Jun Märkl Debussy Orchestral Works

The two major items here are the set of three Nocturnes, central to Debussy's output, and the substantial symphonic suite from Pelléas etMélisande that Marius Constant put together using almost... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Markl and his players acquit themselves admirably, and as one-stop shopping for some of Debussy's most engaging orchestral works it's hard to beat. — American Record Guide More…

there is virtue in the disc's programme, with a lovely, supple performance of the clarinet Rapsodie from Paul Meyer, fully equal to the technical and expressive demands...Doisy plays with a... — Gramophone Magazine, January 2012 More…

Jun Märkl persuades his orchestra to extremes of vulgarity and tenderness, which is as it should be in the extraordinary Images. They also catch the ambivalence of mood that marks these pieces...there... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2010, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Jun Märkl treats [the piano] as a secondary percussion instrument and the result is surprisingly effective. [En blanc et noir] sounds not merely like Debussy, but like late Debussy, and Holloway's... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2011, 4 out of 5 stars More…

First of all, a word of warning. Of the 73 minutes on this Debussy disc, just about 70 are of orchestrations by other people...In all these versions, Jun Märkl conducts with spirit and finesse. — BBC Music Magazine, March 2011, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Played like this, with every phrase pulsating with life-enhancing radiance and choreographic intensity, these magical scores caress the senses as rarely before...Märkl is a master Debussyan,... — Classic FM Magazine, November 2010, 5 out of 5 stars More…

There’s definitely more wheat than chaff in this box, and if it weren’t for CD 1 and, to some extent, CD 2, I’d be sorely tempted to make this a Bargain of the Month. It certainly exudes quality,... — MusicWeb International, July 2012 More…