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Author:

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893.

Title:

Tchaikovsky & Shakespeare [sound recording].

Format:

[sound recording].

Publisher:

Deutsche Grammophon ;

Copyright Date:

p2011

Description:

1 sound disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Overtures.

Other Authors:

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Dudamel, Gustavo. cnd
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893. Hamlet (Fantasy-overture)
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893. Romeo et Juliette (Fantasy-overture)
Orquesta Sinfónica Simón Bolívar. prf

Notes:

Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor. Recorded Feb. 2010, Sala Simón Bolívar, Centro de Acción Social por la Música, Caracas. Compact disc. Program notes by Simon Callow, in English with Spanish translation (12 p. : ports.) inserted in container.

Contents:

Hamlet : fantasy overture after Shakespeare, op. 67 (18:39) -- The tempest : symphonic fantasy after Shakespeare, op. 18 (24:42) -- Romeo and Juliet : fantasy after Shakespeare (22:14).

Summary:

Gustavo Dudamel conducts symphonic pieces derived from Shakespeare as reimagined in music by Tchaikovsky. Unlike the fantasy overture, Romeo and Juliet, and The Tempest, which are program pieces, Hamlet is more mysterious and less literal in the way its thematic material is developed. All three are luminously beautiful. In every case, Dudamel elicits the most appropriate interpretations imaginable from his electrifying Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra.

UPC:

028947793557

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)