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George Enescu: Symphony No. 2; Chamber Symphony for 12 instruments, Op. 33 / Hannu Lintu

1 CD / Ondine / 2012-06-26

Works: George Enescu: Symphony no 2 in A major, Op. 17; Chamber Symphony, for 12 instruments in E major, Op. 33
Conductors: Lintu, Hannu
Ensemble: ; Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra

Ondine is pleased to announce the first release of an Enescu cycle with the Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of artistic director Hannu Lintu....continue...
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Enescu: Three Symphonies; Violin Sonata No. 3 / Valery Sokolov, violin; Svetlana Kosenko, piano

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-02-07

Works: George Enescu: Symphony no 1 in E flat major, Op. 13; Symphony no 2 in A major, Op. 17; Symphony no 3 for piano, chorus & orchestra in C major, Op. 21; Sonata for Violin and Piano no 3 in A minor, Op...
Performers: Kosenko, Svetlana; Sokolov, Valeriy
Conductors: Foster, Lawrence
Ensemble: ; Lyon National Orchestra; Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra

George Enescu (1881-1955) was known primarily as one of the great virtuoso violinists of his day, although he was also a celebrated conductor and influential...continue...

Enescu: Symphony no 3, Concert Overture in A Major / Mandeal

1 CD / Arte Nova / 2007-06-12

Works: George Enescu: Symphony no 3 for piano, chorus & orchestra in C major, Op. 21; Concert Overture "sur des thèmes dans le caractèe populaire roumain," for orchestra in A major, Op.
Conductors: Mandeal, Cristian
Ensemble: Bucharest George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra

"One has the vividly registered feeling that Mandeal has uncorked the genie's flask ... The work has some sweeping, richly ambient string writing. In the...continue...

Enescu: Romanian Rhapsody no 2, Symphony no 2 / Mandeal

1 CD / Arte Nova / 2007-04-10

Works: George Enescu: Roumanian Rhapsody no 2, for orchestra in D major, Op. 11/2; Symphony no 2 in A major, Op. 17
Conductors: Mandeal, Cristian
Ensemble: Bucharest George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra

The Romanian Philharmonic Society was founded in 1868. Its conductors have included significant figures in Romanian music not to mention Enescu himself, whose name the...continue...

Enescu: Suite d'Orchestre, Intermède, Symphony 1 / Mandeal

1 CD / Arte Nova / 2007-02-13

Works: George Enescu: Suite for orchestra no 1 in C major, Op. 9; Intermezzi (2) for string orchestra, Op. 12; Symphony no 1 in E flat major, Op. 13
Conductors: Mandeal, George; Mandeal, Cristian
Ensemble: Bucharest George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra

George Enescu (1881-1955) was an extraordinary musician-one of the great violin virtuosi of the twentieth century, whose performing prowess was overshadowed by his compositional talent....continue...

Enescu: Poème roumain, Vox Maris, Voix de la nature/ Mandeal

1 CD / Arte Nova / 2006-09-12

Works: George Enescu: Poème Roumain, for orchestra & wordless chorus, Op. 1; Vox Maris, symphonic poem for soprano, tenor, chorus & orchestra, Op. 31; Voix de la Nature, for orchestra (incomplete)
Performers: Diaconescu, Florin; Garland, Eric
Conductors: Mandeal, Cristian
Ensemble: Bucharest George Enescu Choir; Bucharest George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra

"Enesco's first orchestral work is the rather diffuse, but effective, Romanian Poem. He wrote it in 1898 as a synthesis of Romanian folk music and...continue...

Enescu: Orchestral Works Vol 4 / Alexandru Lascae, et al

1 CD / Ottavo / 1998-10-01

Works: George Enescu: Sinfonia Concertante for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 8; Suite for Orchestra no 2 in C major, Op. 20
Performers: Hoogeveen, Godfried
Conductors: Lascae, Alexandru
Ensemble: Philharmonia Moldova

Enescu: Symphony no 3, etc / Rozhdestvensky, BBC Phil

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1998-07-21

Works: George Enescu: Symphony no 3 for piano, chorus & orchestra in C major, Op. 21; Romanian Rhapsody no 1 in A major, Op. 11 no 1
Conductors: Rozhdestvensky, Gennady
Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

"...Written during the unsettled years of the First World War, this nearly-hour-long, three-movement work is anchored in a malign, hallucinatory scherzo, which is bordered by...continue...

Enescu: Symphony no 2, etc / Rozhdestvensky, BBC Phil

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1997-06-17

Works: George Enescu: Roumanian Rhapsody no 2, for orchestra in D major, Op. 11/2; Symphony no 2 in A major, Op. 17
Conductors: Rozhdestvensky, Gennady
Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Enescu: Symphony no 1, etc / Rozhdestvensky, BBC Phil

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1996-11-19

Works: George Enescu: Symphony no 1 in E flat major, Op. 13; Suite for orchestra no 3 in D major ("Villageoise"), Op. 27
Performers: Argiros, Marios
Conductors: Rozhdestvensky, Gennady
Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra