought to light many masterpieces. Conducting the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and the Orchestra Teatro Regio Torino he has also recorded opera albums with celebrated vocalists such as Ildebrando d’Arcangelo, Rolando Villazon, Anna Netrebko (all for Deutsche Grammophon) and Diana Damrau (for Warner Classics). For Helicon Classics has recorded the Symphonie fantastique by Hector Berlioz. A native of Milan, Maestro Noseda is Cavaliere Ufficiale al Merito della Repubblica Itali¬ana, marking his contribution to the artistic life of Italy.

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