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Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande
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Christian Gerhaher (Pelléas), Magdalena Kožená (Mélisande), Bernarda Fink (Geneviève), Franz-Josef Selig (Arkel), Gerald Finley (Golaud), Elias Mädler (Yniold), Joshua Bloom ((Shepherd/Doctor)
London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle
Kožená’s Melisande has a firm streak of red-blooded coquettish defiance that is effective, even if it belies the character’s customary blanched fragility. Christian Gerhaher’s Pélleas is similarly... — More…
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Jean-Efflam Bavouzet plays Ravel, Debussy & Massenet
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Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Yan Pascal Tortelier
[Bavouzet] turns in a performance of the Fantaisie that illuminates this uneven yet magical work like no other. As to the Ravel concertos, I have no hesitation in saying these are the greatest... — More…
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Among the slowest of accounts [of the Prélude], it briefly seems as if the flute's intoxicating gestures have left the orchestra in a torpor - though Gergiev's reluctance to break the spell is... — More…
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Offer, Kazuki Yamada conducts Roussel, Debussy & Poulenc
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Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Kazuki Yamada
Nicely done, with the OSR woodwind and strings playing with poise and Yamada controlling the narrow dynamic range with great skill…Yamada’s way with Roussel is high-voltage if occasionally raw... — More…
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Much of this repertory suits Sampson wonderfully well. Her silvery tone suggests fragility from the outset, while her restrained way with words admirably conveys the vagaries of desire, distress... — More…
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Think of La belle époque and I’m not sure Johannes Brahms necessarily springs to mind...Wauwe plays the sonata/concerto well though, her chalumeau register suitably juicy, and she floats the... — More…
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Denève still summons a sensuous bloom in the Prélude, and thanks to his influence, the RSNO proves better than the French at their own game: these are among the most seductive Debussy performances... — More…
