Nielsen: Aladdin Op. 34, Fairy Tale drama in Five Acts
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Nielsen: Aladdin Op. 34, Fairy Tale drama in Five Acts
Guido Paevatalu (baritone) Mette Ejsing (contralto) / Danish National Radio Chamber Choir. Danish National Symphony Orchestra. Gennady Rozhdestvensky
[ Chandos Classics / CD ]
Release Date: Thursday 20 November 2008
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"The two soloists are very good and the Danish forces respond keenly to Rozhdestvensky'a baton...excellent recording."
(Three Stars Penguin Stereo Guide)
"Until now, the Alladin music has been known only through the 20-minute, seven-movement Suite, but the complete score runs to four times that length. Some numbers are choral, and there are songs and short pieces for solo flute. Thirteen of the movements are designed to accompany solo dialogue and, although not all of it is of equally musical interest and substance, most of it is characteristically Nielsenesque, and much of it delightful. The two soloists, Mette Ejsing and Guido Paevatalu, are very good and the Danish Radio forces respond keenly to Rozhdestvensky's baton."
(Three Stars Penguin Stereo Guide)
This was the first recording of the complete score when it was originally released.
Musical Times commented at the time 'the special value of such a recording is enhanced by the quality of the performance, for the exotic character is well suited to Rozdhestvensky's larger-than-life musical personality.'
Tracks:
1 Prologue 3:12
Act I
2 2 Flute solo 0:55
3 3 Funeral procession 0:47
4 4 Andante - Allegretto - Andantino espressivo 4:34
5 5 Adagio - Tempo di marcia - Allegro non troppo - Andantino - Andante espressivo 4:52
Act II
6 7 A beautiful square in Isfahan 3:04
7 8 Distant festival music 1:59
8 9 Genie of the Lamp 1:19
9 9I Gulnare and Aladdin (love scene) 2:14
Act III
10 10 Genie of the Lamp 1:16
11 11 Oriental festival march 3:15
12 12 Andante 3:29
13 13 March 1:22
14 14 Chinese dance 3:39
15 15 Prisoner's dance 4:14
16 16 Hindu dance 2:47
17 17 Blackmoor's dance 5:07
18 18 Dance and chorus 4:48
Act IV
19 19 Gulnare's song 2:45
20 20 Poco adagio 1:08
21 21 Genie of the Lamp 0:58
22 22 Aladdin's dream - dance of the morning mists 2:58
23 23 Andantino maestoso 0:54
24 24 Aladdin visiting his mother's grave 2:32
25 25 Andante maestoso 1:17
Act V
26 26 Andante 2:06
27 27 Andante con moto 1:03
28 28 Fatime's song 1:03
29 28I Andante quasi allegretto 1:47
30 29 The struggle between Hindbad and Aladdin 4:12
31 30 Eulogy 1:41
