Name: Enescu: Romanian Rhapsodies, Poème roumain & Orchestral Suites
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This lively companion-set to the multi-layered symphonies (reviewed in July) balances the Romaniana for which Enescu was famous with a very individual neo-classicism. Drily-recorded but dedicated... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2005 More…

Release Date: 9th May 2005
Catalogue No: 2564620322
Label: Apex
Length: 2 hours 37 minutes

Gramophone Magazine

September 2005

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Enescu: 2 Romanian Rhapsodies Op.11

Work length23:05

Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo
Lawrence Foster

No.1 in A major

Track length11:52

No.2 in D major

Track length11:13

Enescu: Poème roumain, Op. 1

Work length28:36

Colonne Concerts chorus, Ensemble Audite Nova de Paris, Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo
Lawrence Foster

Enescu: Orchestral Suite No.3 in D major Op.27, 'Villageoise'

Work length27:01

Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo
Lawrence Foster

I The Countryside Anew

Track length5:38

II Children Out of Doors

Track length3:01

III The Old Childhood House at Sunset - Shepherd

Track length10:23

IV River in the Moonlight

Track length3:17

V Country Dances

Track length4:42

Enescu: Orchestral Suite No.1 in C major Op.9

Work length29:33

Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo
Lawrence Foster

I Prélude à l'unisson

Track length8:43

II Menuet lent

Track length10:59

III Intermède

Track length4:04

IV Finale

Track length5:47

Enescu: Orchestral Suite No.2 in C major Op.20

Work length26:08

Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo
Lawrence Foster

I Overture

Track length4:00

II Sarabande

Track length4:16

III Gigue

Track length2:09

IV Menuet grave

Track length1:53

V Air

Track length5:30

VI Bourrée

Track length8:20

Enescu: Symphonie concertante in B flat minor for Cello & Orchestra, Op. 8

Work length22:58

Franco Maggio-Ormezowski (cello), Jean-Paul Barrellon (oboe)
Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo
Lawrence Foster

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October 2005

This lively companion-set to the multi-layered symphonies (reviewed in July) balances the Romaniana for which Enescu was famous with a very individual neo-classicism. Drily-recorded but dedicated accounts.

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Enescu's three suites stand in relation to the symphonies rather as Tchaikovsky's suites relate to his symphonic works. The First opens with a striking prelude for strings in unison which in turn gives way to a gorgeous Menuet lent. The more formal Second Suite (which falls between the First and Second Symphonies) is based on Baroque models, while the relatively 'late' Third Suite, named Villageoise (it dates from 1938), overflows with invention, whether imitations of birdsong and children at play, or exquisite tonepainting of nature by day and night. Foster also offers us the early, 23-minute Symphonie concertante for cello and orchestra, his soloist Franco Maggio-Ormezowski unfolding its generous stream of melody with a warm, fluid tone.
Lawrence Foster's performances of these fascinating if occasionally over-effusive works provided a fitting tribute for the 50th anniversary of Enescu's death (1955). Do give this music a try. It combines the freshness of Dvorák with the earthand- spirit daring of Bartók; and while not quite on a level with either, it comes pretty damned close.

Enescu: Romanian Rhapsodies, Poème roumain & Orchestral Suites

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