Tea for two: A Selection of European Delicacies

Release Date: 24th Jun 2013
Catalogue No: 0300426BC
Label: Berlin Classics
Length: 59 minutes

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Ibert: Divertissement

Work length15:41

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Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana
Howard Griffiths

No. 1, Introduction

Track length1:09

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No. 2, Cortege

Track length5:09

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No. 3, Nocturne

Track length2:39

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No. 4, Valse

Track length3:03

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No. 5, Parade

Track length1:45

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No. 6, Finale

Track length1:56

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Excerpt, Delius: Pieces (2) for Small Orchestra

Work length5:25

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Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana
Howard Griffiths

No. 1, On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring

Track length5:25

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Elgar: Salut d'amour, Op. 12 (Version for orchestra)

Work length3:57

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Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana
Howard Griffiths

Heberle: Recorder Concerto in G Major

Work length13:52

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Maurice Steger
Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana
Howard Griffiths

I. Allegro moderato

Track length6:06

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II. Romance

Track length4:28

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III. Tempo di menuetto

Track length3:18

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Saint-Saëns: Wedding Cake - Valse-Caprice, Op. 76

Work length5:52

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Davide Cabassi
Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana
Howard Griffiths

Wedding Cake, Op. 76

Track length5:52

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Shostakovich: Tahiti Trot (Tea for Two), Op. 16

Work length3:34

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Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana
Howard Griffiths

Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Greensleeves

Work length4:37

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Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana
Howard Griffiths

Heidrich: Variations on Happy Birthday

Work length6:20

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Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana
Howard Griffiths

Theme

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Variation 1 (After J.S. Bach - In the style of 4-part chorale)

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Variation 7 (After R. Wagner's Siegfried Idyll in G. Abraham's string quartet Version)

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Variation 10 (in the style of Viennese music)

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Variation 11 (in the style of film music)

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Variation 14 (in the style of Hungarian music)

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The details are unclear, but one thing is certain: our couple loves classical music. This recording tells a love story with a happy ending, through a number of short but elegant compositions. Even small-scale works can be great in their own way and, compiled in such a creative manner and performed by such excellent musicians, they offer the listener an hour of sheer amazement and amusement.

From Jacques Ibert's Divertissement for chamber orchestra (when the couple first meet), via Anton Heberle's Concerto in G major (the wedding music) through to Peter Heidrich's Variations on Happy Birthday (the happy ending and final celebration), the orchestra accompanies the couple not only when they indulge their liking of tea during their honeymoon, but adding music from all eras as a backdrop to their relationship.

Since its establishment in 1935, the Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana has enjoyed a status as one of Switzerland's best-known orchestras, working regularly with renowned conductors and prestigious soloists.

On this recording, the ensemble is conducted by the English conductor Howard Griffiths, who has guest conducted many leading orchestras worldwide and is currently GMD of the Brandenburg State Orchestra. The soloists are Maurice Steger (recorder), who was hailed in The Independent newspaper as "the world's leading recorder virtuoso", and the pianist Davide Cabassi, finalist at the 2005 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition.

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