Composer: Claude Achille Debussy, Gabriel Urbain Fauré
Performer: Magdalena Kozená
Orchestra: Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Conductor: Robin Ticciati
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Linn
Catalogue: CKD550
Release: 2017
Size: 1.11 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Fauré: Prelude to Penelope
Fauré: Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 80 (Arr. for Orchestra by Charles Koechlin)
02. I. Prélude
03. II. Fileuse
04. III. Sicilienne
05. IV. Mort de Mélisande
Debussy: Ariettes Oubliées (Arr. for Orchestra by Brett Dean)
06. I. C’est l’extase langoureuse
07. II. Il pleure dans mon cœur
08. III. L’ombre des arbres
09. IV. Chevaux de bois
10. V. Green
11. VI. Spleen
Debussy: La Mer
12. I. De l’aube à midi sur la mer
13. II. Jeux de vagues
14. III. Dialogue du vent et de la mer
To launch their exciting new partnership Robin Ticciati and the DSO present Debussy’s La mer, Fauré’s Pelléas et Mélisande and the premiere recording of composer Brett Dean’s arrangements of Debussy’s Ariettes oubliées featuring Magdalena Kozená.
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 opera Pénélope and his orchestral suite Pelléas et Mélisande in a perfectly judged recording which augurs well for this exciting new partnership.