Widely regarded as one of the world's finest orchestras, in 2018 The Cleveland Orchestra celebrated the 100th anniversary of it's founding by pianist and impresario Adella Prentiss Hughes. Today, as the Orchestra looks forward into a new century, the ensemble launches it's own record label with a deluxe box set conducted and curated by Franz Welser-MÃ¶st, their Music Director of almost two decades. Recorded in concert within the legendary acoustic of Severance Hall, A New Century features recordings of landmark works by Beethoven, VarÃ¨se, Richard Strauss, and Prokofiev alongside new works by Austrian composers Johannes Maria Staud and Bernd Richard Deutsch. The set is presented in a luxurious box set featuring artwork inspired by the Orchestra's architecturally stunning home in Cleveland. The album is accompanied by a 150-page book filled with photographs and notes exploring the music within and the history of this great American orchestra.

Tracklist:

Beethoven: String Quartet No. 15 in a Minor, Op. 132 - Assai Sostenuto - Allegro
Beethoven: String Quartet No. 15 in a Minor, Op. 132 - Allegro Ma Non Tanto - Trio
Beethoven: String Quartet No. 15 in a Minor, Op. 132 - Molto Adagio - Andante
Beethoven: String Quartet No. 15 in a Minor, Op. 132 - Alla Marcia, Assai Vivace
Beethoven: String Quartet No. 15 in a Minor, Op. 132 - Finale: Allegro Appassionato - Presto
Staud: Stromab
Strauss: Aus Italien, Op. 16, TRV 147 - Auf Der Campagna. Andante
Strauss: Aus Italien, Op. 16, TRV 147 - in Roms Ruinen. Andante 1
Strauss: Aus Italien, Op. 16, TRV 147 - Am Strande Von Sorrent. Andantino 1
Strauss: Aus Italien, Op. 16, TRV 147 - Neopolitanisches Volksleben. Allegro Molto 1
Deutsch: Okeanos - [Wasser] Quarter Note = 66 1
Deutsch: Okeanos - [Luft] Quarter Note = 132 1
Deutsch: Okeanos - [Erde] Quarter Note = 66 1
Deutsch: Okeanos - [Feuer] Quarter Note = 140 1
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 44 - Moderato 1
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 44 - Andante 1
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 44 - Allegro Agitato 1
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 44 - Andante Mosso - Allegro Moderato

UPC: 810042320123
Label: Cleveland Orchestra
Release Date: 6.5.20
Format: CD

Cleveland Orchestra / Welser-Franz Most - A New Century (CD)