Since you are interested in French Music for Piano and Orchestra, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
GABRIEL FAURE
Piano Quintets Cristina Ortiz (piano) / Fine Arts Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 7/Jul/2009 ] "Two magical, enchanting chamber works in alluring performances by the Fine Arts Quartet and Cristina Ortiz...magical." (Recording of the Month MusicWeb Sept 2009) |
GABRIEL FAURE
Faure: Orchestral Music (Incls 'Masques et Bergamasques, Op. 112') RTE Sinfonietta / John Georgiadis (with Lynda Russell, soprano) [ Naxos / CD - released 29/Jul/2008 ] "Eminently persuasive performances in every way...polished and cultured playing...an ideal collection of his orchestral music" - Penguin Guide |
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Debussy: Piano works (Vol 2) (Incls Children's Corner) Francois-Joel Thiollier (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 15/May/2001 ] "This could be a very useful volume for listeners who have a satisfactory Debussy cycle already, but which excludes the two rare works here. They might be sufficiently captivated by Children's Corner to explore further." (MusicWeb March 2007) |
VINCENT D'INDY
Orchestral Works Volume 2 (including Symphony No. 2, Op. 57) Iceland Symphony Orchestra / Rumon Gamba [ Chandos / CD - released 1/May/2009 ] "The playing of the Iceland SO combines commendable polish and contagious dedication, and Chandos's sound has both tangible presence and enticing glow." Gramophone Magazine: Editor's Choice June 2009 |
GABRIEL FAURE
Faure: Four Hand Piano Music Pierre-Alain Volondat, Patrick de Hooge (pianos) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jan/2007 ] Faure's musical language bridged a gap between the romanticism of the nineteenth century and the world of music that had appeared with the new century, developing and evolving, but retaining its own fundamental characteristics. |