Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire
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Franz Schreker: Die Gezeichneten, Overture; Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Sinfonietta; Ernst Krenek: Potpourri
Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire, Sascha Goetzel
From the mid-1910s, Korngold's Sinfonietta written at just 15 and Schreker's Overture to Die Gezeichneten are lushly, boldly Romantic, while Krenek's Potpourri of 1927 chucks elements such as... —
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2026, Winner - Orchestral
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Maurice Ravel: Cantates Pour Le Prix de Rome
Véronique Gens (soprano), Vannina Santoni (sopranos), Sophie Koch, Janina Baechle (mezzos), Julien Behr, Michael Spyres (tenors), Jacques Imbrailo (baritone)
Choeur et Orchestre National des Pays de La Loire, Pascal Rophé
there is much to enjoy in this fascinating set which offers sensitive and refined orchestral playing, as well as especially outstanding vocal contributions from Véronique Gens and Michael Spyres. —
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2022, Editor's Choice
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Presto Editor's Choice, June 2022
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Choral Music
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Gramophone Awards, 2023 Finalists, Finalist - Choral
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Special offer. Véronique Gens sings Berlioz & Ravel
Véronique Gens (soprano)
Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire, John Axelrod
In her mid-forties, this voice has become richer and even more expressive, and he works on this disc suit her to perfection. She not only pronounces the words, she feels them...Her Nuits d'ete... —
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Jarrell: Émergences-Résurgences
Tabea Zimmermann (viola), Renaud Capuçon (violin), Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire, Pascal Rophé
Two recent concertos – one for viola, one violin – by Swiss composer Michael Jarrell are each performed here by their dedicatees. His writing is spiky, full of demanding technicality from its... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Contemporary
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Michael Jarrell: Orchestral Works
Paysages avec figures absentes - Nachlese IV; Sechs Augenblicke; Un long fracas somptueux de rapide céleste
Ilya Gringolts (violin), Florent Jodelet (percussion), Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire, Pascal Rophé
The excellent Pays de la Loire Orchestra, who accompany the two concertos in exemplary fashion, take centre stage in the album’s centrepiece, the Sechs Augenblicke...A very strong recording. —
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2024, Editor's Choice
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A Piazzolla Trilogy
Karen Gomyo (violin), Stephanie Jones (guitar), Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire
Piazzolla’s flesh and blood presence becomes even more apparent when listening to these vivid performances...Altogether a fiery, soulful and excellently recorded programme. —
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Debussy: Orchestrated
Petite Suite; La Boîte à Joujoux; Children’s Corner
Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire, Pascal Rophé
Both La boîte à joujoux and the similarly enchanting Children’s Corner are performed with deft panache by this quality orchestra, whose subtly shaded tone and style sound much more like those... —
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Concerto Pour Violon et Orchestre - Trois Chants Cruels
Noëmi Schindler, Rayanne Dupuis, Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire
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Music for Book Lovers: Classical Music for Reading
Li-Wei Qin (cello), Pablo Garibay (guitar), François-Joël Thiollier (piano), Jose Antonio Escobar (guitar), Andrea Bissoli (guitar), Sarah Mouradoglou (marimba), Klára Körmendi (piano), Irina Kulikova (guitar), Piotr Plawner (violin), Cecilio Perera (guitar), Takako Nishizaki (violin), Nicolas Altstaedt...
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the sequence is a likeable distillation of French neoclassicism. —
