wimpel69
11-27-2017, 01:32 PM
This is my own album. Please request the FLAC link in this thread.
PM's will be ignored. Album artwork & booklet included.
I already shared this score in mp3 format as part of my ongoing classical program music thread.
"In 2008, I opened the stage door to the opera house in Zagreb, home to the National Ballet of Croatia and caught sight
of a large poster announcing the Mia Slavenska Ballet Competition. I did a double take: Mia Slavenska was a famous
ballerina, star of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo and had danced at the very first ballet performance I attended at the
Metropolitan Opera House, New York when I was around 9 years old and already committed to what was to become a
lifelong passion for dance. Coming full circle, my latest ballet �The Lady of the Camellias�, was commissioned by the
company that had been home to its international star. Once more it was Derek Deane who made the call. When he
mentioned the subject I immediately felt my temperature rise and remained in a fever for the two full years from the
inquiry to the first night. I had a long build up of my own from childhood, listening to Verdi�s �La Traviata� on the
Saturday afternoon Met broadcasts to later preparing a production at the New York City Opera. Still later, in London
in 1978, I composed a score for a BBC dramatisation of the original Dumas Jr novel but in the intervening years there
had been several ballets produced on the subject, mostly using music by Liszt and Chopin. Obvious, as the courtesan
Marie Duplessis, that Marguerite Gautier was based on, had been mistress of both composers as well as the author of
the novel and highly successful play. I pleaded with Derek to do an original score and re-studying the novel, was
determined to include several scenes that Verdi had decided to omit, such as Marguerite�s friends freeloading at her
country retreat and her final visit to Armand after her humiliation at Olympe�s party. With a contemporary concept
to the decor, the action could flow without pause and indeed the production did effectively utilise projections and film.
Here is our story."
Carl Davis
Music Composed and Conducted by
Carl Davis
Played by the
Czech National Symphony Orchestra
https://s2.postimg.org/b1ca2ryux/davis.gif
"Alexandre Dumas' The Lady of the Camelias has inspired plays, films, ballets and operas - most famously Verdi's La Traviata.
Carl Davis' ballet version was commissioned by the National Ballet of Croatia and premiered in 2008. It went on to sell out two
successive seasons.
This is classic Carl Davis, who honed his composing craft on the brilliant Thames Silents series of soundtracks for classic silent
movies. Like those scores, this richly romantic music conjures up the spirits of Verdi, Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev and others - all
with Davis' distinctive flair for the dramatic.
Even without the ballet visuals to go with it, this is a delightful listen, crisply performed by the Czech National Symphony
Orchestra conducted by the composer."
Classic FM
Source: Carl Davis Collection (My album!)
Format: FLAC(RAR), DDD Stereo
File Size: 512 MB (incl. artwork & booklet)
This is my own album. Please request the FLAC link in this thread.
PM's will be ignored. Album artwork & booklet included.
Please add to my reputation if you download my material. Thank you! ;)
PM's will be ignored. Album artwork & booklet included.
I already shared this score in mp3 format as part of my ongoing classical program music thread.
"In 2008, I opened the stage door to the opera house in Zagreb, home to the National Ballet of Croatia and caught sight
of a large poster announcing the Mia Slavenska Ballet Competition. I did a double take: Mia Slavenska was a famous
ballerina, star of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo and had danced at the very first ballet performance I attended at the
Metropolitan Opera House, New York when I was around 9 years old and already committed to what was to become a
lifelong passion for dance. Coming full circle, my latest ballet �The Lady of the Camellias�, was commissioned by the
company that had been home to its international star. Once more it was Derek Deane who made the call. When he
mentioned the subject I immediately felt my temperature rise and remained in a fever for the two full years from the
inquiry to the first night. I had a long build up of my own from childhood, listening to Verdi�s �La Traviata� on the
Saturday afternoon Met broadcasts to later preparing a production at the New York City Opera. Still later, in London
in 1978, I composed a score for a BBC dramatisation of the original Dumas Jr novel but in the intervening years there
had been several ballets produced on the subject, mostly using music by Liszt and Chopin. Obvious, as the courtesan
Marie Duplessis, that Marguerite Gautier was based on, had been mistress of both composers as well as the author of
the novel and highly successful play. I pleaded with Derek to do an original score and re-studying the novel, was
determined to include several scenes that Verdi had decided to omit, such as Marguerite�s friends freeloading at her
country retreat and her final visit to Armand after her humiliation at Olympe�s party. With a contemporary concept
to the decor, the action could flow without pause and indeed the production did effectively utilise projections and film.
Here is our story."
Carl Davis
Music Composed and Conducted by
Carl Davis
Played by the
Czech National Symphony Orchestra
https://s2.postimg.org/b1ca2ryux/davis.gif
"Alexandre Dumas' The Lady of the Camelias has inspired plays, films, ballets and operas - most famously Verdi's La Traviata.
Carl Davis' ballet version was commissioned by the National Ballet of Croatia and premiered in 2008. It went on to sell out two
successive seasons.
This is classic Carl Davis, who honed his composing craft on the brilliant Thames Silents series of soundtracks for classic silent
movies. Like those scores, this richly romantic music conjures up the spirits of Verdi, Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev and others - all
with Davis' distinctive flair for the dramatic.
Even without the ballet visuals to go with it, this is a delightful listen, crisply performed by the Czech National Symphony
Orchestra conducted by the composer."
Classic FM
Source: Carl Davis Collection (My album!)
Format: FLAC(RAR), DDD Stereo
File Size: 512 MB (incl. artwork & booklet)
This is my own album. Please request the FLAC link in this thread.
PM's will be ignored. Album artwork & booklet included.
Please add to my reputation if you download my material. Thank you! ;)