We are thrilled to announce the CD album release of various Amy Beach orchestral and vocal-orchestral works by the Munich Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Joseph Bastian!
The instrumental works are Beach’s monumental Symphony in E Minor, Op. 32, “Gaelic Symphony” and Bal Masqué for Orchestra, Op. 22, and the 3 vocal-orchestral works are (1) Eilende Wolken, Segler die Lüfte, Op. 18, “Maria Stuart” (text by Friedrich Von Schiller), (2) Jephthah’s Daughter, Op. 53 and (3) 3 Songs, Op. 21: No. 2. Extase (text by Victor Hugo).
The three vocal works on this album (all première recordings) are imbued with poetry and drama. It was particularly moving for the Munich Symphony Orchestra, Joseph Bastian and the singers Angela Brower and Camille Schnoor to bring these sounds back to life for the first time in over a century, as far as is known.
https://www.naxos.com/CatalogueDetail/?id=SM488