ケンブリッジ・バスカーズ・コレクション

Tuesday, October 23rd 2007

ケンブリッジ大学出身のマイケル・コプレイとデイヴィッド・イングラムの二人により1970年代後半に結成された大道芸人風デュオ「ケンブリッジ・バスカーズ」は、、1988年に、アコーディオンがイアン・ムーアに代わって「クラシック・バスカーズ」と名前を変えるまでの10数年間に、世界で人気を博したユニークなデュオ。
　その特徴は、「クラシックの名曲の数々をおもしろおかしく笛とアコーディオンで演奏してしまう」というもので、特に速いテンポの曲での笛の超絶技巧ぶりには目を見張るものがありました。実際、マイケル・コプレイのテクニックと音楽性には確かなものがあり、イ・ムジチのバッハ：ブランデンブルク協奏曲の録音に参加したり、ヴィヴァルディの協奏曲集やテレマンの協奏曲の録音でソロをとったりと正統派の側面も見せていましたが、しかし彼ならではの魅力がもっとも発揮されるのはやはりバスカーズでのユーモアたっぷりの活動のほうでしょう。
　そんな彼らのユーモラスな超絶技巧演奏がたっぷり楽しめるのが今回初ＣＤ化となるドイツ・グラモフォンのボックスセットです。エロクエンス・シリーズで気炎を上げるオーストラリア・ユニバーサルならではの好企画と言えるでしょう。

CD 1
ROSSINI: Largo al factotum (Figaro's aria) from The Barber of Seville
VERDI: La donna e mobile from Rigoletto
BIZET: Gypsy Song from Carmen
ROSSINI: Overture from Semiramide
MOZART: Dove sono i bei momenti from The Marriage of Figaro
MOZART: Monostatos' Aria from The Magic Flute
WEILL: Happy Life Song from The Threepenny Opera
SULLIVAN: Little Buttercup from HMS Pinafore
ROSSINI: Una voce poco fa from The Barber of Seville
WAGNER: Ride of the Valkyries from The Valkyrie
VERDI: Act III Quartet from Rigoletto
ROSSINI: Overture from The Italian Girl in Algiers
MOZART: Serenade (Deh vieni alla finestra) from Don Giovanni
VERDI: Sempre libera from La traviata
MASCAGNI: Intermezzo from Cavalleria rusticana
SUPPE: Overture from Poet and Peasant
MOZART: Non piu andrai from The Marriage of Figaro
OFFENBACH: Can Can from Orpheus in the Underworld
BACH: Brandenburg Suite
VIVALDI: Spring from The Four Seasons
HANDEL: Harp Concerto in B-flat major
ALBINONI / GIAZOTTO: Adagio
HANDEL: Water Music Suite
D. SCARLATTI: Sonata in D major, K491
HANDEL: Concerto in F 'a due cori'

CD 2
HANDEL: Hallelujah Chorus from Messiah
PURCELL: Abdelazar, or the Moor's Revenge
DAQUIN: Le Coucou (The Cuckoo)
BACH: Harpsichord Concerto in F minor / Polonaise from Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor
MOURET: Rondeau from Fanfares
HANDEL: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba from Solomon
PACHELBEL: Can(n)on / Kanon(e)
BACH: Toccata (without Fugue) in D minor
BACH: Gavotte from French Suite No. 5 in G major
CORELLI: Pastorale (Largo) from the Christmas Concerto
CHARPENTIER: Te Deum
BACH: Siciliano from Flute Sonata No. 2 in E-flat major
HANDEL: Music for the Royal Fireworks (Overture, Menuet)
TCHAIKOVSKY: 1812 Overture
ROSSINI: Overture from The Barber of Seville
SCHUBERT: Symphony No. 8 'Unfinished'
MAHLER: Symphony No. 4
MOZART: Symphony No. 41 'Jupiter'
DVO?AK: Symphony No. 9 'From the New World'
TCHAIKOVSKY: The Nutcracker Suite (March, Chinese Dance)
SUPPE: Overture from Light Cavalry
MENDELSSOHN: Violin Concerto
Attrib. BEETHOVEN: Tuning Up
BEETHOVEN: The Nine Symphonies
ELGAR: Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 'Land of Hope and Glory'
SCHUBERT: The Trout
GRIEG: Peer Gynt Suite (Morning, Anitra's Dance, In the Hall of the Mountain King)
HOFFSTETTER: Haydn Serenade
TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto in B-flat minor
BRAHMS: Academic Festival Overture

CD 3
SOUSA: The Stars and Stripes Forever
WEILL: Tango Ballade from The Threepenny Opera
PACHELBEL: Canon
TRADITIONAL: Belfast Reel
VIVALDI: Recorder Concerto Finale
TRADITIONAL: Cod Piece (Pavan and Frog Galliard)
BORODIN: Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor
LENNON / McCARTNEY: Here, There and Everywhere
BIZET: Carmen Entr'acte
TRADITIONAL: Good Beer Jig
BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No. 2
SATIE: Gymnopedie No. 1
GAY: The Lambeth Walk
TRADITIONAL: Two Rumanian Folk Tunes
RAVEL: Bolero
SCHUBERT: Marche Militaire
BRAHMS: Hungarian Dance No. 1 in G minor
MOZART: The Birdcatcher's Song from The Magic Flute
TCHAIKOVSKY: Swan Lake (The Dying Swan, Dance of the Young Swans)
VIVALDI: Largo from The Four Seasons (Winter)
KHACHATURIAN: Sabre Dance from Gayaneh
HANDEL: Gigue (Country Dance) from Water Music
MOZART: Champagne Aria from Don Giovanni
ROSSINI: Overture from The Silken Ladder
BACH: Largo from Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, BWV1043
BOYCE: Gigue from Symphony No. 7 in B-flat major
GLUCK: Dance of the Blessed Spirits from Orpheus and Eurydice
PRAETORIUS: Courante from Terpsichore
HANDEL: La Rejouissance from Music for the Royal Fireworks
MONTI: Czardas
BIZET: Farandole from L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2

CD 4
J. STRAUSS JR: Radetzky March
TCHAIKOVSKY: Dance of the Reed Pipes from The Nutcracker Suite
DELIBES: Pizzicati from Sylvia
MOZART: Rondo (Allegro) from Serenade in G major, KV525 'Eine kleine Nachtmusik'
ROSSINI: Overture from La Cenerentola (Cinderella)
BEETHOVEN: Finale (Ode to Joy) from Symphony No. 9
TRADITIONAL: Moscow Nights
PONCHIELLI: Dance of the Hours from La Gioconda
HANDEL: Hornpipe from Water Music Suite No. 1 in F, HWV348
BRATTON: Teddy Bears' Picnic
FAURE: Sicilienne from Pelleas et Melisande
TRADITIONAL SCOTTISH: Loch Lomond
J.C. BACH: Andantino from Quintet in D major
MOZART: Rondo (Allegro vivace) from Horn Concerto No. 4 in E-flat major, KV495
DAVIES: Boss Cat
ROSSINI: Overture from The Barber of Seville
MOZART: Turkish March (Rondo alla Turca) from Piano Sonata in A major, KV331
ROSSINI: Overture from The Thieving Magpie
TRADITIONAL: Hornpipe: What Shall We Do with the Drunken Sailor?
BRAHMS: Hungarian Dance No. 5
JOPLIN: The Entertainer
BACH: Badinerie from Orchestral Suite No. 2
BACH: Two-Part Invention No. 8
ROSSINI: Overture from William Tell
TRADITIONAL: In dulci jubilo
PRAETORIUS: Bourree
MOZART: Molto allegro from Symphony No. 40, KV550
TRADITIONAL RUSSIAN: Dark Eyes
CHOPIN: 'Minute' Waltz (Waltz in D-flat major, Op. 64 No. 1)
CLARKE: Trumpet Voluntary
HATLEY: Dance of the Cuckoos (Laurel and Hardy Theme)
MOZART: Voi che sapete from The Marriage of Figaro
BOCCHERINI: Minuet from String Quintet Op. 13 No. 5
DINICU: Hora Staccato
TRADITIONAL: King's Parade
TRADITIONAL: Piper's Dance