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Saint-Saëns symphonic poems from François-Xavier Roth and Les Siècles
17th Nov 2023
A selection of Saint-Saëns's luscious orchestral pieces - familiar and less-known, and including a real treasure from the very dawn of the cinematic era - get the Les Siècles treatment, leaping off the page thanks to intelligent and sensitive performances on period instruments.
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L'Heure espagnole from François-Xavier Roth and Les Siècles
16th Jun 2023
Period instruments lend a delicious piquancy and wit to Ravel's Franco-Spanish farce about a libidinous clock-maker's wife intent on making the most of her husband's absence, with a stylish cast led by French mezzo Isabelle Druet.
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Strauss and Debussy from François-Xavier Roth and the London Symphony Orchestra
24th Mar 2023
The LSO and their Principal Guest Conductor present sumptuous, radiant performances of two virtuosic orchestral showpieces: Richard Strauss's Also sprach Zarathustra and Debussy's Jeux.
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Stravinsky from Isabelle Faust, François-Xavier Roth and Les Siècles
3rd Mar 2023
Violinist Isabelle Faust's relationship with the music of Stravinsky continues, with François-Xavier Roth and his period-instruments orchestra Les Siècles joining her in an album built around the chamber-inspired Violin Concerto.
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Ravel Piano Concertos from François-Xavier Roth and Les Siècles
20th May 2022
Les Siècles continue their successful series of Ravel recordings on period instruments under François-Xavier Roth, with Cédric Tiberghien at the piano and baritone Stéphane Degout.
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Pélleas et Mélisande from François-Xavier Roth and Les Siėcles
11th Mar 2022
Period instruments provide revelations aplenty in Debussy's opera - and the central love-triangle is cast in an intriguing new light...
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François-Xavier Roth conducts Beethoven's Eroica Symphony
23rd Apr 2021
Les Siècles and François-Xavier Roth return to the music of Beethoven with a dramatic, illuminating account of the Third Symphony, coupled with an energetic performance of an overture by Méhul.
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François-Xavier Roth on Beethoven & Gossec
21st Jan 2021
The French conductor talks to Katherine about his Presto Award-winning recording of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony and Gossec's Symphonie à 17 parties.
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Beethoven and Gossec from François-Xavier Roth & Les Siècles
18th Sep 2020
François-Xavier Roth and Les Siècles put a revolutionary new spin on Beethoven's immortal Fifth, and make the case for his much-neglected contemporary Gossec.
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François-Xavier Roth and Les Siècles perform Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition
17th Apr 2020
The French conductor and ensemble return to the music of Ravel, with his orchestration of Mussorgsky's piano suite alongside a dazzling performance of La Valse.
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Les Siècles perform Mahler's symphonic poem, Titan
10th May 2019
François-Xavier Roth and his period-instrument orchestra perform Mahler's "tone poem in the form of a symphony in two parts and five movements", an early version of his First Symphony.
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Berlioz from François-Xavier Roth and Les Siècles
18th Jan 2019
Tabea Zimmermann and Stéphane Degout are the soloists in period-instrument performances of Harold en Italie & Les nuits d'été.
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François-Xavier Roth conducts orchestral works by Debussy
7th Dec 2018
James listens to a captivating account of three orchestral works by Debussy from François-Xavier Roth and Les Siècles, performed on authentic instruments.
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Ravel from François-Xavier Roth and Les Siècles
27th Apr 2018
The conductor and his period-instrument orchestra conjure a world of enchantments in two scores inspired by fairy-tales: Ma mère l’Oye (Mother Goose) and the early Shéhérazade overture.
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Bartók's Violin Concertos from Renaud Capuçon
23rd Mar 2018
Renaud Capuçon performs Bartók's two violin concertos, accompanied by the London Symphony Orchestra under conductor François-Xavier Roth.
