Composer(s): Sauguet, Henri
Conductor(s): Almeida, Antonio de
Choir(s): Moscow Capella
Label: Marco Polo
Genre: Orchestral
Period: 20th Century
Catalogue No: 8.223464-65
Barcode: 0730099346429
Distribution Note(s):
Currently not available on CD.
Release Date: 02/1997

SAUGUET: Symphony No. 2, Allegorique

Encouraged by Milhaud, Sauguet was also influenced by Satie, writing music of great clarity in a tonal idiom. His Second Symphony follows the cycle of the seasons, each movement offering a choral section followed by an instrumental development of the mood.

Tracklist

Disc 1
Sauguet, Henri
Ruscica, Genevieve (soprano)
Moscow Capella (Choir)
Moscow Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Almeida, Antonio de (Conductor)
1 L'hiver - L'hiver 05:46
Ruscica, Genevieve (soprano)
Moscow Capella (Choir)
Moscow Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Almeida, Antonio de (Conductor)
2 L'hiver - L'hiver 07:41
Moscow Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Almeida, Antonio de (Conductor)
3 Vers le printemps - Fin de l'hiver 03:34
Ruscica, Genevieve (soprano)
Moscow Capella (Choir)
Moscow Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Almeida, Antonio de (Conductor)
4 Vers le printemps - Le printemps (Moderato) 14:29
Ruscica, Genevieve (soprano)
Moscow Capella (Choir)
Moscow Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Almeida, Antonio de (Conductor)
5 La nuit du rossignol - Le printemps 04:30
Ruscica, Genevieve (soprano)
Moscow Capella (Choir)
Moscow Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Almeida, Antonio de (Conductor)
6 La nuit du rossignol - Le printemps - Nocturne du rossignol 13:34
Ruscica, Genevieve (soprano)
Moscow Capella (Choir)
Moscow Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Almeida, Antonio de (Conductor)
Disc 2
1 L'automne - L'ete et l'automne 02:36
Ruscica, Genevieve (soprano)
Moscow Capella (Choir)
Moscow Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Almeida, Antonio de (Conductor)
2 L'automne - L'ete 10:01
Moscow Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Almeida, Antonio de (Conductor)
3 L'automne - Andante 02:06
Ruscica, Genevieve (soprano)
Moscow Capella (Choir)
Moscow Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Almeida, Antonio de (Conductor)
4 L'automne - L'automne (Andantino) 17:39
Ruscica, Genevieve (soprano)
Moscow Capella (Choir)
Moscow Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Almeida, Antonio de (Conductor)
5 Retour de l'hiver - Le retour de l'hiver 02:36
Ruscica, Genevieve (soprano)
Moscow Capella (Choir)
Moscow Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Almeida, Antonio de (Conductor)
6 Retour de l'hiver - Coda (Le retour de l'hiver) 02:28
Moscow Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Almeida, Antonio de (Conductor)

Total Playing Time: 01:27:00