Faure Pelleas et Melisande suite, Tchaikovsky Capriccio italien, Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet (Highlights): M.Sanderling / Dresden Philharmonic

Gabriel Faure: Pelleas et Melisande. Suite, op. 80
Pyotr Tchaikovsky: Capriccio italien, op. 4
Sergei Prokofiev: Ballett "Romeo und Julia" op. 64: Die Montagues und die Capulets - Julia - Tanz - Romeo und Julia - Romeo an Julias Grab - Tybalts Tod

Dresdner Philharmonie
Michael Sanderling, Conductor

Live Recorded: 2011

The all-important theme of love in all its facets stands at the center of the Dresden Philharmonic’s first concert of the season with its new Principal Conductor Michael Sanderling.
The live recording of the concert now just being released on the GENUIN classics label begins with Pelleas et Melisande by Gabriel Faure. Fatal and forbidden love unavoidably imply drama - something which has moved humanity over and over again. Faure’s interpretation of the story stirs feelings such as anger or sadness over continued injustice and squandered opportunities. Selections from Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet bring the program’s theme of star-crossed lovers full circle. Elements of Italian folk music repeatedly shine through in Tchaikovsky’s brilliantly orchestrated Capriccio italien. Based on the model of his older Russian colleague, Glinka, Tchaikovsky’s rendering is brimming over with new and original thoughts, which capriciously dance from one theme to the next and, after all manner of transformations, culminate in a rollicking finale. ( GENUIN )