DELIBES
Coppelia (complete ballet recorded in 2001) Charline Giezendanner / Mathieu Ganio / Pierre Lacotte / École De Danse And Opéra National De Paris / David Coleman [ Arthaus Musik DVD / DVD - released 1/Jul/2011 ] On the programme this evening is Coppélia, or the girl with the enamel eyes by Léo Delibes. The excitement among the girls is great because today they will be performing in the (reproduced) scenery and costumes which at the premiere on 25 May 1870... |
RODOLPHE KREUTZER
Kreutzer: La Mort D'abel (2CD + Book) Katia Velletaz, Yumiko Tanimura, Jennifer Borghi, Sébastien Droy, Jean-Sébastien Bou, Pierre-Yves Pruvot / Les Agrémens, Guy Van Waas [ Bru Zane Ediciones Singulares / 2 CD/Book - released 22/Oct/2012 ] "the fine performance of Guy van Waas and Les Agrémens reveals music of imaginative colours and profuse sentimentality that sometimes sounds like a stepping-stone between Haydn's Creation and Berlioz's Damnation of Faust." (Gramophone) |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner Choruses Chor und Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Silvio Varviso, Pierre Boulez & James Levine [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / CD - released 20/Mar/2016 ] Bayreuth is the holy grail of Wagner lovers and this outstanding disc captures great choral moments from Wagner's operas over a period of nearly 30 years, with key 'big' moments from seven operas, from the Sawallisch Tannhäuser (1962) to Peter... |
MAURICE RAVEL
Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe (complete ballet) / Rapsodie espagnole / etc Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / London Symphony Orchestra / Pierre Monteux [ Decca Historic / CD - released 10/Apr/1990 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) "There is only one word for this work, this performance, and this recording, and that is - ravishing." Gramophone |
BRAHMS / SCHUMANN / FRANCK / LEKEU
Violin Sonatas Christian Ferras (violin) Pierre Barbizet (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / 4 CD Box Set - released 1/Mar/2009 ] 'Ferras is a player who habitually turns the simplest of melodic lines to poetical song … Lovers of the César Franck who happen not to know the Lekeu could well find a real extension of their pleasure in this very good record.' Gramophone |
CHAUSSON / RAVEL / HONEGGER / DEBUSSY / FAURE
French Violin Masterpieces Christian Ferras (violin) Pierre Barbizet (piano) / Belgian National Orchestra [ Decca Legends / CD - released 1/Nov/2002 ] "..the remastering has done justice to the recordings and the memory of a fine artist." (Amazon.co.uk) |
TCHAIKOVSKY / NIGG / FRANCK / BACH / BEETHOVEN / BRAHMS / etc
Christian Ferras Edition Christian Ferras (violin) with Ernest Lush, Shuku Iwasaki, Pierre Barbizet, etc (piano) / various conductors [ Deusche Grammophon Australian Eloquence / 19 CD Box Set - released 17/Feb/2023 ] This Limited Edition original-jackets collection brings together the Decca and Deutsche Grammophon recordings of Christian Ferras, supplemented by those he made for these labels' French and Japanese divisions. |
ERIC MONTALBETTI
Montalbetti: Chamber Music Harmonieuses Dissonances Christian Tetzlaff / Alexander Vorontsov / Delphine Haidan / Pierre Génisson / Les Dissonances / Solistes de l'Ensemble intercontemporain [ Alpha / CD - released 24/Apr/2020 ] Harmonieuses Dissonances: that is the title of the string quartet that closes this second album of music by Eric Montalbetti, but above all it is a statement of the very subject of the works assembled here: they start out from heterogeneous elements,... |
BERG
Kammerkonzert (with Mozart-Gran Partita) Christian Tetzlaff (violin) Mitsuko Uchida (piano) / Ensemble Intercontemporain / Pierre Boulez [ Decca Records / CD - released 10/Dec/2008 ] "Boulez brings clarity to every sound strand, colour and dynamic…you hear nuances that many performances sweep under the carpet" The Times |
Christian-Pierre Marca
Various: L'heure.. [ Sony Classical / CD - released 2/May/2011 ] |
MAHLER
Symphony No 2 Christine SchANfer / Michelle DeYoung / Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Pierre Boulez [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 1/Jul/2006 ] "Boulez understands the spirituality of this symphony, creating a profoundly moving, life enhancing interpretation. It's a powerful illumination of the deeper aspects of Mahler, opening up new approaches to inspire a new, reflective era in Mahler... |
PIERRE BOULEZ
Pli selon Pli (1957 - 1989) / Portait de Mallarma Christine Schafer (soprano) Ensemble Intercontemporain / Pierre Boulez [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 3/May/2002 ] ***** Five Stars BBC Music Magazine (Aug 2002) |
BACH / MOZART / GLUCK
Music for flute & orchestra Claude Monteux (flute) / London Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Monteux [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 10/Aug/2015 ] "Claude Monteux's tone is clear and cool, his technique impeccable, his style admirably Mozartian, and in choosing his own cadenzas to play he chose right: these are at once the most idiomatic and the most effective of all those at present on offer". |
W. A. MOZART / J. S. BACH / GLUCK
Music for flute & orchestra Claude Monteux (flute) / London Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Monteux [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 20/Sep/2015 ] "Claude Monteux's tone is clear and cool, his technique impeccable, his style admirably Mozartian, and in choosing his own cadenzas to play he chose right: these are at once the most idiomatic and the most effective of all those at present on offer" |
STRAVINSKY
Boulez conducts Stravinsky [6 CD set] The Cleveland Orchestra, Berlin Philharmonic, Ensemble Intercontemporain, Pierre Boulez [ Deutsche Grammophon / 6 CD Box Set - released 1/Aug/2012 ] "Few conductors have invigorated repertoires with the verve that Pierre Boulez has brought to his interpretations of Stravinsky, compiled here across six CDs...Bristling with energetic innovation... it's an absolute bargain." (The Independent) |
MAHLER
Symphony No 7 Cleveland Orchestra / Pierre Boulez [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 28/Apr/2000 ] Boulez continues an exceptional series of triumphs! |
IGOR STRAVINSKY
Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring / The Firebird / Petrushka (Complete Ballets) The Cleveland Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez [ Deutsche Grammophon Duo / 2 CD - released 10/Apr/2012 ] "Even in these days of super-efficient Rites and Petrushkas, Boulez can still find in these scores many subtle and beautiful details that are lost in the rush or the brilliance of some showier readings, and his precision of ear is audible on page... |
EL-KHOURY
Meditation poetique / Piano Concerto / Poems Nos 1 and 2 Colonne Orchestre / Pierre Dervaux (Conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 9/Sep/2006 ] Bechara El-Khoury is that rare thing, then, both a composer and a poet. Central to all his works is a lyrical vein which transports his music far from the academic and from abstract formalism. |
EL-KHOURY
Orchestral Works Colonne Orchestre / Pierre Dervaux (Conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 9/May/2006 ] El-Khoury brings back to the music of today the expression of personal feeling, of passion and of emotion. In an interview he said: 'I am an enthusiast for freedom and accept no sectarianism.' |
Czech Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra / Pierre-Michel Durand
Les Ballets Trockadero - Program 1 [ TDK / DVD - released 19/Apr/2002 ] |