Camerata du Léman - Tchaikovsky - Mussorgsky (2020) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

The young players of the Swiss string ensemble Camerata du Léman make their recording debut with energetic performances of Tchaikovsky’s Souvenir de Florence and Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, in a new arrangement by concertmaster Simon Bouveret. The Camerata realise an ensemble sound that is both homogenic and soloistic, and are driven by a shared desire for adventure and a common passion for chamber music. Tchaikovsky’s Souvenir de Florence is a tribute to the Italian city where the composer spent a winter, and simultaneously a declaration of love to Italian lyricism. The ensemble’s new rendition of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition revives the nineteenth-century transcription practice, while also demonstrating the inexhaustible musical richness of this timeless masterpiece.

Tracklist:
1. Souvenir de Florence, Op. 70, TH 118 (Performed by String Ensemble): I. Allegro con spirito (11:10)
2. Souvenir de Florence, Op. 70, TH 118 (Performed by String Ensemble): II. Adagio cantabile e con moto (11:24)
3. Souvenir de Florence, Op. 70, TH 118 (Performed by String Ensemble): III. Allegretto moderato (6:48)
4. Souvenir de Florence, Op. 70, TH 118 (Performed by String Ensemble): IV. Allegro con brio e vivace (7:32)
5. Pictures at an Exhibition (Arr. S. Bouveret for String Ensemble): Promenade I (1:47)
6. Pictures at an Exhibition (Arr. S. Bouveret for String Ensemble): I. Gnomus (2:42)
7. Pictures at an Exhibition (Arr. S. Bouveret for String Ensemble): Promenade II (0:57)
8. Pictures at an Exhibition (Arr. S. Bouveret for String Ensemble): II. The Old Castle (4:36)
9. Pictures at an Exhibition (Arr. S. Bouveret for String Ensemble): Promenade III (0:34)
10. Pictures at an Exhibition (Arr. S. Bouveret for String Ensemble): III. Tuileries [Dispute d'enfants après jeux] (1:09)
11. Pictures at an Exhibition (Arr. S. Bouveret for String Ensemble): IV. Bydło (3:06)
12. Pictures at an Exhibition (Arr. S. Bouveret for String Ensemble): Promenade IV (1:02)
13. Pictures at an Exhibition (Arr. S. Bouveret for String Ensemble): V. Ballet of Unhatched Chicks in Their Shells (1:22)
14. Pictures at an Exhibition (Arr. S. Bouveret for String Ensemble): VI. Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuÿle (2:11)
15. Pictures at an Exhibition (Arr. S. Bouveret for String Ensemble): VII. Limoges, le marché [La grande nouvelle] (1:27)
16. Pictures at an Exhibition (Arr. S. Bouveret for String Ensemble): VIIIa. Catacombæ [Sepulcrum romanum] (2:21)
17. Pictures at an Exhibition (Arr. S. Bouveret for String Ensemble): VIIIb. Con mortuis in lingua mortua (2:31)
18. Pictures at an Exhibition (Arr. S. Bouveret for String Ensemble): IX. The Hut on Fowl's Legs [Baba-Yagá] (3:25)
19. Pictures at an Exhibition (Arr. S. Bouveret for String Ensemble): X. The Great Gate of Kiev (5:43)