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Caspar Diethelm: Symphonic Works

Item No. GM3CD7808

Price GBP 24.99 / USD


Medium:	3 CD
Release Date:	06.11.2017

Guild is proud to announce the release of this very significant set of first recordings of major orchestral works by the prolific Caspar Diethelm (1926-1997), widely recognised as one of the finest Swiss composers to come to the forefront of European music since Frank Martin. Sumptuously recorded in the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra under the outstanding Swiss conductor Rainer Held, the set chronicles Diethelm's major contribution to symphonic and other orchestral forms in the second half of the 20th-century. A remarkably fine release of high musical importance, with programme notes by the composer’s daughter, Esther Diethelm.

Tracklist and soundclips:

	Title	Composer	Artist	Time	Play
1-01	Symphonic Suite 'Saturnalia' for Large Orchestra Opus 200 (1982; rev. 1994): I - Allegro moderato	Caspar Diethelm (1926-1997)	Royal Scottish National Orchestra conducted by Rainer Held	5:39
1-02	Symphonic Suite 'Saturnalia' for Large Orchestra Opus 200 (1982; rev. 1994): II - Allegro vivace	Caspar Diethelm (1926-1997)	Royal Scottish National Orchestra conducted by Rainer Held	6:51
1-03	Symphonic Suite 'Saturnalia' for Large Orchestra Opus 200 (1982; rev. 1994): III - Lento	Caspar Diethelm (1926-1997)	Royal Scottish National Orchestra conducted by Rainer Held	8:13
1-04	Symphonic Suite 'Saturnalia' for Large Orchestra Opus 200 (1982; rev. 1994): IV - Allegro, quasi scherzo	Caspar Diethelm (1926-1997)	Royal Scottish National Orchestra conducted by Rainer Held	4:46
1-05	Symphonic Suite 'Saturnalia' for Large Orchestra Opus 200 (1982; rev. 1994): V - Allegro con spirito	Caspar Diethelm (1926-1997)	Royal Scottish National Orchestra conducted by Rainer Held	4:23
1-06	Symphonic Suite 'Saturnalia' for Large Orchestra Opus 200 (1982; rev. 1994): VI - Largo con espressione	Caspar Diethelm (1926-1997)	Royal Scottish National Orchestra conducted by Rainer Held	5:35
1-07	Symphonic Suite 'Saturnalia' for Large Orchestra Opus 200 (1982; rev. 1994): VII - Finale: Allegro molto vivace	Caspar Diethelm (1926-1997)	Royal Scottish National Orchestra conducted by Rainer Held	6:26
2-01	Symphony No 5 'Mandala' for Large Orchestra Opus 180 (1980-81; rev. 1985): I - Allegro moderato	Caspar Diethelm (1926-1997)	Royal Scottish National Orchestra conducted by Rainer Held	10:26
2-02	Symphony No 5 'Mandala' for Large Orchestra Opus 180 (1980-81; rev. 1985): II - Vivace	Caspar Diethelm (1926-1997)	Royal Scottish National Orchestra conducted by Rainer Held	11:19
2-03	Symphony No 5 'Mandala' for Large Orchestra Opus 180 (1980-81; rev. 1985): III - Larghetto	Caspar Diethelm (1926-1997)	Royal Scottish National Orchestra conducted by Rainer Held	11:55
2-04	Symphony No 5 'Mandala' for Large Orchestra Opus 180 (1980-81; rev. 1985): IV - Finale: Allegro energico	Caspar Diethelm (1926-1997)	Royal Scottish National Orchestra conducted by Rainer Held	14:44
2-05	Symphonic Prologue for Orchestra Opus 125 (1974; rev. 1985 & 1993)	Caspar Diethelm (1926-1997)	Royal Scottish National Orchestra conducted by Rainer Held	7:32
3-01	Symphony No 1 Opus 35 (1962-64; rev. 1978-83): I - Allegro energico	Caspar Diethelm (1926-1997)	Royal Scottish National Orchestra conducted by Rainer Held	7:30
3-02	Symphony No 1 Opus 35 (1962-64; rev. 1978-83): II - Adagio	Caspar Diethelm (1926-1997)	Royal Scottish National Orchestra conducted by Rainer Held	9:17
3-03	Symphony No 1 Opus 35 (1962-64; rev. 1978-83): III - Vivace	Caspar Diethelm (1926-1997)	Royal Scottish National Orchestra conducted by Rainer Held	5:20
3-04	Symphony No 1 Opus 35 (1962-64; rev. 1978-83): IV - Finale: Allegro con slancio	Caspar Diethelm (1926-1997)	Royal Scottish National Orchestra conducted by Rainer Held	8:25
3-05	Symphony No 3 Opus 76 (1969-70; rev. 1995): I - Sostenuto	Caspar Diethelm (1926-1997)	Royal Scottish National Orchestra conducted by Rainer Held	5:34
3-06	Symphony No 3 Opus 76 (1969-70; rev. 1995): II - Adagio cantabile	Caspar Diethelm (1926-1997)	Royal Scottish National Orchestra conducted by Rainer Held	6:58
3-07	Symphony No 3 Opus 76 (1969-70; rev. 1995): III - Allegro con spirito	Caspar Diethelm (1926-1997)	Royal Scottish National Orchestra conducted by Rainer Held	3:01
3-08	Symphony No 3 Opus 76 (1969-70; rev. 1995): IV - Finale: Presto ilare	Caspar Diethelm (1926-1997)	Royal Scottish National Orchestra conducted by Rainer Held	6:16
3-09	Symphony No 4 Opus 100 'Homage to Joseph Haydn' (1971; rev. 1986 & 1993): I - Allegro assai	Caspar Diethelm (1926-1997)	Royal Scottish National Orchestra conducted by Rainer Held	6:19
3-10	Symphony No 4 Opus 100 'Homage to Joseph Haydn' (1971; rev. 1986 & 1993): II - Molto allegro e con fuoco	Caspar Diethelm (1926-1997)	Royal Scottish National Orchestra conducted by Rainer Held	5:32
3-11	Symphony No 4 Opus 100 'Homage to Joseph Haydn' (1971; rev. 1986 & 1993): III - Lento	Caspar Diethelm (1926-1997)	Royal Scottish National Orchestra conducted by Rainer Held	7:39
3-12	Symphony No 4 Opus 100 'Homage to Joseph Haydn' (1971; rev. 1986 & 1993): IV - Allegro energico	Caspar Diethelm (1926-1997)	Royal Scottish National Orchestra conducted by Rainer Held	5:27

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