Debussy: La mer, Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune; Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole

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Debussy: La mer, Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune; Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole

Artists London Symphony Orchestra, Francois-Xavier Roth

€29,99 EUR

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François-Xavier Roth, Principal Guest Conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra, displays his deep affinity with the music of Debussy and Ravel on his latest LSO Live album. A fascination with his Spanish heritage would be a recurring theme in many of Ravel's creations. Mysterious melodies weave delicately throughout his early work Rapsodie espagnole (Spanish Rhapsody), punctuated by bursts of Spanish-inspired fanfares and Habanera dance rhythms. The voluptuous flute opening of the Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun) immediately conjures a world of luxurious fantasy, weaving through the music's changing scenes with effortless spontaneity. Every instrument adds something unique, and the whole work floats free of form and convention. In La Mer (The Sea), Debussy tells the story of the eternal odyssey of the ocean. He sails through storm and calm, wind, and rain, in music that rises and falls with the rhythms of the sea. The score is so vivid that you can almost smell sea salt and see the crests of the waves. London Symphony Orchestra Francois-Xavier Roth - Conductor

Tracklist

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Total time: 49:03

1. Rapsodie espagnole - I. Prelude a la nuit

04:19

2. Rapsodie espagnole - II. Malaguenya

02:10

3. Rapsodie espagnole - III. Habanera

03:03

4. Rapsodie espagnole - IV. Feria

06:47

5. Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune, L.86 - Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune, L.86

09:36

6. La Mer, L.109 - I. De l'aube a midi sur la mer

08:23

7. La Mer, L.109 - II. Jeux de vagues

06:44

8. La Mer, L.109 - III. Dialogue du vent et de la mer

08:01

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Additional Information

Label

LSO Live

SKU

LSO0821

Qualities

FLAC 96 kHz, FLAC 192 kHz, DSD 64, DSD 128, DSD 256, DSD 512, DXD 24 Bit

Channels

2ch Stereo, 5ch Surround, 2ch Stereo & 5ch Surround

Artists

London Symphony Orchestra, Francois-Xavier Roth

Composers

Debussy, Ravel

Conductors

Francois-Xavier Roth

Genres

Classical

Original Recording Format

DSD 128

Instruments

Orchestra

Release Date

October 23, 2020

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Reviews

NativeDSD Senior Reviewer

Bill Dodd, NativeDSD Senior Reviewer

Just get it. Highly recommended!

Sunday Times

Hugh Canning

The LSO’s principal guest conductor has recorded Debussy’s great symphonic canvas La mer with his own period-instrument band, Les Siècles, in Paris. He chooses the same work — surely the greatest of all French orchestral compositions — for his first mainstream repertoire release.

A disciple of Pierre Boulez, Roth has the same analytical clarity and ear for sonorities but brings a surging emotional engagement to Debussy’s sea pictures, with gorgeous solo clarinet playing (Chris Richards) in the “dialogue of the wind and the sea” finale.

Gareth Davies’s flute is no less charismatic as the protagonist of Debussy’s seminal sketch of a languid, provocative faun, while Roth relishes Ravel’s tribute to Spanish music — inherited from his Basque mother — in a flamboyant account, superlatively played, of Rapsodie espagnole.

Outstanding.

Source: www.thetimes.co.uk

Debussy: La mer, Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune; Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole

Debussy: La mer, Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune; Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole

€29,99 EUR

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