Orchestral, Symphonic Poems, Dukas (composer)
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In John Wilson's account [of The Sorcerer's Apprentice] the drama is calibrated to a T with virtuosity and precision aplenty, from the first purposely placed pizzicato 'plop' to that unearthly... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 1st May 2026
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In general these are honest, respectful performances. In Dukas’s ballet music La Péri, the complex details are never allowed to swamp the logical argument, and the same goes for the second suite... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, September 2022
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2022, Debut Recording
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No point trying to fault anything: the lightness and flexibility of her touch takes the breath away, and her sound is at every moment transparently controlled, each piece displaying insight... —
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2012, Instrumental Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2012, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Marc Albrecht conducts Dukas, Ravel & Koechlin
Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg, Marc Albrecht
PentaTone’s engineers have provided an imposing sonic image in which the wind parts emerge with almost palpable presence...an exceptional release. —
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The French Romantic sensibility is clearly audible across this beautifully played selection: texture and atmosphere are everything, tension ebbs and flows. —
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2024, Nominated - Symphonic Recording of the Year
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Je n'aime pas le classique, mais ça j'aime bien!
Alicia de Larrocha (piano), Nelly Kokinos (piano), Vladimir Spivakov (violin), Sergei, Steven Isserlis (cello), Xavier De Maistre (piano), Julian Bream (guitar), Johns Williams (guitar), James Galway (flute), Lorenzo Ghielmi (organ), Samuel Lipman & Leo Litwin (pianos), Martin Hoherman (xylophone),...
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Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78 'Organ Symphony', etc.
RecommendedSimon Preston (organ)
Berlin Philharmonic, James Levine
If having the organ and orchestra recorded separately does not bother you, allow yourself to be seduced by James Levine and Simon Preston's sensual and at times theatrical reading. —
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Presto Greatest Recordings of the 1980s
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Ferenc Fricsay : Great Conductors of the 20th Century
RecommendedRadio-Sinfonie-Orchester Berlin/Ferenc Fricsay, Wiener Philharmoniker/Ferenc Fricsay, RIAS Sinfonie-Orchester Berlin /Ferenc Fricsay
Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Berlin, Wiener Philharmoniker, Rias-Sinfonie-Orchester Berlin, RIAS Sinfonie-Orchester Berlin, Ferenc...
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Gramophone Awards, 2002, Winner - Historic archive
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Fournet and the Concertgebouw offer idiomatic accounts of the Peer Gynt Suites and a wonderfully atmospheric Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune, but sound less fired-up in Musorgsky and Borodin. —
