Name: Arnold, M.: Ballet Music - Electra / Rinaldo and Armida / Homage To the Queen Suite / Sweeney Todd Concert Suite par Rumon Gamba
Brand: Rumon Gamba
SKU: 095115155028
Price: 9.9 USD
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Ballet is not a form for which British composers are generally known, but this CD includes four dance works by Malcolm Arnold: two of the composer's complete shorter ballets, Rinaldo and Armida and Electra, as well as suites from two of his longer ballets, Homage to the Queen and Sweeny Todd, performed with impressive enthusiasm by the BBC Philharmonic under Rumon Gamba and recorded in imposed digital sound by Chandos. Each is effective in its own way. Homage is big, brassy, and brilliant; Rinaldo and Armida is darker, moodier, and more mysterious; Electra is sleek, slinky, and a little sexy; and Sweeny Todd absolutely explosive and positively frightening. These effects are primarily orchestral in nature and the music is symphonic in origin, so one listens in vain for danceable rhythms, propulsive tempos, or even an insistent tattoo or two. It is conceivable that Arnold's ballets might be danced, but these works can be enjoyed as bright, colorful, and melodic orchestral music.

Arnold, M.: Ballet Music - Electra / Rinaldo and Armida / Homage To the Queen Suite / Sweeney Todd Concert Suite

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1. Homage to the Queen Suite, Op. 42, I. Prelude and Opening Scene

2. Homage to the Queen Suite, Op. 42: II. Dance of the Insects

3. Homage to the Queen Suite, Op. 42: III. Water

4. Homage to the Queen Suite, Op. 42: IV. Fire Dance

5. Homage to the Queen Suite, Op. 42: V. Pas de deux

6. Homage to the Queen Suite, Op. 42: VI. Finale

7. Rinaldo and Armida, Op. 49: Lento –

8. Rinaldo and Armida, Op. 49: Moderato – Andantino – Moderato –

9. Rinaldo and Armida, Op. 49: Vivace – Lento – Vivace – Moderato – Lento –

10. Rinaldo and Armida, Op. 49: Poco lento (Pas de deux) – Moderato – Allegretto –

11. Rinaldo and Armida, Op. 49: Andante con moto – Poco più mosso – Andante con moto - Moderato -

12. Rinaldo and Armida, Op. 49: Lento – Vivace molto – Lento

13. Sweeney Todd Concert Suite, Op. 68a: I. Moderato e misterioso – Vivace – Meno mosso –

14. Sweeney Todd Concert Suite, Op. 68a: II. Allegretto – Vivace –

15. Sweeney Todd Concert Suite, Op. 68a: III. Vivace – Allegro moderato –

16. Sweeney Todd Concert Suite, Op. 68a: IV. Allegro vivace – Allegro frenetico –

17. Sweeney Todd Concert Suite, Op. 68a: V. Allegretto –

18. Sweeney Todd Concert Suite, Op. 68a: VI. Andante – Allegro – Pas de quatre – Vivace – Moderato – Vivace - Frenetico - Molto meno mosso -

19. Sweeney Todd Concert Suite, Op. 68a: VII. Allegro con brio – Allegretto (Pas de deux) – Più mosso – Allegretto - Allegro con brio

20. Electra, Op. 79: Lento – Vivace – Vivace –

21. Electra, Op. 79: Lento – Allegro ma non troppo – Moderato –

22. Electra, Op. 79: Vivace – Lento

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