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James Ehnes, Melbourne SO, Sir Andrew Davis - Hector Berlioz: Harold en Italie; Rob-Roy; Reverie et Caprice (2015)

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James Ehnes, Melbourne SO, Sir Andrew Davis - Hector Berlioz: Harold en Italie; Rob-Roy; Reverie et Caprice (2015)

Hector Berlioz - Harold en Italie; Rob-Roy; Rêverie et Caprice (2015)
James Ehnes, violin & viola; Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Sir Andrew Davis

EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 242 Mb | Scans included
Genre: Classical | Label: Chandos | # CHSA 5155 | Time: 01:03:58

The nine-time Juno-winning Canadian James Ehnes is centre stage in a new recording of orchestral works by Berlioz, with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Andrew Davis. This recording was made following an extraordinary concert in November 2014 with the same forces, in which James Ehnes played two instruments made by Stradivarius, respectively a viola in the solo part of Harold en Italie – ‘symphony with a principal viola part’, in Berlioz’s words – and a violin in the solo of Rêverie et Caprice, both of which works feature here.

Berlioz was never ashamed to recycle his music from one work to another, especially when the earlier work had been rejected by the public or by the composer himself. In 1834, Paganini asked Berlioz for a work in which he could display his prowess on a fine Stradivarius viola. Berlioz then composed the four-movement symphony Harold en Italie, incorporating passages from the Rob-Roy overture which he had recently rejected.

Similarly, Rêverie et Caprice was the form eventually given to an aria from the opera Benvenuto Cellini, unceremoniously booed in Paris in 1838. Berlioz transformed the aria into a piece with solo violin three years later. It is the only piece Berlioz ever wrote for solo violin.

Released in 2015, this hybrid SACD by Andrew Davis and the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra is a sonic showcase of three works by Hector Berlioz, the archetypal Romantic composer and the father of modern orchestration. The Intrata di Rob-Roy Mac Gregor is a programmatic overture based on the novel by Walter Scott, and its vigorous music creates a sense of heroic adventure that is appealing; even though the work was a failure at its 1833 premiere, it remains in the symphonic repertoire. This is followed by the Rêverie et caprice for violin and orchestra, which features the violin in an adaptation of the soprano aria, "Ah! que l'amour une fois dans le coeur," from the failed opera, Benventuro Cellini. Just as Berlioz recycled that aria, he salvaged two themes from Rob-Roy for his symphony for viola and orchestra, Harold en Italie, which was based on Lord Byron's poem, Childe Harold's Pilgrimage. James Ehnes performs the solos in the Rêverie et caprice and Harold en Italie with lyrical expressiveness and a sweet tone that works well with the tender and passionate moods in both works. The orchestra plays with great energy and a full sound, though at no time is Ehnes' playing overwhelmed, least of all in the subdued passages of Harold. Chandos' recording is quite sensitive to the finest details, so everything is fully audible in the fairly resonant acoustics.

Review by Blair Sanderson, Allmusic.com

James Ehnes, Melbourne SO, Sir Andrew Davis - Hector Berlioz: Harold en Italie; Rob-Roy; Reverie et Caprice (2015)



James Ehnes, Melbourne SO, Sir Andrew Davis - Hector Berlioz: Harold en Italie; Rob-Roy; Reverie et Caprice (2015)



James Ehnes, Melbourne SO, Sir Andrew Davis - Hector Berlioz: Harold en Italie; Rob-Roy; Reverie et Caprice (2015)



Tracklist:

01. Intrata di Rob-Roy Mac Gregor (13:24)

02. Rêverie et Caprice, Op. 8 (08:16)

Harold en Italie, Op.16
03. I. Harold aux Montagnes. Scenes de melancolie, de bonheur et de joie: Adagio (15:27)
04. II. Marche de pelerins chantant la priere du soir: Allegretto (07:49)
05. III. Serenade d'un montagnard des Abruzzes a sa maitresse: Allegro assai (06:26)
06. IV. Orgie de brigands. Souvenirs des scenes precedentes: Allegro frenetico (12:34)


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James Ehnes, Melbourne SO, Sir Andrew Davis - Hector Berlioz: Harold en Italie; Rob-Roy; Reverie et Caprice (2015)

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