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Schmitt: Orchestral Works
Label Catalogue Number:
8.574138
8.574138
Running Time: 01:00:34
Release Date: November 2020
Originally recorded in 2019
Originally recorded in 2019
Genre:
Classical
Classical
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About
Florent Schmitt was a student of Massenet and Fauré, and winner of the coveted Prix de Rome. His impressionistic style blends influences ranging from Debussy to Wagner, with references to Stravinsky and other contemporaries. Conceived as a ballet but revised as a symphonic poem, La Tragédie de Salomé depicts Salome’s dangerous seductiveness with subtle magnificence. Narrative symbolism also applies to the evocative word painting of the exquisite Musique sur l’eau. The perilous saga of Oriane et le Prince d’Amour contrasts with the poetic tapestry of orchestral colours in Légende, in a version that replaces the original solo saxophone with violin.
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Reviews
Critics’ Choice 2021 – Don O’Connor
American Record Guide – January/February 2022
"... It'd be hard to imagine a better introduction to Schmitt's music than this. The performances are outstanding. Platt's singing in Salome and Chooi's playing in Legende are exemplary. Falletta's conducting is first rate, her tempos and phrasing ensuring coherence in the music. She's alert to every nuance, which these pieces have in abundance. The Bufflo Phil sounds radiant, lavishing TLC on every work... If, like me, you an never get enough of fin-de-siecle excess, this recording's for you."
Don O’Connor – American Record Guide – March/April 2021
**** Excellent Album
Michel Fleury - Classica magazine (France) - April 2021
"... Altogether a most desirable release."
Christian Hoskins - Gramophone magazine – February 2021
“… highly enjoyable and should surely make more converts for music that deserves to be much better known than it is.”
Paul Corfield Godfrey – MusicWeb-International.com – 8th January 2020
Performance **** Recording ****
Roger Nichols - BBC Music Magazine - January 2021
“… Schmitt created an opulent and sensual music for this drama, from which JoAnn Falletta conducts the Suite op. 83bis. The Buffalo Philharmonic plays with flexible elegance. Schmitt’s Légende for saxophone and orchestra from 1918 can be heard in the composer’s own transcription for violin. BPO concertmaster Nikki Chooi plays the solo part in this opulent piece, which is heard here in a very suggestive performance. So, as the interpretations of this program are excellent, we can only recommend this CD. It is a homage to the music of a composer who should not be neglected despite his political misconduct.” *****
Remy Franck – Pizzicato.lu – 18 November 2020
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