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July 1, 2008
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First and foremost, this SACD is a small gem. Wonderfully recorded in both stereo and multicanal, it offers John Cage’s (1912-1992) music an indispensable setting. The program opens with “Seven”, a 20-minute piece dating from 1988, for flute, clarinet, percussion, piano, violin, viola and cello, ... more |
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July 1, 2008
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The Nature Symphony for large orchestra and mixed chorus by Siegmund von Hausegger (1872-1948) is a work of deep beauty, playing on tone colors with rare delicacy. Never ostentatious, its palette ranges from flamboyant to light. The orchestral mass it requires is impressive. Three flutes, two oboes, ... more |
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July 1, 2008
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Without a doubt, here is one of the most beautiful tributes paid to Russian composer Alfred Schnittke (1934-1998) on the tenth anniversary of his death. His works “often seem like a progressive defrosting in which the listener seesaws between two worlds,” states Benoît Duteurtre in his remarkable ... more |
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July 1, 2008
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Composed in 1899, Jean Sibelius’ first symphony is a work by a young man of thirty-four. Still classic in style, the score also shows “very personal liberties that are fully original: the work, impetuous, is marked by romantic outbursts throughout, with its frequent changes of atmosphere, its tonal ... more |
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July 1, 2008
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The program on this Super Audio CD, grouping six Motets, is exemplary. The delicacy of the performance consorts with a purity of singing that is surprisingly vibrant, offering an image of Jean-Sebastian Bach completely devoted to his art, and a composer at the apogee of the vocal genre, which to him ... more |
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