Canadian/Spanish violinist Alexandre da Costa is teamed with the Spanish Radio & TV Orchestra to perform Lalo's popular violin spectacular, Symphonie Espagnole. Coupled with two suites from the rarely heard ballet by Lalo and a short Scherzo for violin and orchestra.
"Among too many stupid ballets," Debussy wrote at the turn of the century, "Lalo's Namouna is something of a masterpiece." When finally finished the ballet only ran for 15 performances but sensing that he'd given some of his best inspiration to Namouna, Lalo salvaged a great deal of it in two suites, recomposing and re-orchestrating much of the music. |
