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Summary:

Since 1994 Verbier has been a platform for young musicians to learn from the world's finest artists while offering audiences a unique festival. Now in celebration of 25 years of musical excellence, Deutsche Grammophon presents a limited edition 4-CD set of unreleased live recordings from the Verbier Festival featuring admired DG artists as Martha Argerich, Yevgeny Kissin, Mikhail Pletnev, Bryn Terfel, Daniil Trifonov, Yuja Wang and conductors Valery Gergiev, Gustavo Dudamel, Kent Nagano, and Kurt Masur in performances of both core classics and lesser-known works from the orchestral, concert, chamber and operatic repertoires.

Table of Contents:

• Symphony no. 6 in B minor, op. 74 : "Pathétique" / Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Verbier Festival Orchestra ; Valery Gergiev, conductor) (47:19)
• Folk songs : for voice and orchestra / Luciano Berio (Malena Ernman, contralto ; Verbier Festival Orchestra ; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor) (20:34)
• Concerto for piano and orchestra no. 1 in G minor, op. 25 / Felix Mendelssohn (Yuja Wang, piano ; Verbier Festival Orchestra ; Kurt Masur, conductor) (18:30)
• Concerto for piano and orcherstra no. 2 in B-flat major, op. 19 / Ludwig van Beethoven (Martha Argerich, piano ; Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra ; Gábor Takács-Nagy, conductor) (28:46)
• Suite for piano and orchestra / Alexander Tsfasman (Mikhail Pletnev, piano ; Verbier Festival Orchestra ; Kent Nagano, conductor) (16:00)
• Trio for piano, violin and cello no. 1 in B major, op. 8 / Johannes Brahms (Daniil Trifonov, piano, Ilya Gringolts, violin ; Truls Mørk, cello) (36:44)
• Quintet for piano, 2 violins, viola and cello no. 2 in A major, op. 81 / Antonín Dvořák (Yevgeny Kisin, piano ; Vadim Repin, Laurent Korcia, violins ; Yuri Bashmet, viola ; Alexander Kniazev, cello) (41:34)
• Die Walküre. Act three / Richard Wagner (Bryn Terfel, baritone ; Eva Maria Westbroek, Irène Theorin, sopranos ; Verbier Festival Orchestra ; Valery Gergiev, conductor) (1:09:42).

Contributors:

Ernman, Malena , singer

Argerich, Martha, 1941- , instrumentalist

Wang, Yuja , instrumentalist

Pletnev, Mikhail, 1957- , instrumentalist

Trifonov, Daniil, 1991- , instrumentalist

Gringolts, Ilya , instrumentalist

Mørk, Truls, 1961- , instrumentalist

Kisin, Evgeniĭ, 1971- , instrumentalist

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883

Dvořák, Antonín, 1841-1904

Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897

T︠S︡fasman, A. (Aleksandr), 1906-1971

Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827

Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847

Berio, Luciano, 1925-2003

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893

Nagano, Kent, 1951- , conductor

Takács-Nagy, Gábor , conductor

Masur, Kurt , conductor

Dudamel, Gustavo , conductor

Gergiev, Valeriĭ, 1953- , conductor

Theorin, Iréne , singer

Westbroek, Eva-Maria , singer

Terfel, Bryn , singer

Kni︠a︡zev, Aleksandr, 1961- , instrumentalist

Bashmet, I︠U︡riĭ , instrumentalist

Korcia, Laurent , instrumentalist

Repin, Vadim , instrumentalist

UBS Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra , instrumentalist, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/itr

Verbier Festival Orchestra , instrumentalist, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/itr

Languages:

English
Armenian
French
Italian
Azerbaijani
German

Language Notes:

The 2nd work sung in English, Armenian, French, Italian, and Azerbaijani; the 8th work sung in German.

Included Works:

Ring des Nibelungen [by Wagner, R.] > Walküre > 3. Aufzug

Quintets, piano, violins (2), viola, cello [by Dvořák, A.] > Op. 81, A major

Trios, piano, violin, cello [by Brahms, J.] > No. 1, op. 8, B major

Suites, piano, orchestra [by T︠S︡fasman, A.] (Complete)

Concertos, piano, orchestra [by Beethoven, L.v.] > No. 2, op. 19, B♭ major

Concertos, piano, orchestra [by Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, F.] > No. 1, op. 25, G minor

Folk songs, no. 1 [by Berio, L.] (arranged)

Symphonies [by Tchaikovsky, P.I.] > No. 6, op. 74, B minor

Other Related Resources:

Source record: Verbier festival (Berlin : Deutsche Grammophon, [2018] — OCLC Number 1051437090)

Subjects:

Symphonies

Songs (Low voice) with orchestra

Concertos (Piano)

Suites (Piano with orchestra)

Piano trios

Piano quintets

Operas — Excerpts

Operas

Genres:

Symphonies

Operas

Concertos

Suites

Songs

Arrangements (Music)

Chamber music

Excerpts

Live sound recordings

Performers:

Verbier Festival Orchestra and Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra ; with various conductors and solo performances.

Production Credits:

Producer, Verbier Festival.

Performance Medium:

1 ensemble: orchestra
1 performer and 1 ensemble: solo alto voice voice; orchestra
1 performer and 1 ensemble: solo piano; orchestra
3 performers: violin; cello; piano
5 performers: violin (2); viola; cello; piano
3 performers and 1 ensemble: solo soprano voice (2); solo baritone voice; orchestra
4 performers and 2 ensembles: solo piano; solo violin; solo viola; solo cello; orchestra; chamber orchestra

General Notes:

The 2nd work originally for voice and 7 instruments; accompaniment arranged for orchestra.
Recorded live in concert 2004-2015 Verbier Festival in Verbier, Switzerland.
Historical notes about the Verbier Festival written in English, French, and German (28 pages : illustrations) included in booklet.
Description based on: Hard copy version record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 audio file)
3. Aufzug
op. 81
no. 1, op. 8
no. 2, op. 19
no. 1, op. 25
no. 1
no. 6, op. 74

Audio Characteristics:

digital

Digital Characteristics:

audio file

Call Numbers:

Online Audio

Other Standard Numbers:

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Publisher Number, Deutsche Grammophon: 00028948351480

OCLC Numbers:

1250384891