More By Artist: Les Siècles François-Xavier Roth
Displaying items 21 to 28 of 28
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphony no.5 (plus Gossec: Symphonie) Les Siècles, François-Xavier Roth [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 4/Sep/2020 ] "It is hard to recall a more relentlessly driven performance of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony than this newcomer." BBC Music |
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphony no.3 'Eroica', Mehul : Overture from 'Les Amazones' Les Siècles, François-Xavier Roth [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 23/Apr/2021 ] "Superbly played by the musicians of Les Siècles and compellingly conducted by François-Xavier Roth, this is an exceptional, dramatic and probing recording of the 'Eroica'. I urge you to hear it." MusicWeb recommended |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique / Les Francs-juges Overture, Op. 3 Les Siècles, François-Xavier Roth [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 7/Feb/2020 ] "Roth seems to have an emotional hotline to Berlioz, alive to every twist and turn of the composer's fevered passions." Gramophone Awards 2020 Short List - Orchestral |
MAURICE RAVEL
Ma mère l'Oye, Le Tombeau de Couperin & Shéhérazade Les Siècles, François-Xavier Roth [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 6/Apr/2018 ] When Ravel orchestrated his works, the scoring emerged with total spontaneity, as if by magic, for he had already worked out his orchestral colours with immense care at the piano. The fascination of the Orient or the fantastic, poetic homages, the... |
MAURICE RAVEL
Ravel: L'Heure espagnole, Boléro Isabelle Druet, Julien Behr, Loïc Félix / Les Siècles, François-Xavier Roth [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 16/Jun/2023 ] "As in previous releases, the orchestral playing is exquisite, the strings silky, woodwinds perfumed, the trumpets (1930s Selmers) sweetly tangy, the trombones suggestively louche." Gramophone Editor's Choice Aug 2023 |
IGOR STRAVINSKY
Stravinsky: "Ballets Russes" Les Siècles, François-Xavier Roth [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2021 ] Paris, early twentieth century: in the space of three ballets, a previously unknown Russian composer revolutionised the music of his time. With The Firebird and Petrushka, respectively fairytale and folktale, and of course The Rite of Spring, a... |
MAURICE RAVEL
Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé (complete ballet) Marion Ralincourt (flute) / Les Siècles & Ensemble Aedes, François-Xavier Roth [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 20/Apr/2017 ] "Lean gut strings achieve feathery lightness... With fine choral contributions from the Ensemble Aedes, this new recording is highly recommended." Gramophone Award WINNER 2018 - Orchestral |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: Harold en Italie / Nuits d'été / Symphonie fantastique Stéphane Degou (baritone) Tabea Zimmermann (viola) / Les Siècles, François-Xavier Roth [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD - released 6/Dec/2024 ] Berlioz the pioneer. A new aesthetic calls for new forms: such is the challenge the composer set for himself in the two works presented here. In Les Nuits d'été, Berlioz pioneered, well before Mahler and Ravel, a song cycle for voice and orchestra.... |
