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CKD550M
Originally recorded in September 2017
Classical
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Following his DSO debut Ticciati chose La mer to perform when he returned as the newly announced Principal Conductor in 2016. Ticciati has conducted La mer and Pelléas et Mélisande across Europe with the LPO, Concertgebouw Orchestra and the Budapest Festival Orchestra receiving excellent reviews.
Brett Dean’s orchestration of the Ariettes premiered in Sydney in 2015 and at once displayed Debussy’s music in a new light. Dean’s new arrangements expand on the colours heard in Debussy’s original six songs applying unbelievably delicate orchestration that sounds like gossamer; The Daily Telegraph declared it ‘a revelation’.
The all-French programme also includes the prelude to Fauré’s operaPénélope and his orchestral suite Pelléas et Mélisande in a perfectly judged recording which augurs well for this exciting new partnership.
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Reviews
“... Debussy's six Verlaine settings, Ariettes Oubliées, are recorded here in orchestrated versions by composer/violist Brett Dean. It displays Kožená's fine musicianship though texts are unclear in the Jesus-Christus-Kirche acoustic. Linn's exemplary booklet essay deals with the interwoven lives of Fauré and Debussy, eg, how the commision for incidental music for Pelléas was refused by the latter - arranged by Koechlin the Suite recycles the very familiart Sicilienne, Op. 78. It's sympathetically performed with Ticciati, whose La Mer s impressive (but bass drum is rather too prominent in the finale).” ****½
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”... With an interesting coupling and good performances, Robin Ticciati’s first recording with his Deutsches Symphonieorchester Berlin is attractive. Magdalena Kozena is a convincing performer in Brett Dean’s very good orchestration of Debussy’s Ariettes oubliées.” ****
“It suits Ticciati’s considered way with Debussy uncommonly well. Everything is beautifully balanced and clear. Shifts in colour and texture are carefully teased out...”
“... Fauré’s Prelude to Penelope surges and sweeps, Debussy’s Pelléas and Mélisande suite has a rich, sombre beauty and La Mer sounds robust, brooding and vast.” ****
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