Sampler - MINNESOTA ORCHESTRA SHOWCASE with EIJI OUE

One of America's finest symphonic ensembles, the Minnesota Orchestra has a distinguished recording career, going back to 1924. Its list of renowned music directors include Eugene Ormandy, Dimitri Mitropoulos, Antal Dorati, Sir Neville Marriner, Edo de Waart and Stanislaw Skrowaczewski. For the past five years, Eiji Oue's fresh and dynamic interpretations have been preserved for posterity by Reference Recordings' "Prof." Keith Johnson in state-of-the-art HDCD® sonics.

Minnesota Orchestra Showcase contains highlights from each of these critically-acclaimed recordings - plus the first release anywhere of the orchestra's sizzling new performance of Richard Strauss' Don Juan!

PROGRAM LISTING

1. Richard Strauss: Don Juan (FIRST RELEASE!)

2. Deems Taylor: Looking Glass Insects

3. Dominik Argento: Valentino Dances (exerpt)

4. Sibelius: Finlandia

5. Liadov: Baba Yaga

6. Stravinsky: The Firebird Suite (exerpt)

7. Tchaikovsky: Hopak from MAZEPPA

8. Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde - Von der Jugend

9. Copland: Appalachian Spring Suite (exerpt)

10. Bernstein: Candide Suite, arr. Charlie Harmon (exerpt)

11. R. Strauss: Ein Heldenleben (exerpt)

12. Ravel: Alborada del gracioso

Total Time: 72:14

Related back catalog on Reference Recordings featuring Eiji Oue & the Minnesota Orchestra

RR-93 - Copland 100

RR-92 - Bolero!

RR-91 - Valentino Dances

RR-88 - Mahler - Das Lied

RR-87 - Bernstein

RR-83 - Richard Strauss

RR-82 - Mephisto & Co.

RR-80 - Ports of Call

RR-79 - Pictures at an Exhibition

RR-71 - Exotic Dances

RR-70 - Stravinsky