George Chadwick - Orchestral Works (Neeme Järvi)

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Composer: George Chadwick

1. Melpomene
2. Rip Van Winkle
3. Symphonic Sketches: I. Jubilee
4. Symphonic Sketches: II. Noël
5. Symphonic Sketches: III. Hobgoblin. Scherzo capriccioso
6. Symphonic Sketches: IV. A Vagrom Ballad
7. Tam O'Shanter

Detroit Symphony Orchestra

Neeme Järvi, conductor

Date: 2002

Label: Chandos

https://www.chandos.net/products/catalogue/CHAN%2010032

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Review

ARTISTIC QUALITY: 9 / SOUND QUALITY: 9

This collection gathers Neeme Järvi’s previously released George Chadwick recordings on one disc. Though Chadwick aimed to distinguish himself as a uniquely American composer, his symphonic poems nonetheless reflect the influence of similar works by then-prominent Europeans. Melpomene, for instance, owes much to Tchaikovsky in its dramatic sweep and emotionally intense melodies, while Dvorák’s nature-painting style can be discerned in Rip Van Winkle, and even more so in the joyously frenzied Jubilee from the Symphonic Sketches, which replicates the Czech composer’s Carnival overture. However, Chadwick moves away from continental influences in Tam O’Shanter, which is steeped in the folk coloring of its Scottish subject.

Nevertheless, Chadwick’s skillfully constructed and handsomely orchestrated music is all his own, and it exudes a vitality that’s quite affecting. Järvi offers compelling interpretations and gets the Detroit Symphony players to muster more enthusiasm and panache than they display on some of their standard-repertoire recordings. Chandos presents it all in spacious, clear, and nicely reverberant sound. If you’re new to Chadwick’s music, be prepared for a treat.

-- Victor Carr Jr, ClassicsToday

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George Chadwick (November 13, 1854 – April 4, 1931) was an American composer. A student of Carl Reinecke and Salomon Jadassohn, Chadwick was a representative composer of what is called the Second New England School of American composers of the late 19th century—the generation before Charles Ives. His works included several operas, three symphonies, five string quartets, tone poems, incidental music, songs and choral anthems. Along with a group of composers known as the Boston Six, Chadwick was one of those responsible for the first significant body of concert music by composers from the United States.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Whitefield_Chadwick

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Neeme Järvi (born June 7, 1937 in Tallinn) is an Estonian conductor. He studied at the Leningrad Conservatory under Evgeny Mravinsky and Nikolai Rabinovich, among others. Järvi was Principal Conductor and Music Director of the Gothenburg Symphony (1982-2004), Royal Scottish National Orchestra (1984-1988), Detroit Symphony Orchestra (1990-2005) and Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (2012-2015), among others. He made over 400 recordings for labels such as BIS, Chandos and Deutsche Grammophon and best known for his interpretations of Romantic and 20th century classical music.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neeme_Järvi

http://www.neemejarvi.ee/

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