Description
Title: Aimer Et Mourir
Artist: Ravel / Duparc
Label: Linn Records
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 691062061025
Genre: Classical
Release Date: 2018-09-28
Number of Discs: 1
September 2018 marks the start of Robin Ticciati”s second season as Music Director of the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin and the release of his second recording with his new orchestra. The partnership”s critically acclaimed debut of Debussy and Faure led MusicWeb International to comment: “”[this] certainly whets the appetite for future releases from Robin Ticciati with the DSO Berlin.”” This second all-French programme sees Magdalena Kožena return to perform a selection of songs by Henri Duparc alongside orchestral music by his fellow countryman Maurice Ravel. The popular Suite No. 2 from Ravel”s epoch-making ballet Daphnis et Chloe showcases Ticciati”s flair for highlighting intricacies of detail and colour; listen as the beautifully descriptive sunrise (”Lever du jour”) bursts into vivid, multi-hued life. In Ravel”s Valses nobles et sentimentales Ticciati creates a well-paced, yet graceful, Impressionist swirl with clearly defined textures and shimmering orchestral colors. Duparc”s melodies, which Ravel himself described as ”works of genius”, sound particularly opulent in their orchestral scoring; the warm tones of Kožena”s ravishing voice provide a perfect match.
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