Dvořák & Tchaikovsky: Serenades for String Orchestra (Remastered) Orchestre de Chambre & Jean-Francois Paillard

• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893): Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings in C Major, Op. 48:
• 1 Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings in C Major, Op. 48: I. Pezzo en forma di sonatina. Andante non troppo - Allegro moderato 09:20
• 2 Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings in C Major, Op. 48: II. Valse. Moderato 03:52
• 3 Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings in C Major, Op. 48: III. Elegia. Larghetto elegiaco 08:59
• 4 Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings in C Major, Op. 48: IV. Finale, tema russo. Andante - Allegro con spirito - Più mosso 08:08
• Antonín Dvořák (1841 - 1904): Dvořák: Serenade for Strings in E Major, Op. 22, B. 52:
• 5 Dvořák: Serenade for Strings in E Major, Op. 22, B. 52: I. Moderato 04:24
• 6 Dvořák: Serenade for Strings in E Major, Op. 22, B. 52: II. Tempo di valse 05:49
• 7 Dvořák: Serenade for Strings in E Major, Op. 22, B. 52: III. Scherzo vivace 05:34
• 8 Dvořák: Serenade for Strings in E Major, Op. 22, B. 52: IV. Larghetto 04:54
• 9 Dvořák: Serenade for Strings in E Major, Op. 22, B. 52: V. Finale. Allegro vivace 06:19
• Total Runtime 57:19

Info for Dvořák & Tchaikovsky: Serenades for String Orchestra (Remastered)

Jean-François Paillard has been a pillar of Erato’s history since its foundation in 1953. This box includes all orchestral and chamber music, as well as the concerto recordings done during Paillard’s collaboration with Erato between 1953 and 1984. With his musicological and researcher background, Paillard was one of the world's pioneers in early music and has been instrumental in making it known to a wide audience: his discography includes many World and French recording premieres.

Jean-Francois Paillard Chamber Orchestra
Jean-Francois Paillard, conductor

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Jean-François Paillard
Conductor and musicologist Jean-François Paillard was one of the most visible French exponents of Baroque music from the 1960s onward. Paillard earned a degree in mathematics from the Sorbonne, but he turned to music soon after. He attended the Paris Conservatory as a musicology student, where he won first prize in music history; he later studied conducting at the Salzburg Mozarteum with Igor Markevitch. He formed the Ensemble Jean-Marie Leclair in 1952, which was renamed the Jean-François Paillard Chamber Orchestra the following year. Comprised of a dozen string players and a harpsichord, the group paralleled such small-scale English ensembles as the Boyd Neel Orchestra in performing Baroque-era works -- especially those from France -- as well as contemporary works for string orchestra. As the public's interest in Baroque music rose, the orchestra's popularity grew and was aided by a series of international tours covering dozens of countries. The group's recordings on Erato -- which included the standard Baroque repertory such as Bach's Brandenburg Concertos and the Orchestral Suites, as well as pieces by Couperin and Rameau -- were initially easier to find in Europe. But when RCA Victor picked up the Erato catalog for U.S. distribution in the 1970s, Paillard's records were snapped up by American listeners. Lightning struck for Paillard late in the decade with his recording of the Canon in D by Johann Pachelbel. Paillard's ran nearly twice as long as most rival recordings, by virtue of its uniquely slow tempo and its finely delineated parts for the strings, both bowed and pizzicato. Paillard further benefited when Victor issued it on a full-priced LP and paired it with Fasch's Trumpet Concerto and grouped with various RCA artists on a budget-priced compilation LP called Go for Baroque. Sales of Go for Baroque moved faster than Beatles' albums were sold. Paillard's performances and recordings have also included works by Roussel and Debussy. He has worked with such celebrated soloists as Maurice André and Jean-Pierre Rampal. Paillard has won numerous Grand Prix du Disque awards in France and Prix Edison awards in Holland and his release of Rameau's Les Indes galantes remains a highly regarded recording. Later in his career, Paillard turned more to guest conducting orchestras around the world and his avid interest in the sciences.

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