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ROUSSEL / FRANCK / LALO / BEETHOVEN / RAVEL / BERLIOZ / etc
André Cluytens: The Complete Orchestral Recordings Orchestre du Théâtre National de l'Opéra, Orchestre de l'Association des Concert Colonne, Orchestre National de France, Wiener Philharmoniker / André [ Erato / Warner Classics / 65 CD Box Set - released 1/Jul/2017 ] André Cluytens, though born in Belgium, achieved fame as one of the supreme French conductors of his era, renowned for his refinement and the sheer joy of his music-making. In the mid-20th century he built a substantial, varied and distinguished... |
MILHAUD / BERLIOZ / SCHUMANN / BLOCH / RACHMANINOV / RAVEL / etc
Leonard Bernstein: An American In Paris - Recordings & Concerts with Orchestre National de France Orchestre National de France, Leonard Bernstein, with Boris Belkin (violin) Donald McInnes (viola) Marilyn Horne (mezzo) etc [ Warner Classics / 7 CD Box Set - released 20/Aug/2018 ] This 7CD set is the fruit of the love affair that developed in Paris between Leonard Bernstein and the Orchestre National de France in the 1970s. Beside long-admired studio recordings, featuring Mstislav Rostropovich and Alexis Weissenberg among the... |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique / Overture: 'Le Corsaire' / Royal Hunt and Storm & Trojan March ('Les Troyens') (recorded 1957-59) Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Francaise; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Thomas Beecham [ Warner Classics Masters / CD - released 1/Feb/2012 ] Rosette Recording (highest rating) Penguin Stereo Guide - 'If you want a genuinely French Symphonie fantastique, wonderfully performed and superbly recorded, go out and get this release before it's snapped up by your neighbour.' (Gramophone) |
CLAUDE DEBUSSY / MAURICE RAVEL
Debussy / Ravel: Orchestral Works (Incls 'La Mer', 'Images', 'Bolero' & 'Daphnis et Chloe') Orchestre National de l ORTF, Orchestre de Paris, Jean Martinon, with Aldo Ciccolini (piano) Itzhak Perlman (violin) [ Erato / Warner Classics / 8 CD Box Set - released 25/Jul/2018 ] "If you are satisfied with performances that are lucid, imaginative, thoughtful and unselfconscious then you will be very happy with Martinon." (MusicWeb on the Debussy) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Art of Charles Dutoit (with bonus DVD of music of Prokofiev) Orchestre symphonique de Montreal / Philharmonia Orchestra / Orchestre National de France / L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande / Charles Dutoit [ Decca Budget Boxes / 7 CD/DVD - released 1/Nov/2006 ] This 6-CD orchestral spectacular features mainly recordings with the OSM but the Orchestra National de France is also included in Poulenc, while the Philharmonia is included with a popular tone-poem by Saint-Saëns (the earliest recording included... |
EDVARD GRIEG
Greig: Peer Gynt - Incidental music Peter Mattei, Camilla Tilling, Ellerhein Girls' Choir. Estonian National Male Choir. Estonian National Symphony Orchestra / Paavo Jarvi (conductor) [ Erato / Warner Classics / CD - released 4/Aug/2005 ] "Jarvi junior follows in father's footsteps with a worthwhile disc of Peer Gynt" (Gramophone) |
CLIFFE / ERLANGER
Violin Concertos Philippe Graffin (violin) / BBC National Orchestra of Wales, David Lloyd-Jones [ Hyperion Romantic Violin Concerto Vol 10 / CD - released 20/Feb/2011 ] "Graffin plays superbly, with all the fire and tenderness required, and with glorious tone. The BBC National Orchestra of Wales is as attentive and sympathetic as one would expect with David Lloyd-Jones conducting, and the recording is well judged in... |
BUSONI
Piano Concerto / Fantasia Contrappuntistica Victoria Postnikova (piano) / National de France Orchestra & Choeurs de Radio France Chorus, Gennadi Rozhdestvensky [ Warner Apex / 2 CD - released 20/Sep/2014 ] |
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Debussy: La Mer / Images Orchestre National de France, Emmanuel Krivine [ Erato / Warner Classics / CD - released 19/Apr/2018 ] Debussy began composing La Mer in 1904, in Burgundy, but as he wrote to fellow composer André Messager, his memories of the sea were "worth more than a reality whose charm generally weighs too heavily on the imagination". He continued to work on the... |
VERDI
Rigoletto (complete opera recorded in 1993) Richard Leech, Alexandru Agache, Leontina Vaduva / Chorus & Orchestra of Welsh National opera, Carlo Rizzi [ Warner the Teldec Opera Collection / 2 CD - released 12/Oct/2009 ] "This version is splendidly sung… the music is traversed with exemplary precision by voices of the right kind and weight." Gramophone |
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GAETANO DONIZETTI
Donizetti: L'Elisir d'amore [Elixir of Love] (Complete opera) Roberto Alagna, Angela Gheorghiu, Robert Scaltriti / Orchestre et Choeur de l'Opera National de Lyon / Evelino Pido [ Decca Opera! / 2 CD - released 10/Feb/2011 ] "..becomes a clear and welcome choice for this work, worth every penny of the asking price." (Gramophone) |
JACQUES OFFENBACH
Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffman (The Tales of Hoffman) (complete opera) Roberto Alagna, Jose van Dam, Natalie Dessay, Sumi Jo / l'Opera National de Lyon, Kent Nagano [ Erato Warner Classics Home of Opera / 3 CD - released 20/May/2016 ] "Kent Nagano uses Kaye's complete edition preserving the recitatives. He balances this by taking quite a brisk view of the tempi and the pacing of the piece." MusicWeb |
ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV
Glazunov: Complete Symphonies & Concertos Rachel Barton Pine (violin), Wen-Sinn Yang (cello), Alexander Romanovsky (piano) / Royal Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Russian National Orchestra, Jose [ Warner Classics / 8 CD Box Set - released 10/Sep/2018 ] "Clear and slightly reverberant recording maximises the textures and appeal of these works making the disc worthy of consideration as a benchmark recording" (MusicWeb on Symphony 5 & Seasons) |
GLAZUNOV
Symphonies Nos. 4 & 7 Royal Scottish National Orchestra, José Serebrier [ Warner Classics / CD - released 9/Oct/2006 ] "Serebrier gets very characterful and brilliant performances from the RSNO and his account of No.4 in particular has a good claim to be a first recommendation…" (Penguin Guide) |
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GLAZUNOV
Symphonies Nos 1, 2, 3 & 9 [2 CDs] Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Jose Serebrier [ Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 7/Sep/2009 ] |
MODEST MUSSORGSKY
Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov (complete opera recorded in 1991) Ruggero Raimondi (Boris Godunov), Paul Plishka, Kenneth Riegel, Nicolai Gedda, Galina Vishneyevskaya / National Symphony Orchestra, Mstislav Rostropov [ Erato / Warner Classics Home of Opera / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/Aug/2018 ] "Ruggero Raimondi's Boris is sung firmly and lyrically. He responds to the elegance to be found in Mussorgsky's brief, speech-inflected phrases, and some scenes, notably his final exchanges with his son, are movingly done." (Gramophone) |
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RODION SHCHEDRIN
Carmen Suite / Naughty Limericks / The Chime Russian National Orchestra / Mikhail Pletnev [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD ] |
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PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOSVKY
Tchaikovsky: The Symphonies & Tone Poems [7 CD set] Russian National Orchestra, Mikhail Pletnev [ Deutsche Grammophon Collector's Edition / 7 CD Box Set - released 1/Aug/2012 ] "All the innate aristocratic feeling Tchaikovsky could ask for . . . very fine and well-detailed sound" The Penguin Guide |
ANTONIN DVORAK
Dvorak: Slavonic Dances Op 46 & 72 Russian National Orchestra, Mikhail Pletnev [ Deutsche Grammophon First Choice / CD - released 1/Aug/2014 ] "Mikhail Pletnev and the Russian National Orchestra add to their store of fine recordings for DG with this distinctive and highly enjoyable version of Dvorak's colourful dances. These are, after all, works which for all their lack of pretension are... |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOSVKY
Tchaikovsky: Symphony Nos 4 - 6 Russian National Orchestra, Mikhail Pletnev [ Deutsche Grammophon Duo / 2 CD - released 1/Aug/2014 ] "There is a choir-like blend and evenness of tone from the top to the bottom of the orchestra" (Gramophone). "All the innate aristocratic feeling Tchaikovsky could ask for . . . very fine and well-detailed sound" The Penguin Guide |
