Verdi & Variations 180g LP (Vinyl)

First Vinyl Release From Chandos In Years!
180g Vinyl LP! First Time On Vinyl!

Responding to overwhelming popular demand, Chandos released Verdi and Variations as a 12” LP for the first time. This venture is Chandos’ first LP production in many years. The works on the record are performed by Canadian ensemble I Musici de Montreal under the direction of the late, lamented Yuli Turovsky. Despite Giuseppi Verdi’s curt dismissal of his one and only chamber work as of ‘no importance’, it nevertheless received a fantastic reception at its premier and was hailed as a masterpiece. The present recording is a string orchestra arrangement by Yuli Turovsky. The other two works represent two composer’s unique takes on Verdi’s music. Antonio Pasculli’s Grand Concerto on Themes from Verdi’s I vespri siciliani was designed to showcase the composer’s considerable virtuosity as an oboist; it is here played by Philippe Magnan. Marc-Oliver Dupin’s Fantasia on Arias from La Traviata (1995), revisits the ‘fantasy’ genre in a set of six contrasting and highly entertaining variations.

Features:
• 180g Vinyl
• First time on vinyl
• Original recording 20-bit / 44.1 kHz

Musicians:
Philippe Magnan, oboe ( I vespri siciliani)
Alexander Trostiansky, violin (La traviata)
I Musici de Montreal
Yuli Turovsky

Selections:
Marc-Olivier Dupin (b.1954)
Fantasia on Arias from La traviata
1. I. Introduction, Presto - Moderato
2. II. Allegretto
3. III. Andantino
4. IV. Brillante
5. V. Andantino
6. VI. Allegro brillante

Antonio Pasculli (1842-1924)
7. Grand Concerto on Themes from Verdi's I vespri siciliani

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
String Quartet in e minor arr. for strings by Y. Turovsky
8. I. Allegro
9. II. Andantino
10. III. Prestissimo
11. IV. Allegro assai mosso

Recording venue: L'Eglise de la Nativite de la Sainte Vierge, la Prairie, Quebec, August 26-29, 1997