Franck: Symphony in D minor / Fauré: Pelléas et Mélisande
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CESAR FRANCK / GABRIEL FAURE
Franck: Symphony in D minor / Fauré: Pelléas et Mélisande
Albrecht Meyer (oboe), Emanuel Pahud (flute), Dominik Wollenweber (cor anglais), Berlin Philharmoniker, Daniel Barenboim
[ Deutsche Grammophon / CD ]
Release Date: Friday 31 January 2025
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In early June 2023, Daniel Barenboim conducted this French program in the Berlin Philharmonie; it was a concert that inspired the present recording for DG. In 2024 we celebrate the great French composer Gabriel Fauré 100 years after he died with this recording of the incidental music for 'Pelléas et Mélisande'. Almost 50 years after his first DG recording of Franck's symphony with the Orchestre de Paris, Barenboim now presents a new interpretation with the Berliner Philharmoniker. In the outer movements in particular, he focuses on the large, monumental sound that emphasizes the hymnal aspect of Franck's symphony which fuses the spirit of Beethoven with French elegance. Barenboim and the a Berliner Philharmoniker understand each other perfectly. The two have a longstanding friendship: the maestro made his debut as a pianist here 60 years ago and conducted his first concert with the world-class Berlin orchestra in 1969. In this recording, conductor and orchestra are joined by Albrecht Meyer (oboe), Emanuel Pahud (flute) and Dominik Wollenweber (cor anglais).
"Barenboim, ever the elder statesman, takes [the Franck's 'inherent grandness'] his stride. He also has the Berlin Philharmonic at his bidding and for organ-like sonorities that seem to come up through the bass lines they are the business." Gramophone
Tracks:
Franck, C: Symphony in D minor
Fauré: Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 80 (suite)
