Once Upon a Time… At the Walt Disney Concert Hall; Jean-Baptiste Robin
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Once Upon a Time… At the Walt Disney Concert Hall; Jean-Baptiste Robin
Jean-Baptiste Robin (organ)
[ Brilliant Classics / CD ]
Release Date: Tuesday 10 March 2020
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At its official opening in October 2003, Walt Disney Concert Hall (a generous gift from the widow of Walt Disney) was hailed as an acoustical triumph. A year later the organ was inaugurated, built by Manuel Rosales. With its curved wooden pipes shooting out like an explosion of Roman candle fireworks the instrument is a masterpiece of design and its stunning musical possibilities made it one of the most remarkable organs in the world.
The program played by Jean-Baptiste Robin is perfectly suited to the huge potential of the instrument: the selection of musical fairy tales (Ravel, Massenet, Debussy, Duruflé, Tchaikovsky, Chopin and Robin) brings out a myriad of colours, timbres and sonorities of a truly symphonic scope.
French organist Jean-Baptiste Robin is one of the foremost organists of today. His recordings on Brilliant Classics include works by Alain and a recording of the American Symphonic Organ built by E.M. Skinner in the Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal.
The booklet contains excellent liner notes on the music as well as a description and specifications of the organ.
Tracks:
Robin, J B: Improvisation on Fairy TalesTchaikovsky: The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a - Dance of the Sugar-plum Fairy
Massenet: Cendrillon - Les Mandores
Duruflé: Suite Op. 5
Debussy: Suite Bergamasque - Clair de lune
Dupré: 3 Esquisses, Op. 41 - No 2
Chopin: Prelude in D-Flat Major, Op. 28, No. 15
Ravel: Ma Mère l'Oye
Robin, J B: The Hands of Time
