Your Classical Coffee Break

#145 Sampling Offenbach - Composers Reworking Others' Compositions


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This coffee break revisits the idea of composers reworking and revitalizing works of composers long-dead. More than 50 years after Offenbach's death, his Barcarolle from Tales of Hoffmann was reworked by Manuel Rosenthal for Diaghelev Ballet Russes. We check out both versions. Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition was orchestrated by Maurice Ravel in 1922 and gave it a grandeur and depth beyond the original. Take a listen.
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