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MALCOLM ARNOLD
Arnold: Symphonies (Complete) / Dances Ireland National Symphony Orchestra; Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Penny [ Naxos / 6 CD Box Set - released 29/Oct/2021 ] "These performances have the composer's imprimatur (he was present at the recording sessions) and can be cordially recommended." Penguin Guide |
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REYNALDO HAHN
Hahn: Ô mon bel inconnu Orchestre National Avignon-Provence; Samuel Jean [ Bru Zane / CD - released 12/Feb/2021 ] |
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GIACOMO MEYERBEER
Meyerbeer: Robert le Diable (complete opera) John Osborn, Nicolas Courjal, Amina Edris, Erin Morley, Nico Darmanin / Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine; Marc Minkowsk [ Bru Zane CDs + Book / 3 CD/Book - released 23/Sep/2022 ] "It all adds up to a formidable re-evaluation of a seminal if neglected work, as well as being a remarkable achievement in its own right." Gramophone Recording of the Month Awards Issue 2022 |
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MAURICE RAVEL
Ravel: Orchestral Works [Incls 'Rapsodie Espagnole', 'La Valse', 'Daphnis & Chloe' & 'Bolero'] Orchestre National de France, Eliahu Inbal / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra under Jesus Lopez-Cobos [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Dec/2010 ] An outstanding compilation of the very best of Ravel. Recordings originally made in Paris and released on Denon. |
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ALBERT ROUSSEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Roussel: Bacchus et Ariane / Le Festin de l'araignee Orchestre National de France, Georges Pretre [ EMI Classics / CD - released 20/May/1986 ] Albert Roussel (1869-1937) was a French composer who spent seven years in the French Navy, only turning to music at the age of 25. He became one of the most prominent French composers of the inter-war period. |
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GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 7 Orchestre National de Lille; Alexandre Bloch [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 25/Sep/2020 ] Alexandre Bloch, who has been Music Director of the Orchestre National de Lille since 2016, has chosen to devote a whole season of concerts to Mahler's symphonies. The Seventh (1904-05) is the most rarely recorded of the cycle - unjustly, because... |
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HENRI DUTILLEUX
Dutilleux: Symphony No. 2 'Le Double' Orchestre National de Lille, Darrell Ang [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jul/2017 ] "The result is impressive in its fluidity and engagement." Five Stars Diapason |
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JACQUES OFFENBACH
Offenbach: Overtures Orchestre National de Lille, Darrell Ang [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Nov/2017 ] Jacques Offenbach is best remembered for his operettas, but the dramatic Ouverture a grand orchestra is a rarely heard early piece that presages his future in musical theatre. The enduring popularity of Orpheus in the Underworld is due in no small... |
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CAMILE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saëns: Symphonic Poems Orchestre National de Lille, Jun Märkl [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Dec/2017 ] A wide orchestral palette and stirring reserves of drama are used to evoke the youthful audacity and death of Phaéton, the ultimate triumph of virtue over pleasure in La Jeunesse d'Hercule ('The Youth of Hercules'), and Hercules' punishment, spinning... |
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WALTON
Symphony No 1 & 2 Orchestre National de Lille / Owain Arwel Hughes [ BIS / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jun/2010 ] Rarely appearing together on disc, William Walton's two symphonies are separated by some 25 years. |
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TAN DUN
Tan Dun: Buddha Passion Shenyang (bass-baritone) Zhu Huiling (soprano) Yining Chen (pipa), etc / Orchestre National de Lyon, International Choir Academy Lübeck, Tan Dun [ Decca / 2 CD - released 1/Sep/2023 ] "This is an attractive work, instantly and uncomplicatedly gratifying. Where the Water Passion wrestles and distils and provokes, the Buddha Passion affirms and entertains. Is it enough? Perhaps. Is it really a Passion? I'm not so sure." Gramophone |
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CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Debussy: Complete Orchestral Works (9CD) Orchestre National de Lyon, Jun Märkl [ Naxos / 9 CD Box Set - released 10/Apr/2012 ] This collection contains all Debussy's works for orchestra as well as many orchestral arrangements of his piano music. Together these display a rich panorama of Debussian sound and a remarkable insight into the composer. Established arrangements by... |
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MESSIAEN
Et Expecto Resurrectionem Mortuorum / etc Orchestre National de Lyon, Jun Märkl [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Aug/2012 ] "It would be hard to sanitise this music completely, however, and the compelling way in which the rhythmic buoyancy of oriental dance comes into conjunction with Roman Catholic piety in the fourth movement is vividly conveyed." (Gramophone) |
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CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Debussy: Orchestral Works Volume 5 - La Boite a Joujoux etc. Orchestre National de Lyon / Jun Märkl [ Naxos / CD - released 14/Apr/2011 ] "The Lyon players create the strange impression of floating on air as points of sound emerge from the near-distance with ear-tweaking lucidity...The engineering balances detail and atmosphere to glowing perfection...Märkl's revelatory Debussy series... |
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DEBUSSY
Orchestral Works Volume 6 - Suite Bergamasque / Petite Suite / Printemps / En blanc et noir / Symphonie in B minor Orchestre National de Lyon, Jun Märkl [ Naxos / CD - released 29/Jul/2011 ] "Robin Holloway's 2002 version of En blanc et noir breathes Debussian air, as does Tony Finno's realisation of the early Symphony" (Gramophone) |
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RAVEL
L'Heure espagnole & Don Quichotte à Dulcinée Orchestre National de Lyon, Leonard Slatkin [ Naxos / CD - released 29/Jan/2016 ] Ravel's operas are both single-act works that have remained popular and regularly performed, keeping them firmly in the public eye while holding a position just beyond the central ground of operatic repertoire. |
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RAVEL
Orchestral Works Vol. 1 (Incls 'Alborada del gracioso' & 'Boléro') Orchestre National de Lyon, Leonard Slatkin [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Nov/2012 ] Ravel orchestrated his piano pieces Alborada del gracioso and Pavane pour une infante défunte to great effect; the former gains in suggestive colour, and the latter evokes nostalgic pathos. Another orchestrated work is the Menuet antique, which is... |
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RAVEL
Orchestral Works Vol. 1 [Includes 'Alborada del gracioso' & 'Boléro'] BLU-RAY AUDIO ONLY Orchestre National de Lyon, Leonard Slatkin [ Naxos Blu-Ray Audio / Blu-ray Disc - released 25/Apr/2015 ] Ravel orchestrated his piano pieces Alborada del gracioso and Pavane pour une infante défunte to great effect; the former gains in suggestive colour, and the latter evokes nostalgic pathos. Another orchestrated work is the Menuet antique, which is... |
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MAURICE RAVEL
Ravel: Orchestral Works Vol. 2 [Includes 'Gaspard de la nuit'] Orchestre National de Lyon, Leonard Slatkin [ Naxos / CD - released 29/Dec/2013 ] "the American shows real empathy with this magical repertoire, and he draws playing of uncommon composure and contagious application from his scruulously prepared Lyons band..Wonderful value at Naxos's price. Bring on the next instalment." Gramophone |
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CHABRIER / DEBUSSY / MUSSORGSKY / SCHUMANN
Orchestral Works, Vol. 3: Orchestrations Orchestre National de Lyon, Leonard Slatkin [ Naxos / CD - released 15/Apr/2016 ] Maurice Ravel's incomparable skill in orchestration and command of orchestral colour is evident both in his own works and in his orchestrations of music by other composers. His versions of both Chabrier's vibrant Menuet pompeux and the colourful... |