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Orchestre National de France - Schumann, Bach, Strauss

Riccardo Muti conducts the Orchestre National de France. Schumann: Piano Concerto. Bach transcr Busoni: Nun komm' der Heiden Heiland (David Fray: piano). Strauss: Aus Italien.

Riccardo Muti conducts the French National Orchestra in music by Strauss and Schumann.
One of the world's leading maestros for over five decades, Riccardo Muti here conducts a French orchestra with whom he's enjoyed a long association. The Naples-born maestro steers the Orchestre National de France through Strauss's evocative early symphonic fantasy, a work inspired by the twenty one year old composer's tour of Italy in 1885. As he wrote at the time: "In the Roman ruins...ideas just came flying to me." It was the seldom performed Aus Italien which paved the way for Strauss's more famous tone poems.

David Fray (piano)
Orchestre National de France
Riccardo Muti (conductor)

Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54
Bach/Busoni: Nun kommt der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659
Strauss: Aus Italien, symphonic fantasy, Op.16

rec. Auditorium, Maison de la Radio, Paris on 24 March 2017.

1 hour, 30 minutes

Music Played

  • Robert Schumann

    Piano Concerto in A minor Op.54

    Performer: David Fray. Orchestra: Orchestre national de France. Conductor: Riccardo Muti.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Nun kommt der Heiden Heiland BWV 659

    Performer: David Fray.
  • Richard Strauss

    Aus Italien, Symphonic Fantasy in G Op.16

    Orchestra: Orchestre national de France. Conductor: Riccardo Muti.

Broadcast

  • Sun 2 Jul 2017 19:30