Schmitt, F
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Florent Schmitt: Suites from 'Antoine et Cléopâtre' & Symphony No. 2
RecommendedBBC Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo
The sultry, mysterious textures…are evocatively conjured by Oramo and the BBC Symphony players. Feverish, bacchanalian energies are unleashed in ‘Orgie et Danses’…[in the Symphony] Oramo does... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 9th March 2018
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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Special offer. Green - Melodies françaises on Verlaine’s poems
Recommended2CD Casebound Deluxe (Limited Edition)
Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor), Jerome Ducros (piano) & Nathalie Stutzmann (contralto)
Quatuor Ebène
may be the single most appealing and important French song recital this side of the largely excellent but sometimes uneven Fauré and Debussy discs on Hyperion...Throughout, Jaroussky's singing... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2016, Vocal Winner
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Schmitt: La Tragédie de Salomé & Chant élégiaque
RecommendedFrankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Alain Altinoglu
for this score as Schmitt conceived it, Altinoglu is self-evidently the first choice. —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 17th May 2024
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024
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Special offer. Green - Melodies françaises on Verlaine’s poems
RecommendedPhilippe Jaroussky (countertenor), Jerome Ducros (piano) & Nathalie Stutzmann (contralto)
Quatuor Ebène
may be the single most appealing and important French song recital this side of the largely excellent but sometimes uneven Fauré and Debussy discs on Hyperion...Throughout, Jaroussky's singing... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2016, Vocal Winner
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Under the Sign of the Sun
RecommendedClaude Delangle (saxophone)
Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Lan Shui
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Yannick Nézet-Séguin favours more leisurely tempos in the slow introductions [of Salomé], drawing luscious playing from his Montreal orchestra, particularly in the Prelude...He has a firm grasp... —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2011, Editor's Choice
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French Ballet Music of the 1920s
RecommendedL’Éventail de Jeanne, ballet in one act by ten French composers; Les Mariés de la Tour Eiffel, ballet in one act by members of the group Les Six
Philharmonia Orchestra, Geoffrey Simon
The zany exuberance of Les mariés, concocted by five of Les Six in the 1920s, is infectiously captured in this colourful reissue, as is L'éventail, a contemporaneous ten-composer collaboration. —
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Il Etait Une Fois... (Once Upon a Time)
Jodie Devos (soprano) & Caroline Meng (mezzo-soprano)
Quatuor Giardini
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DUO: Koechlin - Schmitt - Rivier - Cartan - Bozza
Jean-Guy Boisvert (clarinet), Christiane Laflamme (flute), Jean-Willy Kunz (harpsichord), Jean-Willy Kunz (piano)
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There are quite a few versions of La tragédie de Salomé available, but none more refined and silky than this one. The Buffalo Philharmonic is a polished orchestra and has a wonderful satin feel... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, November 2020
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