Two Miles High Music

No Description AvailableNo Track Information AvailableMedia Type: CDArtist: HANDEL,G.F.Title: MESSIAHStreet Release Date: 11/12/1985

Includes 10 CDs.

Berlioz: Harold In Italy, Three Orchestral Pieces From La Damnation De Faust, More / Eugene Ormandy, Charles Munch, Daniel BarenboimThis product is manufactured on demand using CD-R recordable media. Amazon.com's standard return policy will apply.

Harold in Italy is a symphony with a prominent solo viola part. It was composed for and commissioned by Paganini, who never played it because the viola solos weren't flashy enough for him (Harold actually takes poison and dies in the finale, leaving the orchestra to finish without him). Though disappointed, Berlioz was mollified by the fact that Paganini paid him anyway. It's since become the composer's most frequently performed large orchestral work, first because there's so little good music for solo viola, and second because it's well within the financial resources of most orchestras, the instrumentation being substantial but not ridiculous. This budget-priced performance is both loving and expert, while the couplings are well-chosen. --David Hurwitz

Russian Orchestral Works / Eugene Ormandy, The Philadelphia Orchestra, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Leopold StokowskiThis product is manufactured on demand using CD-R recordable media. Amazon.com's standard return policy will apply.

Ibert: Divertissement; Escales; Faure: Pavane; Pelleas Et Melisande; Roussel: Bacchus Et Ariane / Eugene Ormandy, The Philadelphia Orchestra, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Andrew DavisThis product is manufactured on demand using CD-R recordable media. Amazon.com's standard return policy will apply.

Eugene Ormandy conducts The Philadelphia OrchestraThis product is manufactured on demand using CD-R recordable media. Amazon.com's standard return policy will apply.