Summer Night Concert: Schonbrunn
- Artist: Franz Welser-Most
- Year: 2010
- Number of Discs: 1
- UPC: 028947637936
- Item Number: UNI763793
- Release date: 08/17/2010
- 1. Star Wars, Episode IV: A New Hope, film score, Main Title
- 2. Spharen-Klange (Music of the Spheres), walzer, Op. 235
- 3. Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major, S. 125 (LW H6), 1. Adagio sostenuto assai - Allegro agitato assai
- 4. Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major, S. 125 (LW H6), 2. Allegro moderato - Allegro deciso
- 5. Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major, S. 125 (LW H6), 3. Marziale un poco meno allegro
- 6. Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major, S. 125 (LW H6), 4. Allegro animato - Stretto (molto accelerando)
- 7. Andante, etude for piano in E flat major (Grand Paganini Etude No. 2), S. 141/2 (LW A173/2)
- 8. Star Wars, Episode IV: A New Hope, film score, Princess Leia's Theme
- 9. Star Wars, Episode IV: A New Hope, film score, Imperial March
- 10. Abendsterne Waltz, for 3 violins & double-bass, Op. 180
- 11. Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor, opera, Mondaufgang (Moonrise)
- 12. The Planets, suite for orchestra & female chorus, Op. 32, H. 125, Mars, the Bringer of War
- 13. Wiener Blut (Vienna Blood), waltz for orchestra, Op. 354 (RV 354)
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Summer Night Concert: Schonbrunn by Franz Welser-Most on CD
Perhaps in search of a second revenue stream to complement its hugely popular New Year's Eve extravaganzas, the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra here offers an outdoors "Summer Night Concert" performed in the gardens of Vienna's stolid Schonbrunn castle, with a Moon, Planets, Stars theme. Deutsche Grammophon's designers get points for the nice line drawing of the castle, placed in front of van Gogh's Starry Night. The idea of the concert, according to the booklet notes, came from none other than Seiji Ozawa, but after his health problems worsened the podium was filled by Franz Welser-Most. The program contains just about the music you would expect, but there are a couple of noteworthy historical points. Performances of John Williams' Star Wars music are certainly not restricted to North America, but this recording marks the first time the score, or any music by Williams for that matter, has been performed by the august Vienna Philharmonic. Williams' monumental, rather impersonal style plays to Welser-Most's strengths, and the audience, whose applause is included, seems to warm to Williams in its reserved Viennese way. The other VPO premiere, oddly enough, is Joseph Lanner's waltz Abendsterne, Op. 180 (Evening Stars), and this decidedly is not an ideal Welser-Most vehicle; it lacks any spark of swing or fun. In general the recording offers a pleasant hour in the warm Viennese summer night, with a terrestrial interlude in the form of Liszt's Piano Concerto No. 2 and Paganini Etude No. 2, performed with appropriate brilliance by Yefim Bronfman. Welser-Most the technician shines in Holst's "Mars," the Bringer of War, from The Planets, less so in the smaller orchestral pieces on hand. The sound is decent but clipped in its higher ranges, presumably to dampen the ambient noise. Nothing really stands out here, but the many buyers who enjoy this kind of recording won't be disappointed. The booklet notes are in English, German, and French, and it's always interesting to take note of rogue translators: VPO chair Clemens Hellsberg's original German introduction and the English translation by Stewart Spencer both characterize Williams as "the most successful film composer of the present day," but in the French of Daniel Fesquet he earns notice merely as "celebre compositeur de musique de films" (celebrated composer of film music). ~ James Manheim, Rovi
- Artist: Franz Welser-Most
- Year: 2010
- Number of Discs: 1
- UPC: 028947637936
- Item Number: UNI763793
- Release date: 08/17/2010
- Label: Deutsche Grammophon
- Genre: Classical
- Style: Concerto, Orchestral
- Album Time: 79:39
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Credits:
- Burkhard Bartsch - Project Coordinator
- Clemens Hellsberg - Liner Notes
- Daniel Fesquet - Text Translation, Liner Note Translation
- Dario Acosta - Photography
- Dennis Collins - Liner Note Translation
- Franz Liszt - Composer
- Franz Welser-Most - Conductor
- Fred Munzmaier - Art Direction
- Gustav Holst - Composer
- Jens Schunemeyer - Booklet Editor
- Johann Strauss II - Composer
- Johannes Prinz - Chorus Master
- John Williams - Composer
- Josef Strauss - Composer
- Joseph Lanner - Composer
- Klemens Mayrhofer - Mastering Engineer, Mixing Engineer
- Martin Vetters - Engineer
- Otto Nicolai - Composer
- Reinhard Luthje - Liner Note Translation
- Richard Evidon - Liner Notes
- Richard Schuster - Photography
- Roger Mastroianni - Photography
- Stewart Spencer - Liner Note Translation, Text Translation
- Ute Fesquet - Executive Producer
- Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra - Orchestra
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