Browse: Search results for: 'Jean Claude Casadesus'

Elisabeth Chojnacka gets off to a head start against most others who have recorded the Concertchampêtre by using the right kind of instrument: she understands that it's much sillier to play newish... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Each decade finds its favourite soloist for the Chants d'Auvergne: in the 1960s it was Natania Devrath, the 70s had Victoria de los Angeles, the 80s Kiri Te Kanawa, the 90s Dawn Upshaw.
They... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Bizet's cantata, which won him the Prix de Rome in 1857, contains some lovely moments and a few characteristic things...It shows Bizet the orchestrator far beyond the apprentice stage...Jovanovic... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2011, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Yes, all of Berlioz, including classic and historical recordings, rarities and rediscoveries, from a huge range of performers. The opening track is a breath of fresh air, the Francs-Juges overture... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2019 More…

A great CD and a splendid addition to the Naxos survey of Henri Dutilleux’s music. There are several versions of all these works available on CD: I have had the opportunity of listening to a... — MusicWeb International, October 2018 More…

The Heldenleben reveals Casadesus as a sensible, highly musical Straussian and shows an orchestra with some fine players. The brass sound, particularly the trombones, is pleasingly robust and... — Gramophone Magazine, January 2016 More…