Victor Herbert – Serenade for Strings

Victor Herbert (1859-1924)

Serenade for Strings, Op. 12, in F major (1884)

I. Aufzug. Tempo di Marcia [00:00]
II. Polonaise. Tempo moderato [05:16]
III. Liebes-Scene. Langsam [10:32]
IV. Canzonetta. Allegretto [18:29]
V. Finale. Molto vivace [20:39]

[williamdeng]

An outstanding piece of music and a beautiful interpreted by the string orchestra!

[edwinschirp]

Thank you very much Stefano for posting this wonderful serenade from aclaimed and famous cellist and composer Victor Herbert. Naturalized American in 1902 ca. The story of Victor's orign is a little bit uncertain, but recently it's been determined tha he was born in the Island of Guernsey at the northwest coast fo France, and then baptized on the Lutheran church in Baden Germany. at the age of 2 her mother divorced and went to live to Kent, England, and when he was 8 her mother remarried and joined her in Stuttgart, Germany where he started years later his musical carrer, and compose among other pieces this romantic serenade in 1884. perhaps because he was so inspired by the love he felt for is future wife Therese Förster. this great piece is one of the must delicate of his works, so well finished and we can feel the influence of Tchaikovsky, and Dvorak, by the way they bouth compose their outstanding string serenades some years later Herbert compose this beauty. Thank you again Sefano grazie mille

[jmbechtel]

Just... WOW. The Canzonetta in particular won me over!

[Silviola]

Cute piece! Love all the rubato and the little string things like sliding up to the A harmonic in the 4th movement. The way they play so lightly in the more capricious moments, I can feel it in my hands. Really makes me miss when I played in a string orchestra. Thank you for uploading!

[jamessheridan]

I have two recordings of this piece but it was nice to drop in anyway. Thanks for posting.

[jakegearhart]

21:57 and 25:17 remind me of John Williams's Aunt Marge Walz

[DavidA-psqr]

It's not a masterpiece, but it's cleverly written.

[Kriskris]

As I've noticed, the description still contains Beliczay's name.

[bennyksmusicalworld]

Somehow reminds me of Tchaikovsky! Herbert may well be the American equivalent of him.

[samsonchen]

I tried one part of the second movement, and it sounded a bit bad