On the occasion of Cambreling's 75th birthday the label SWR Classic releases on a 10 discs boxed set recordings made by the SWR between 1999 and 2011. Sylvain Cambreling was the chief conductor of the SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden and Freiburg between 1992-2016. When he took up his position at the broadcasting corporation Südwestrundfunk, he knew only too well that he was the successor to charismatic colleagues such as Hans Rosbaud, Ernest Bour and Michael Gielen, and did not have to be told that the orchestra's tradition was not geared towards providing wellness experiences for hedonistic listeners. He had been engaged because his programmes were daring, informative, suggestive, epoch-spanning, always a bit brushed the wrong way and disconcerting for he regards music as "intellectually stimulating material" and despises the beaten programme tracks. He met with an orchestra that was young, efficient and enthusiastic, and whose members were eager and willing to fulfil the task the broadcasting corporation had set: a strong commitment to New Music. Cambreling was and still is enormously hard-working, curious about anything new and complex, displays a versatility that is without competition, and is a great communicator: therefore, he was the ideal cast for this orchestra and it's tasks. The hymns of praise, specifically those of the foreign press, regularly (and not without envy) point out the qualities and possibilities of the orchestra and also the apparently reliable sponsorship from the broadcasting corporation. Just as reliable were the invitations from Salzburg, Paris, Berlin, Vienna, Madrid, Lisbon, Lucerne, Aix-en-Provence.
2 No. 2. Ibéria: A. Par Les Rues Et Par Les Chemins - [07:10]
3 No. 2. Ibéria: B. Les Parfums de la Nuit - [08:55]
4 No. 2. Ibéria: C. Le Matin D'un Jour de Fête [04:39]
5 No. 3. Rondes de Printemps [08:00]
6 Danse Sacrée [05:10]
7 Danse Profane [05:11]
8 No. 1. de L'aube À Midi Sur la Mer [09:00]
9 II. Jeux de Vagues [07:04]
10 III. Dialogue Du Vent de la Mer [08:46]
- Disc 3 -
1 La Valse (Version for Orchestra) [13:26]
2 I. Modéré [01:27]
3 II. Assez Lent [02:42]
4 III. Modéré [01:58]
5 IV. Assez Animé [01:20]
6 V. Presque Lent [01:40]
7 VI. Assez Vif [00:52]
8 VII. Moins Vif [02:52]
9 VIII. Epilogue: Lent [04:49]
10 Alborada Del Gracioso [07:31]
11 Boléro [16:34]
- Disc 4 -
1 Part I: Adoration of the Earth: Introduction - [03:32]
2 Part I: Adoration of the Earth: The Augurs of Spring - Dances of the Young Girls - [03:34]
3 Part I: Adoration of the Earth: Ritual of Abduction - [01:23]
4 Part I: Adoration of the Earth: Spring Rounds - [03:53]
5 Part I: Adoration of the Earth: Ritual of the River Tribes - [02:02]
6 Part I: Adoration of the Earth: Procession of the Sage - [00:46]
7 Part I: Adoration of the Earth: The Sage - [00:27]
8 Part I: Adoration of the Earth: Dance of the Earth [01:14]
9 Part II: The Sacrifice: Introduction - [04:59]
10 Part II: The Sacrifice: Mystic Circles of the Young Girls - [03:34]
11 Part II: The Sacrifice: Glorification of the Chosen One - [01:32]
12 Part II: The Sacrifice: Evocation of the Ancestors - [00:44]
13 Part II: The Sacrifice: Ritual Action of the Ancestors - [04:04]
14 Part II: The Sacrifice: Sacrificial Dance (The Chosen One) [04:40]
15 Tableau 1: The Shrovetide Fair [10:20]
16 Tableau 2: Petrushka's Room [04:34]
17 Tableau 3: The Moor's Room [06:50]
18 Tableau 4: The Shrovetide Fair [14:10]
- Disc 5 -
1 I. Adagio [09:17]
2 II. Con Fuoco [12:35]
3 No. 3. Zart Bewegt [00:49]
4 No. 1. Pour Invoquer Pan [02:02]
5 No. 3. Pour Que la Nuit Soit Propice [02:26]
6 No. 5. Sehr Langsam [02:43]
7 No. 6. Zart Bewegt [01:37]
8 No. 4. Pour la Danseuse Aux Crotales [02:04]
9 No. 2. Pour Un Tombeau Sans Nom [02:30]
10 No. 1. Etwas Bewegte Achtel [01:16]
11 No. 5. Pour L'égyptienne [02:33]
12 No. 4. Langsam, Marcia Funebre [04:15]
13 No. 6. Pour Remercier la Pluie Au Matin [02:19]
14 No. 2. Bewegt [01:31]
15 No. 1. Präludium [ 04:43]
16 No. 2. Reigen [05:35]
17 No. 3. Marsch [09:40]
- Disc 6 -
1 Opening: The Thugs Order the Girl to the Window [02:42]
2 First Seduction Game: The Girl Entices the Old Rake [03:45]
3 Second Seduction Game: The Girl Entices the Young Man [03:28]
4 Third Seduction Game: The Girl Entices the Mandarin [02:31]
5 The Girl Slowly Begins to Dance for the Mandarin [04:44]
6 The Dance Concludes: The Manda Rin Chases the Girl [02:39]
7 No. 1. Viragzas (In Full Flower) [09:15]
8 No. 2. a Falu Tanca (Village Dance) [09:46]
9 I. Moderato [14:39]
10 II. Adagio Religioso [04:33]
11 III. Allegro Vivace [04:24]
- Disc 7 -
1 I. Allegretto [02:15]
2 2. II. Andante [06:10]
3 3. III. Moderato [05:38]
4 4. IV. Allegretto [03:04]
5 5. V. Andante Con Moto [07:20]
6 6. Šumařovo DÍTĚ (The Fiddler's Child), JW Vi/14 [13:01]
- Disc 8 -
1 I. Animato, Ma Misterioso [07:55]
2 III. Allegro Fuocoso - Calmato [13:11]
3 I. Incantatoire - [03:45]
4 II. Linéaire - [04:37]
5 III. Obsessionnel - [03:09]
6 IV. Torpide - [03:18]
7 V. Flamboyant [04:11]
8 II. Andantino Sostenuto [10:11]
- Disc 9 -
1 I. Prelude [03:52]
2 II. Comedy: Allegretto [12:39]
3 III. Fugue [06:03]
4 IV. Finale [10:32]
5 I. the St. Gaudens in Boston Common (Col. Shaw and His Colored Regiment) [10:23]
6 II. Putnam's Camp, Redding, Connecticut [06:35]
7 III. the Housatonic at Stockbridge [05:11]
8 The Unanswered Question [09:15]
- Disc 10 -
1 Réveil Des Oiseaux [23:26]
2 Oiseaux Exotiques [15:08]
3 I. Introduction [03:19]
4 II. Strophe I [01:34]
5 III. Antistrophe I [03:02]
6 IV. Strophe II [01:32]
7 V. Antistrophe II [05:36]
8 VI. Épôde [03:45]
9 VII. Coda [02:35
On the occasion of Cambreling's 75th birthday the label SWR Classic releases on a 10 discs boxed set recordings made by the SWR between 1999 and 2011. Sylvain Cambreling was the chief conductor of the SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden and Freiburg between 1992-2016. When he took up his position at the broadcasting corporation Südwestrundfunk, he knew only too well that he was the successor to charismatic colleagues such as Hans Rosbaud, Ernest Bour and Michael Gielen, and did not have to be told that the orchestra's tradition was not geared towards providing wellness experiences for hedonistic listeners. He had been engaged because his programmes were daring, informative, suggestive, epoch-spanning, always a bit brushed the wrong way and disconcerting for he regards music as "intellectually stimulating material" and despises the beaten programme tracks. He met with an orchestra that was young, efficient and enthusiastic, and whose members were eager and willing to fulfil the task the broadcasting corporation had set: a strong commitment to New Music. Cambreling was and still is enormously hard-working, curious about anything new and complex, displays a versatility that is without competition, and is a great communicator: therefore, he was the ideal cast for this orchestra and it's tasks. The hymns of praise, specifically those of the foreign press, regularly (and not without envy) point out the qualities and possibilities of the orchestra and also the apparently reliable sponsorship from the broadcasting corporation. Just as reliable were the invitations from Salzburg, Paris, Berlin, Vienna, Madrid, Lisbon, Lucerne, Aix-en-Provence.
