Fauré - Pénélope: Prélude
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The Secret Fauré: Orchestral Songs & Suites
Benjamin Bruns (tenor), Sinfonieorchester Basel, Balthasar-Neumann-Chor, Olga Peretyatko (soprano)
Ivor Bolton
With the Basel Symphony on fine form, Bolton teases out Faure’s textural and emotional subtleties with great care, scrupulously judging both the delicate wit of Shylock and the altogether loftier... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, August 2018
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Faure: Orchestral Works
Kathryn Stott (piano), Peter Dixon (cello), Richard Davis (flute)
BBC Philharmonic, Yan Pascal Tortelier
Masques et bergamasques, which takes its title from Verlaine's sad, mysterious poem Clair delune, is a late stage work that the composer himself described as melancholy and nostalgic, but... —
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Fauré: Orchestral Works
Pierre Fouchenneret (violin), Martin Johnson (cello), Catriona Ryan (flute), RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, Jean-Luc Tingaud
A victim of Fauré’s hectic work schedule, his Violin Concerto was never finished, but the first movement, heard here, gives glimpses of what might have been – gently melodious and blessed with... —
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Ernest Ansermet - Decca Recordings 1953-1967
Suzanne Danco (soprano), Marie-Lise de Montmollin & Pauline Martin (mezzo-sopranos), Michel Hamel (tenor) & Stéphane Audel (narrator)
L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande & Choeur des Jeunes de l'église National Vaudoise, Ernest Ansermet
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Gramophone Awards, 2007, Finalist - Historic Reissue
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Volondat makes the most of the built-in contrasts in the Preludes —
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Special offer. Debussy: La mer & Ariettes oubliées
Magdalena Kožená (mezzo), Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Robin Ticciati
Magdalena Kožená ’s voice is far from conventional in Debussy, and one might sometimes wish for more defined French diction, but her tone has a glowing inner radiance and access to a seemingly... —
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Special offer. Fauré: Piano Works, Chamber Music, Orchestral Works & Requiem
Jean-Philippe Collard, Michel Plasson