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Enescu: Cello Sonatas / Zank, Sulzen

1 CD / Arte Nova / 2007-09-04

Works: George Enescu: Sonata for cello & piano no 1 in F minor, Op. 26/1; Sonata for cello & piano no 2 in C major, Op. 26/2
Performers: Sulzen, Donald; Zank, Gerhard

George Enescu (1881-1955) was one of the first Romanian composers to unite elements of the traditional folk music of his country with the tonal language...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: Symphonie Concertante, Chamber Symphony / Mandeal

1 CD / Arte Nova / 2006-10-10

Works: George Enescu: Symphonie Concertante, for cello & orchestra in B minor, Op. 8; Chansons (7) de Clément Marot, for voice & piano, Op. 15; Chamber Symphony, for 12 instruments in E major, Op. 33
Performers: Cazacu, Marin; Diaconescu, Florin
Conductors: Mandeal, Cristian

Although George Enescu experienced his first international success very early in his career, not only as a musician but as a composer, forty years after...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: Romanian Rhapsody no 1, Suites no 2 & 3 / Mandeal

1 CD / Arte Nova / 2006-06-13

Works: George Enescu: Romanian Rhapsody no 1 in A major, Op. 11 no 1; Suite for orchestra no 2 in C major, Op. 20; Suite for orchestra no 3 in D major ("Villageoise"), Op. 27
Conductors: Mandeal, Cristian
Ensemble: Bucharest George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra

George Enescu (1881-1955) is still remembered today, fifty years after his death, as Romania's greatest classical composer. His many works in numerous genres remain largely...continue...