Gorgeous orchestral music, just like in Pirates of the Caribbean.

Following "Gorgeous Orchestral Music" (CD-80 1 15), TELARC released this "shocking orchestral music", which included 19 and the orchestral masterpieces of famous artists from all over the world in the 20th century, such as "Prelude to Celebration" by Russian modern composer Shostakovich and "Flying Valkyria" by German opera master Wagner. Famous masterpieces can be heard in different styles and spirits of different countries and factions. TELARC's accurate recording will make you fully appreciate the shock and grandeur of orchestra.

Shostakovich: Prelude to Celebration, Op. 96.

Shostakovich (1905- 1975) has been recognized as unshakable in the 20th century. He has a different style from his peers, Stravinsky and prokofiev, which makes his works have a special affinity. There is no doubt that Shostakovich is the top genius of Russian music in the 20th century.

His works are varied, including symphonies, concertos, chamber music, oratorios and operas. He even composed music for more than 30 films, and he is a prolific and expressive composer. His consistent creed of composing music is that "the main responsibility of Soviet composers is to create for their compatriots." "And from his works, we can also see this trait.

This celebration overture fully shows Shostakovich's composing aesthetics, outstanding temperament and approachable characteristics. At first, the magnificent signal song of brass and the brilliant effect of lively woodwind and string light music brought by clarinet created extremely gorgeous sound and sharp contrast; This song is full of festive atmosphere, strong rhythm and endless orchestral colors from beginning to end. It is a magnificent symphony world and can be said to be a masterpiece of orchestral music.

Wagner: Flying Valkyria

Richard Wagner (18 13- 1883) stands like a giant in the composition of romantic music genre; His thoughts, philosophy, composition ideas and political views swept the European continent like a strong wind in the19th century. He created a new form of opera called "Musical". His composition skills and orchestral methods also created a new situation in western music. His music seems to have a kind of magic, and almost anyone will be fascinated by it. There is no doubt that he created the second peak of Germanic music since Bach, and no one can beat him from then on!

Nybrann Root Ring is the acme of Wagner's creative genius. This is a masterpiece composed of four operas. He created this artistic work to express his world outlook with Nordic myths and medieval Germanic legends. Valkyria is the second part of a joint opera. Voltan, the head of the gods, has nine brave daughters, collectively called "Valkyria". They rode white horses and patrolled the battlefield on earth. When they saw a soldier who died on the ground in a heroic battle, they took his soul to Vahala, the city of God, and became a soldier of God. The Flight of Valkyria describes the cruise of nine heroines. Wagner vividly described Valkyria's heroic and fierce ground war with gorgeous copper pipes and complicated string decorations. Coppola, the great director, used it as the soundtrack when describing the Vietnam War scene in the movie Apocalypse Now. People who have seen this film should be deeply impressed by this work.

Fa Ya: Fire Sacrifice Dance

Fa Ya, albanese and granados are all representative composers of Spanish folk music school. He successfully integrated the unique style of Spanish national music into modern composition techniques, which made Spanish music widely valued in the early 20th century.

This song is a passage from the ballet suite "Love Magician", which describes the scene where gypsy fortune tellers try their best to hold a fire sacrifice dance in order to exorcise ghosts. The song begins with the vibrato of the viola, accompanied by the plucking of the bass instrument, the oboe plays the theme melody of gypsy style, which is imitated by the strings and full of exotic mystery, and then another theme is announced by the French horn. The whole song develops alternately from these two themes, and finally.

Bizet: Flando dance

Bicai is famous for his song Carmen, but his orchestral work Girls in Alai City is also widely loved by the public. This song is the fourth in the "Second Alec City Suite", which describes the joyful atmosphere of festivals in small towns. The whole song begins with the King's March. After the majestic music was cut off by the brisk melody of woodwind instruments, a lively festive atmosphere followed, and the king's March was interspersed from time to time. The whole song ends with a magnificent trombone and a lively orchestra.

prelude

The style of Finnish composer Yanifi was influenced by sibelius. He was born in Finland and finished his music education mainly in Paris and Berlin, but later he chose Sweden as his permanent residence. The main works are vocal music, drama and film soundtrack. This prelude was completed in 1909, and it was written for a small orchestra. This piece of music was developed by interweaving and contrasting the touching woodwind theme with the sad melody of violin solo.

Chabury: Spanish Rhapsody.

Chablis, a French composer, is a self-taught man and does not belong to any faction. "My life is all in music. I wrote down my feelings. Intuition is more than skill, but what is the difference? Anyway, I think I am a straightforward and honest composer. " That's how he describes himself. Indeed! The characteristics of his works are natural and simple, which can be exemplified by the madness of the Spanish. During the period of 1880, after he experienced Spain, he created this vivid and enthusiastic work according to what he saw and heard. Based on the rhythm of Spanish dance music, the whole song depicts a bright, gorgeous and passionate Spanish style with unique orchestral techniques, and the expansion and contraction of trombone solo passages in the song is a major feature.