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This disc memorializes a single concert given on January 21, 1947, at which all three works received their premieres by the Basel Chamber Orchestra under
There’s an unwritten rule that many artists do their best work in repertoire that seems atypical of their style or predilections. Such is the case
The playing of Christian Ferras tends toward a small, boxy sound and interpretive choices marked by displaced intensity. Either the fire is lacking, such as
Richard Strauss’ Metamorphosen, with its circular sequences and self-referential passages, needs imaginative phrasing combined with a driving impetus if it’s not to sound like your
Charles Munch died shortly after these Ravel items were recorded, while on tour in the U.S.A. with the Orchestre de Paris in 1968. At no
There may have been better played performances of Pacific 231 (Zinman’s recent Decca recording, for example), but Jean Martinon’s typically clear, expertly balanced effort reveals
Here’s yet another recording of an organ that the jacket notes claim to be one of the world’s largest. This time the declaimer is necessary,
Arthur Honegger wrote his score for the spectacle (part dance, play, mime, and opera) The Story of the World at Play (Le Dit des Jeux
Conductor Michel Piquemal opts for the rarely recorded original version of Honegger’s “symphonic psalm,” which calls for a small ensemble of piano, winds, brass, and
Arthur Honegger’s three Mouvements symphonique coupled with Pacific 231 used to fit nicely onto one LP, but like Charles Dutoit’s versions of these four works
