Vincent Vincent d'Indy: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2 Iceland Symphony Orchestra - Rumon Gamba

• Vincent d’Indy (1851 - 1931): Symphony No. 2, Op. 57:
• 1 I. Extremement lent 12:04
• 2 II. Moderement lent 11:28
• 3 III. Modere 05:30
• 4 IV. Lent 14:47
• Tableaux de voyage, Op. 36:
• 5 No. 1. Preambule (Preamble): Assez lent 01:55
• 6 No. 2. En marche (On The Road): Joyeusement 02:52
• 7 No. 3. Le glas (The Knell): Lent 03:26
• 8 No. 4. Lac vert (Green Lake): Tranquillement 01:49
• 9 No. 5. La poste (The Post): Assez vite 01:18
• 10 No. 6. Reve (Dream): Assez lent 06:02
• Karadec, Op. 34:
• 11 I. Prelude: Mouvement de marche modere 04:45
• 12 II. Chanson: Modere 02:48
• 13 III. Noce bretonne (Breton Wedding-Party): Modere sans lenteur 03:09
• Total Runtime 01:11:53

Info for Vincent Vincent d'Indy: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2

Symphony No.2 is of particular interest as there have been very few recordings of this major work. Completed in 1903, the work is inspired by D’Indy’s mentor, Cesar Franck and is highly ambitious in its philosophical scope. This is particularly notable in the symbolic importance of cyclic ideas recurring between movements and the classical values of formal structure and tonal harmony. The result is a large-scale romantic four-movement symphony dedicated to the memory of his friend Ernest Chausson.

The three pieces that make up the Karadec Suite Op.34 were written as incidental music for the long forgotten play Karadec by André Alexander. Critic Francisque Sarcey, writing in Le Temps, noted of d'Indy's score, '…we were held by it and genuinely moved....' The score was dedicated to Julien Tiersot, a fellow Franck pupil and authority on French folk song. Set in Brittany, Karadec gave d'Indy license to make liberal use of Breton folk song.

Tableaux de Voyages Op.36 was a result of a trip that d’Indy had made to Bayreuth in August 1888 to hear Wagner’s Meistersinger and Parsifal. D’Indy realized his impressions of this trip as a set of thirteen piano pieces: Tableaux de Voyage Op. 33, Treize pièces pour piano. He subsequently orchestrated six of the thirteen pieces, which are performed here and are a fine example of D’Indy’s genius.

“…a vital, vividly scored and eventually stirring piece. When d'Indy escapes from his determination to build most of it from the same two themes, he comes up with moments of breathtaking poetry and strikingly personal harmonic colour. Rumon Gamba keeps it all on the move... The orchestra, bright in tone against a resonant background, could do with weightier strings but plays with precision and energy...” (BBC Music Magazine)

Indy: Symphony No. 2, Op. 57
Karadec Suite, Op. 34
Tableaux de voyage, Op. 36


Iceland Symphony Orchestra
Rumon Gamba


Vincent d' Indy: Symphony No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 57
I. Extremement lent
II. Moderement lent
III. Modere
IV. Lent
Vincent d' Indy: Tableaux de voyage, Op. 36
No. 1. Preambule (Preamble): Assez lent
No. 2. En marche (On The Road): Joyeusement
No. 3. Le glas (The Knell): Lent
No. 4. Lac vert (Green Lake): Tranquillement
No. 5. La poste (The Post): Assez vite
No. 6. Reve (Dream): Assez lent
Vincent d' Indy: Karadec Suite, Op. 34
I. Prelude: Mouvement de marche modere
II. Chanson: Modere
III. Noce bretonne (Breton Wedding-Party): Modere sans lenteur

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