Utwory na płycie:

• Souvenir de Florence, Op. 70 - I. Allegro con spirito
• Souvenir de Florence, Op. 70 - II. Adagio cantabile e con moto
• Souvenir de Florence, Op. 70 - III. Allegro corto e moderato
• Souvenir de Florence, Op. 70 - IV. Allegro con brio e vivace
• Pictures at an Exhibition - I. Promenade
• Pictures at an Exhibition - II. Gnomus
• Pictures at an Exhibition - III. Promenade
• Pictures at an Exhibition - IV. The Old Castle
• Pictures at an Exhibition - V. Promenade
• Pictures at an Exhibition - VI. Tuileries
• Pictures at an Exhibition - VII. Bydlo
• Pictures at an Exhibition - VIII. Promenade
• Pictures at an Exhibition - IX. Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks
• Pictures at an Exhibition - X. Samuel Goldberg and Schmuyle
• Pictures at an Exhibition - XI. The Market Place at Limoges
• Pictures at an Exhibition - XII. Catacombae (Sepulcrum Romanum)
• Pictures at an Exhibition - XIII. Cum mortuis in lingua mortua
• Pictures at an Exhibition - XIV. Baba-Yaga (The Hut on Fowl's Legs)
• Pictures at an Exhibition - XV. The Great Gate of Kiev

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky:
Souvenir de Florence

Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky:
Pictures at an Exhibition (arr. Simon Bouveret)

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.

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This album was recorded at Studio Ernest Ansermet – Maison de la Radio – Geneve, from 24 to 27 October 2017.