Eugene Ormandy - Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphoses; Concert Music for Strings and Brass; Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin - Suite

Title: Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphoses; Concert Music for Strings and Brass; Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin - Suite Artist: Eugene Ormandy Release Date: 2004 Label: EMI Classics Duration: 58:17 Album Type(s): composer biography, performer(s) biography, composition (work) description UPC: 724358609523 Genre: Orchestral Music Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 0 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber, for orchestra
   - 1. Allegro
2. Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber, for orchestra
   - 2. Turandot, Scherzo (Moderate - Lively)
3. Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber, for orchestra
   - 3. Andantino
4. Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber, for orchestra
   - 4. March
5. Konzertmusik, for brass & strings, Op. 50
   - 1. Mässig schnell, mit Kraft - Sehr breit, aber stets fliessend
6. Konzertmusik, for brass & strings, Op. 50
   - 2. Lebhaft - Langsam - Im ersten Zeitmass (Lebhaft)
7. The Miraculous Mandarin, suite for orchestra, Sz. 73a, BB 82 (Op. 19)

Fans of Eugene Ormandy and his Philadelphia Orchestra will embrace this reissue of recordings of Hindemith's Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes by Carl Maria von Weber and Concert Music for Strings and Brass and Bartók's The Miraculous Mandarin Suite. Made late in his career, Ormandy's Symphonic Metamorphosis is brilliantly colorful and brightly rhythmic and his Concert Music is starkly textured and powerfully tempoed. His Miraculous Mandarin is perhaps a bit too garish and possibly a little too gaudy, but it is still extremely dramatic. While old-time fans who remember the younger Ormandy's recordings of the Hindemith works from the '50s may miss their vigor and strength, all ofOrmandy's fans will enjoy the virtuoso playing of the Philadelphia Orchestra, especially as recorded in EMI's staggeringly real late stereo sound and reissued here in bone-crushing and spleen-busting digital. ~ James Leonard, All Music Guide

Name Credits Eugene Ormandy Conductor Franz Marc Artwork Jeremy Tilston Design John Kurlander Engineer John Willan Producer Maria Blanchard Cover Art Philadelphia Orchestra Orchestra