Vicent d'Indy - Orchestral Works, Vol. 1 Iceland Symphony Orchestra - Rumon Gamba

• Vincent d’Indy (1851 - 19319: Jour d’été à la montagne, Op. 61:
• 1 I. Aurore 08:34
• 2 II. Jour (Apres-midi sous les pins) 11:03
• 3 III. Soir 10:57
• La Forêt enchantée, Op. 8:
• 4 Adagio - Allegro - 04:28
• 5 Un peu plus lent - Meme Mouvement - Plus lent - Andante maestoso - 03:33
• 6 Allegro con fuoco - Plus lent - Tres lent - Allegretto non troppo - Un peu plus lent - Andante maestoso - Plus lent 05:33
• Souvenirs, Op. 62:
• 7 Tres lent - 03:19
• 8 Anime - Tres calme - Meme mouvement - La moitie moins vite, tres intense d'expression - Plus anime, avec chaleur - 05:46
• 9 Mouvement initial, tres lent - Un peu plus vite, tres modere - Tres calme - 03:15
• 10 Anime (Premier Mouvement) - Lent - Premier Mouvement - Lent - Premier Mouvement - Plus anime - Lento - Tres lent - Meme Mouvement, un peu retenu 06:23
• Total Runtime 01:02:51

Info for Vicent d'Indy - Orchestral Works, Vol. 1

D’Indy was a contemporary of Debussy and Ravel, and a pupil of César Franck. Fauré described him as ‘The Samson of Music’ for his multifarious and generous-minded work as a composer, conductor, educator and propagandist who greatly strengthened French musical culture.

Today the music of d’Indy is sadly neglected, which is why Chandos and the Iceland Symphony Orchestra have decided to embark upon a series devoted to his orchestral works with conductor Rumon Gamba. With a style essentially eclectic and strongly influenced above all by Beethoven and Wagner, d’Indy particularly excelled in orchestral composition. He drew particular inspiration from his native region in southern France, and formed a body of post-romantic works richly orchestrated, often inflected with folk-like melodies and employing Franck’s well-known ‘cyclic method’.

The series begins with a programme of in part rarely performed works, including the outstanding Jour d’été à la montagne, Op. 61, a work of d’Indy’s full maturity, composed in 1905. This cyclic three-part evocation of a day in the Ardèche mountains is full of impressionistic details and orchestral nature painting, partly influenced by Debussy but essentially classical in tonal structures. It is complemented by the early La Forêt enchantée, Op. 8 and largely contemporaneous Souvenirs, Op. 62, which d’Indy composed as a memorial to his late wife.

This is the first foray by the Iceland Symphony Orchestra for Chandos into the realm of French repertoire after recordings of the music of Malcolm Williamson. On the most recent Williamson release, American Record Guide commented, ‘Rumon Gamba’s direction of the Iceland Symphony is superb, as is the shape and conviction of all these interpretations. The sound is vibrant and clear’.

Rumon Gamba eliciting controlled and delicate playing from the orchestra in the other two works, does so again here and his vision of dawn at the very opening has more naturalness and magic about it than Marek Janowski’s version which I find very matter-of-fact... All credit too, to the Iceland SO for producing many moments of great beauty, and reminding us that d’Indy wasn’t the dry old stick that his detractors have inclined us to suppose.' BBC Music Magazine


Vincent d' Indy: Jour d'ete a la montagne, Op. 61
I. Aurore
II. Jour (Apres-midi sous les pins)
III. Soir
Vincent d' Indy: La foret enchantee, Op. 8
Adagio - Allegro -
Un peu plus lent - Meme Mouvement - Plus lent - Andante maestoso

Allegro con fuoco - Plus lent - Tres lent - Allegretto non troppo - Un peu plus lent - Andante maestoso - Plus lent
Vincent d' Indy: Souvenirs, Op. 62
Tres lent
Anime - Tres calme - Meme mouvement - La moitie moins vite, tres intense d'expression - Plus anime, avec chaleur
Mouvement initial, tres lent - Un peu plus vite, tres modere - Tres calme
Anime (Premier Mouvement) - Lent - Premier Mouvement - Lent - Premier Mouvement - Plus anime - Lento - Tres lent - Meme Mouvement, un peu retenu

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