Leonard Slatkin celebrated his 75th birthday in September 2019. Many of the selections in this program come from a concert given in his honour and are also a tribute to his remarkable musical family, both past and present. Historical recordings include Leonard’s cellist mother, Eleanor Aller, being conducted by Korngold in the Haydn concerto and a 1944 broadcast of his father, Felix, as a solo violinist in Brahms. Every piece here has a deeply personal connection for the family. For his composition The Raven, Leonard used Edgar Allan Poe’s poem in a work that is “almost like a concerto for speaker and orchestra.”
Tracklist
Artist details
Slatkin, Leonard
Endgames
1 Endgames 12:45
Slatkin, Leonard
Poe, Edgar Allan - Lyricist
The Raven
2 I. The Sleeper - 05:02
3 II. The Bells - 05:34
4 III. Romance - 01:58
5 IV. The Coliseum - 04:23
6 V. The Raven 09:32
Slatkin, Leonard
Kinah
7 Kinah 13:02
Slatkin, Daniel
In Fields
8 In Fields 03:57
Brahms, Johannes
Kreisler, Fritz - Arranger
21 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1: No. 17 in F-Sharp Minor (arr. for violin and orchestra after F. Kreisler's arrangement for violin and piano)
9 21 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1: No. 17 in F-Sharp Minor (arr. for violin and orchestra after F. Kreisler's arrangement for violin and piano) 03:57
Haydn, Franz Joseph
Korngold, Erich Wolfgang - Arranger
Cello Concerto No. 2 in D Major, Hob.VIIb:2: III. Rondo (abridged with cadenza by E.W. Korngold)
10 Cello Concerto No. 2 in D Major, Hob.VIIb:2: III. Rondo (abridged with cadenza by E.W. Korngold) 02:27
Traditional
Slatkin, Felix - Arranger
McTee, Cindy - Arranger
Fisher's Hornpipe (arr. C. McTee and F. Slatkin for orchestra)
11 Fisher's Hornpipe (arr. C. McTee and F. Slatkin for orchestra) 01:37
Dvořák, Antonín
Slatkin, Felix - Arranger
McTee, Cindy - Arranger
Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95, B. 178, "From the New World": II. Largo (arr. C. McTee and F. Slatkin for orchestra as Wistful Haven)
12 Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95, B. 178, "From the New World": II. Largo (arr. C. McTee and F. Slatkin for orchestra as Wistful Haven) 03:16
Slatkin, Felix
Marino, Amerigo
Carmen's Hoedown (after G. Bizet)
13 Carmen's Hoedown (after G. Bizet) 02:36
