INDY: Orchestral Music, Vol. 1 (Gamba) - Jour d'ete a la montagne / La foret enchantee / Souvenirs
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d'Indy was a contemporary of Debussy and Ravel, and a pupil of Cesar Franck. Faure described him as 'The Samson of Music' for his multifarious and...
d'Indy was a contemporary of Debussy and Ravel, and a pupil of Cesar Franck. Faure described him as 'The
Samson of Music' for his multifarious and generous-minded work as a composer, conductor, educator and
propagandist who greatly strengthened French musical culture.
Today the music of d'Indy is sadly neglected, which is why Chandos and the Iceland Symphony Orchestra have
decided to embark upon a series devoted to his orchestral works with conductor Rumon Gamba. With a style
essentially eclectic and strongly influenced above all by Beethoven and Wagner, d'Indy particularly excelled in
orchestral composition. He drew particular inspiration from his native region in southern France, and formed a
body of post-romantic works richly orchestrated, often inflected with folk-like melodies and employing Franck's
well-known 'cyclic method'.
The series begins with a programme of in part rarely performed works, including the outstanding Jour d'ete a la
montagne, Op. 61, a work of d'Indy's full maturity, composed in 1905. This cyclic three-part evocation of a day in
the Ardeche mountains is full of impressionistic details and orchestral nature painting, partly influenced by
Debussy but essentially classical in tonal structures. It is complemented by the early La Foret enchantee, Op. 8 and
largely contemporaneous Souvenirs, Op. 62, which d'Indy composed as a memorial to his late wife.
This is the first foray by the Iceland Symphony Orchestra for Chandos into the realm of French repertoire after
recordings of the music of Malcolm Williamson. On the most recent Williamson release, American Record Guide
commented, 'Rumon Gamba's direction of the Iceland Symphony is superb, as is the shape and conviction of all
these interpretations. The sound is vibrant and clear'.
Jour d'ete a la montagne, Op. 61 (more info)
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I. Aurore - 8:34
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II. Jour (Apres-midi sous les pins) - 11:03
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III. Soir - 10:57
La foret enchantee, Op. 8 (more info)
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Adagio - Allegro - - 4:28
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Un peu plus lent - Meme Mouvement - Plus lent - Andante maestoso - - 3:33
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Allegro con fuoco - Plus lent - Tres lent - Allegretto non troppo - Un peu plus lent - Andante maestoso - Plus lent - 5:33
Souvenirs, Op. 62 (more info)
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Tres lent - - 3:19
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Anime - Tres calme - Meme mouvement - La moitie moins vite, tres intense d'expression - Plus anime, avec chaleur - - 5:46
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Mouvement initial, tres lent - Un peu plus vite, tres modere - Tres calme - - 3:15
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Anime (Premier Mouvement) - Lent - Premier Mouvement - Lent - Premier Mouvement - Plus anime - Lento - Tres lent - Meme Mouvement, un peu retenu - 6:23