Riccardo Drigo News
artist (1846-1930)
- opera
- Kingdom of Italy, Russian Empire
- composer, conductor, choreographer, pianist
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2021-01-04 00:00:00
Decca Eloquence Part 1
Carl Nielsen Symphony No. 4 "The Inextinguishable" Alexander Scriabin The Poem of Ecstasy Los Angeles PO Zubin Mehta 20th-Century Chamber Music Britten: SinfoniettaHindemith: Octet Poot: Octet Badings: Octet Wellesz: Octet Wiener Oktett Thomas ArneEight Harpsichord Sonatas Christopher Hogwood harpsichord J. S. Bach Orchestral Suite No. 2 Mozart Flute Concerto No. 2 Gluck Dance of the Blessed Spirits Claude Monteux flute London SO Pierre Monteux Jean Sibelius Orchestral Works King Christian Kuolema Scenes Historiques The Tempest Hungarian State SO Hungarian National PO Jussi Jalas Alfredo Campoli The Bel Canto Violin vol. 1 Bach Tartini Handel George Malcom piano and harpsichord The Bel Canto Violin vol. 2 Mendelssohn Bruch Beethoven Eduard von Beinum Josef Krips Adrian Boult The Bel Canto Violin vol. 3 Violin Encores Kreisler Drigo Dohnanyi Fibich George Malcolm piano Eric Gritton piano The Bel Canto […]
2020-03-23 08:50:02
Islands and seasons: Tom Hicks in John Ireland and Tchaikovsky
[…] movement, January is one of the longest and most developed, whilst in February we feel that Tchaikovsky's ballet music is not far away, whilst March is thoughtful with a haunting melody, so it is clear that the composer was thinking about contrast between the movements and what strikes one is the variety that he manages to bring to the genre. Whilst some movements do suggest Swan Lake (and perhaps surprisingly none was used when Riccardo Drigo reworked the score for Marius Petipa in 1895), the spirits of Schumann and Mendelssohn are often not far away either. Tchaikovsky seems to have regarded the pieces as a money-making exercise, but each has a melodic charm, and of course some such as the melodically evocative barcarolle for June or the lovely troika for November are very well known.Tom Hicks plays them with real feeling and style, never trying to make more of the […]
2018-12-15 16:37:00
'SWAN LAKE' JDCMB CHRISTMAS COMPETITION
WIN A SWAN LAKE CD AND A COPY OF ODETTE Vladimir Jurowski's recording of Swan Lake in its original 1877 version - before Drigo got his paws on the score - is an absolute stunner, out now on Pentatone Classics. The State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia 'Evgeny Svetlanov' offers sleek, intense playing, the sound quality is excellent and in Jurowski's hands the dramatic climaxes become utterly hair-raising, almost Wagnerian in their magic and majesty. And in the box there's even a set of instructions for how to fold your own Origami swan. Swan Lake is the inspiration behind my new book, Odette, in which the ballet's heroine meets the present day head-on. This week Odette has been on a 'blog tour' which has found it termed 'enchanting', 'magical' and 'absolutely unique' (for which I'm extremely grateful and happy.) I'm delighted to say that Pentatone is offering a copy of Jurowski's […]
2018-06-03 08:28:19
Swan Lake at the Royal Ballet
[…] Scarlett has created a very, very Romantic Swan Lake. Tutus are back (they were dropped in favour of something longer in the 1987 production). This, in itself, gives the white acts their very, very traditional look. Royal Ballet - Swan Lake - © 2018 ROH. Photograph by Bill Cooper The music that forms the basis for Swan Lake is in fact not Tchaikovsky's original score, but the score as arranged and adjusted by Riccardo Drigo to suit the requirements of Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov's new production in St Petersburg in 1895.The changes are quite substantial, and Drigo introduced a number of orchestrated piano pieces. Tchaikovsky accepted the need for revision for the new production, but died before he could work on it. Most companies use their own version of the score, but the Drigo revision is the basis. Going back to the original is difficult, some of Drigo's […]
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