BÉLA BARTOK Concerto for Orchestra

BOHUSLAV MARTINU Memorial To Lidice

GIDEON KLEIN Partita For Strings

 

Philadelphia Orchestra/ Christoph Eschenbach

 

luxury foil slipcase

 

First release under The Philadelphia Orchestra's new groundbreaking recording partnership agreement with the prestigious and highly respected Finnish record label Ondine.

First international commercial CD release of the great Philadelphia Orchestra in 10 years.

International media attention on the recording project, including major articles throughout the international and US press (e.g. The Wall Street Journal / July 21, 2005)

Finest state-of-the-art Super Audio CD (SACD) hybrid recordings, highlighting the unique spirit of a live-performance of this legendary orchestra, as well as its world-renowned "Philadelphia Sound"

Star conductor Christoph Eschenbach, Music Director of The Philadelphia Orchestra and one of today's biggest champions of new or lesser-known repertoire.

Showpiece feature, Béla Bartók's Concerto for Orchestra.

First-time prominent CD coupling of two discoveries, Bohuslav Martinu's Memorial to Lidice and Gideon Klein's.

Partita for string orchestra (1944), first-time recorded by such a great ensemble as The Philadelphia Orchestra.

Excellent review of the live-captured concerts in The Philadelphia Inquirer (May 7, 2005).

First release of minimum three live-recordings per year, with music director Christoph Eschenbach and on The Philadelphia Orchestra's own label, in egalitarian partnership with Ondine.

 

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