The suppleness of Elsa Dreisig's voice, matched by the art of sign singing, works wonders in this program devoted to French melody. Fauré's Amours du Poète rub shoulders with the alchemies of Ravel whose Quartet we can also enjoy.
In an invigorating contrast to Ravel’s miraculously delicate orchestration of Le Tombeau de Couperin and Ma mère l'Oye, the barbed rhythms and sparkling orchestral colours of Petrouchka complete a program conceived as as a true hymn to the orchestra.
In a programme imagined as a true hymn to the orchestra, Le Sacre du printemps magnifies the telluric power of the orchestra in striking counterpoint to the miraculously delicate orchestration of Le Tombeau de Couperin and Ma mère l'Oye.
Alexandre Tharaud’s great passion for the music of Maurice Ravel is well-known, having notably produced his recording of the complete piano works in 2003, and the two concertos some twenty years later, with the Orchestre national de France.
Heir to the great masters of Japanese cinema, with some 129 film scores to his name, Joe Hisaishi is surely Japan’s most famous composer. Here, he treats his Parisian audience to some of his most beloved music, conducted by none other than himself.
Heir to the great masters of Japanese cinema, with some 129 film scores to his name, Joe Hisaishi is surely Japan’s most famous composer. Here, he treats his Parisian audience to some of his most beloved music, conducted by none other than himself.
Bertrand Chamayou’s early fondness for Ravel continues to mature and blossom with time, giving us his 2016 recording of the composer’s complete works for piano in 2016, and reflected in his co-direction of the Saint-Jean-de-Luz Ravel Festival since 2020.
La Valse is one of Maurice Ravel’s most striking orchestral inspirations. Between two equally colourful works by Strauss and Manuel de Falla, Ibrahim Maalouf pays tribute to the French composer with his Trumpet Concerto.
La Valse is one of Maurice Ravel’s most striking orchestral inspirations. Between two equally colourful works by Strauss and Manuel de Falla, Ibrahim Maalouf pays tribute to the French composer with his Trumpet Concerto.
Everyone is invited to keep up the tempo with this concert that's as rich as it is unbridled! A joyful introduction to rhythm and movement thanks to musicians from the Orchestre de Paris, the Youth Choir and body percussion.
The duo formed by Janine Jansen and Denis Kozhukhin in a programme juxtaposing Brahms—a composer particularly close to their hearts—with a selection of 20th-century French chamber music.
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, music director of Montreal’s Orchestre Métropolitain for the past twenty-four years, conducts a flamboyant program, including soloist Alexandre Kantorow performing Saint-Saëns’ most popular concerto.
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