Vincent d'Indy - Orchestral Works Vol. 5 (Rumon Gamba)

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Composer: Vincent d'Indy

1. Symphonie sur un chant montagnard français, Op. 25: I. Assez lent - Modérément animé
2. Symphonie sur un chant montagnard français, Op. 25: II. Assez modéré, mais sans lenteur
3. Symphonie sur un chant montagnard français, Op. 25: III. Animé
4. Fervaal, opera, Op. 40: Prelude to Act I
5. Saugefleurie, Op. 21: Assez lent et calme -
6. Saugefleurie, Op. 21: Gaîment, mais modéré -
7. Saugefleurie, Op. 21: Assez lent et calme -
8. Saugefleurie, Op. 21: Tempo I (un peu plus vite)
9. Médée, Op. 47: I. Prélude. Très lent
10. Médée, Op. 47: II. Pantomime. Assez lent
11. Médée, Op. 47: III. L'Attente de Médée. Très lent
12. Médée, Op. 47: IV. Médée et Jason. Modérément animé
13. Médée, Op. 47: V. Le Triomphe Auroral. Très lent

Louis Lortie, piano (1-3)
Iceland Symphony Orchestra
Rumon Gamba, conductor

Date: 2013
Label: Chandos
https://www.chandos.net/products/catalogue/CHAN%2010760

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Review

After a hiatus, latest d’Indy from the Icelandic orchestra

The Iceland Symphony Orchestra’s invaluable survey of d’Indy’s orchestral scores here reaches Vol 5 and one of those few works that keep his name alive, albeit only just. The Symphonie sur un chant montagnard français is a typical, and beguiling, example of the way d’Indy managed to mix the formal discipline that he inherited from César Franck with the imagery of nature that proved to be a fertile source of inspiration. The symphony was completed in 1886, two years before Franck’s in D minor, but the central slow movement attests to d’Indy’s debt to his mentor in certain melodic and harmonic procedures, as does the cyclic treatment of material in the symphony as a whole. But d’Indy is his own man, conjuring up fragrant atmosphere from his mountain theme and generating a good deal of healthy vigour in the finale. All this is potently communicated by the orchestral playing and by Louis Lortie’s scintillating fluency in the piano obbligato.

The hushed prelude to the opera Fervaal shows that he was no less susceptible to the influence of Wagner than were other composers of his generation (think Parsifal), and the symphonic poem Saugefleurie indicates that he knew The Ring and Tristan, as do the serpentine harmonies and rich orchestral textures in parts of the suite Médée, drawn from incidental music for Catulle Mendès’s play. But d’Indy brings to it an individual accent, which these performances interpret purposefully and with a vital romantic sweep.

-- Geoffrey Norris, Gramophone

More reviews:
BBC Music Magazine  PERFORMANCE: **** / RECORDING: ***
http://www.allmusic.com/album/vincent-dindy-orchestral-works-vol-5-mw0002498253

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Vincent d'Indy (27 March 1851 – 2 December 1931) was a French composer and teacher. He was a student of César Franck at the Conservatoire de Paris. Inspired by his own studies with Franck and dissatisfied with the standard of teaching at the Conservatoire de Paris, d'Indy, together with Charles Bordes and Alexandre Guilmant, founded the Schola Cantorum de Paris in 1894. His students included Isaac Albéniz, Arthur Honegger, Albéric Magnard, Darius Milhaud, Albert Roussel, Erik Satie and many more. As a composer, d'Indy's best known works are probably his Symphonie sur un chant montagnard français and Istar.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_d'Indy

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Rumon Gamba (born 24 November 1972), is an English conductor. He studied conducting with Colin Metters, George Hurst and Sir Colin Davis at the Royal Academy of Music in London. Gamba was Chief Conductor and Music Director of the Iceland Symphony Orchestra from 2002 to 2010. In October 2008, he was named the next chief conductor and music director of NorrlandsOperan. In March 2011, Gamba was named chief conductor of the Aalborg Symphony Orchestra. Gamba has conducted a number of recordings for the Chandos Records label, particularly in their Film Music series.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumon_Gamba

http://www.rumongamba.com/

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