Latest News: Classical, Les Siècles (Orchestra)
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Recording of the Week,
Pélleas et Mélisande from François-Xavier Roth and Les Siėcles 11th March 2022Period instruments provide revelations aplenty in Debussy's opera - and the central love-triangle is cast in an intriguing new light...
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Recording of the Week,
François-Xavier Roth conducts Beethoven's Eroica Symphony 23rd April 2021Les Siècles and François-Xavier Roth return to the music of Beethoven with a dramatic, illuminating account of the Third Symphony, coupled with an energetic performance of an overture by Méhul.
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Recording of the Week,
Beethoven and Gossec from François-Xavier Roth & Les Siècles 18th September 2020François-Xavier Roth and Les Siècles put a revolutionary new spin on Beethoven's immortal Fifth, and make the case for his much-neglected contemporary Gossec.
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Recording of the Week,
François-Xavier Roth and Les Siècles perform Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition 17th April 2020The French conductor and ensemble return to the music of Ravel, with his orchestration of Mussorgsky's piano suite alongside a dazzling performance of La Valse.
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Recording of the Week,
Les Siècles perform Mahler's symphonic poem, Titan 10th May 2019François-Xavier Roth and his period-instrument orchestra perform Mahler's "tone poem in the form of a symphony in two parts and five movements", an early version of his First Symphony.
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Recording of the Week,
Berlioz from François-Xavier Roth and Les Siècles 18th January 2019Tabea Zimmermann and Stéphane Degout are the soloists in period-instrument performances of Harold en Italie & Les nuits d'été.
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Recording of the Week,
François-Xavier Roth conducts orchestral works by Debussy 7th December 2018James listens to a captivating account of three orchestral works by Debussy from François-Xavier Roth and Les Siècles, performed on authentic instruments.