Edouard Lalo: Le Roi d'Ys (Overture), Symphonie espagnole, Concerto russe

Featuring

Ernest Ansermet
Eugene Ormandy
Isaac Stern
Vladimír Válek
Gérard Poulet
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

The Philadelphia Orchestra
Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra
Édouard Lalo

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Instruments

Isaac Stern's preferred instrument was the Ysaÿe Guarnerius, a violin made by the Cremonese violin maker Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesù.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Lalo believed that "real music" was pure music for quartet, orchestra, and concertos with orchestra, despite his late successes with more "characteristic" works.

Composer Biography

Édouard Lalo, the composer, initially prepared for a diplomatic career and studied violin and cello before focusing on composition.

Compositional Technique

For his Concerto Russe, Lalo primarily used two Russian folk themes: "The Bells of Novgorod" and "The Bells rang in the Village of Yevlashevo," identified by André Lischke.

Composition History

Lalo's opera Fiesque and Le Roi d'Ys were initially rejected by the Opéra de Paris, delaying his operatic success until 1888.

Performer Biography

Isaac Stern, a renowned American violinist, was born in Poland and moved to San Francisco at 14 months old, later studying at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.