Mendelssohn hiked through the Scottish Highlands. Saint-Saens favored Algiers. Debussy spent a quiet summer on the English coast, while Gershwin enjoyed the cosmopolitan charms of Paris. And Dvorak chose a farm town in Iowa.
Very different vacations, to be sure--but each inspired some extraordinary music.
In this hour, a tuneful tour with composers who just wanted to get away from it all.
FEATURED RECORDINGS
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Title |
Group/Artist |
Catalog # |
UPC |
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Dvorak String Quartets Op. 106 & 96 [for “American” String Quartet] |
Pavel Haas Quartet |
Supraphon SU-4038-2 |
099925403829
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Saint-Saens: Javotte, Rapsodie Bretonne, etc., [for Algerian Suite] |
Monte Carlo Philharmonic, David Robertson |
Auvidis V 4688 |
3298490046883
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Elgar: Wand of Youth, etc [for Three Bavarian Dances] |
London Philharmonic, Adrian Boult |
EMI CDM 7 69207 2 |
07777692072
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Mendelssohn: Symphonies 1-5 [for “Scottish” Symphony] |
Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Yannick Nézet-Séguin |
Deutsche Grammophon 00289 479 7337 |
028947973379
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Debussy Orchestral Music [for La Mer] |
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink |
Philips 438 742-2 |
028943874229 |
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Serenade [for Tchaikovsky’s Souvenir of Florence] |
Metamorphosen Berlin, Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt |
Sony 88985422242 |
889854222420
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Gershwin: An American In Paris |
Harmonie Ensemble New York, Steven Richman |
Harmonia Mundi HMU 907658 |
093046765828
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