Pictures at an Exhibition / E.Krivine
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Modest MUSSORGSKY – Maurice RAVEL Pictures at an Exhibition Nicolaï RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Scheherazade
Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg Emmanuel Krivine, cond.
Release 10/2
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9 CDs ZZT 333
For this second collaboration between the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra, Emmanuel Krivine and Zig-Zag Territoires, two major Russian works were chosen. Both make the orchestra sound sumptuous with, for the first, the complicity of that fantastic colourist and orchestrator Maurice Ravel, and for the second, the skill of a composer nicknamed ‘the magician of the orchestra’. Emmanuel Krivine excels in these works, which demand much of all the musicians and necessitate as much commitment as perspicacity from the conductor, at the service of scores magnifying the fantastic musical instrument that is the modern symphony orchestra. www.opl.lu/fr
Ludwig van Beethoven The Complete Piano Sonatas
François-Frédéric Guy, piano
Reissue Special price
Release 10/2
013
This set brings together Beethoven’s complete piano sonatas, recorded live by François-Frédéric Guy during the concerts he gave at the Arsenal in Metz, France. It bears witness to François-Frédéric Guy’s impressive maturity in face of a monumental cycle, his generosity and great musical integrity. He sheds fascinating light on this cycle, of course recorded many times but here approached with an élan and a spontaneity unique to concerts. As a bonus in this set: the video recording made during a concert given at the Opéra Garnier in Monaco on 20 June 2013 with the Pastorale, Moonlight and Hammerklavier Sonatas. www.ffguy.net
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