R. Strauss: Tanzsuite & Divertimento aus Klavierstücken von François Couperin New Zealand Symphony Orchestra & Jun Märkl

• Richard Strauss (1864 - 1949): Tanzsuite aus Klavierstücken von François Couperin, TrV 245:
• 1 Tanzsuite aus Klavierstücken von François Couperin, TrV 245: I. Einzug und feierlicher Reigen (Pavane) 03:05
• 2 Tanzsuite aus Klavierstücken von François Couperin, TrV 245: II. Courante 03:30
• 3 Tanzsuite aus Klavierstücken von François Couperin, TrV 245: III. Carillon 03:45
• 4 Tanzsuite aus Klavierstücken von François Couperin, TrV 245: IV. Sarabande 04:03
• 5 Tanzsuite aus Klavierstücken von François Couperin, TrV 245: V. Gavotte 04:33
• 6 Tanzsuite aus Klavierstücken von François Couperin, TrV 245: VI. Wirbeltanz 03:40
• 7 Tanzsuite aus Klavierstücken von François Couperin, TrV 245: VII. Allemande 05:43
• 8 Tanzsuite aus Klavierstücken von François Couperin, TrV 245: VIII. Marsch 01:15
• Divertimento aus Klavierstücke von François Couperin, Op. 86, TrV 245b:
• 9 Divertimento aus Klavierstücke von François Couperin, Op. 86, TrV 245b: I. La visionnaire 02:51
• 10 Divertimento aus Klavierstücke von François Couperin, Op. 86, TrV 245b: II. Musette de Choisy - La fine Madelon - La douce Janneton - La Sézile - Musette de Taverny 06:24
• 11 Divertimento aus Klavierstücke von François Couperin, Op. 86, TrV 245b: III. Le tic-toc-choc - La lutine 04:08
• 12 Divertimento aus Klavierstücke von François Couperin, Op. 86, TrV 245b: IV. Les fauvettes plaintives 02:58
• 13 Divertimento aus Klavierstücke von François Couperin, Op. 86, TrV 245b: V. Le trophée - L'anguille - Les jeunes seigneurs - Le trophée - La linotte effarouchée 09:49
• 14 Divertimento aus Klavierstücke von François Couperin, Op. 86, TrV 245b: VI. Les tours de passe-passe 03:10
• 15 Divertimento aus Klavierstücke von François Couperin, Op. 86, TrV 245b: VII. Les ombres errantes 03:31
• 16 Divertimento aus Klavierstücke von François Couperin, Op. 86, TrV 245b: VIII. Les brimborions - IX. La badine 03:28
• Total Runtime 01:05:53

Info for R. Strauss: Tanzsuite & Divertimento aus Klavierstücken von François Couperin

Richard Strauss was appointed co-director of the Vienna State Opera in 1919 and soon set about composing a new ballet for the refurbished historic Redoutensaal in the city. At carnival in February 1923 the work was unveiled—a delectable series of eight arrangements of music by François Couperin called Tanzsuite. For the Divertimento, an orchestral suite that includes characteristic Straussian orchestration, and which was written many years later, Strauss rearranged six movements from the earlier work and added two further dances.

New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
Jun Märkl, conductor

Jun Märkl
is a highly respected interpreter of core Germanic repertoire and has become known for his refined and idiomatic explorations of the French Impressionists. His long-standing relationships with the state operas of Vienna, Berlin, Munich, Semperoper Dresden and the Metropolitan Opera have been complemented by his music directorships of the Orchestre National de Lyon and the MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra.

From 2014 to 2017, Märkl was chief conductor of the Basque National Orchestra. He also guest conducts leading orchestras in North America, Asia, Australia, New Zealand and Europe. In recognition of his achievements in Lyon, he was honoured in 2012 with the Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. He has been appointed principal guest conductor of the Residentie Orkest, The Hague for the 2020–21 season, and from 2021 the music director of the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra.

Märkl has an extensive discography – among the more than 50 albums he has recorded are the complete Schumann symphonies with the NHK Symphony Orchestra; Mendelssohn and Wagner with the MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra; and works by Ravel, Messiaen, and a highly acclaimed Debussy series with the Orchestre National de Lyon. He is currently working on a cycle of works by Saint-Saëns, R. Strauss and Hosokawa.

Born in Munich, Märkl won the conducting competition of the Deutscher Musikrat in 1986 and studied at Tanglewood with Leonard Bernstein and Seiji Ozawa. Soon after he appeared in opera houses throughout Europe followed by his first music directorships at the Staatstheater Saarbrücken and the Nationaltheater Mannheim.

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