Schubert: Schwanengesang etc
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau/Gerald Moore
Classical - Released January 1, 2001 | Warner Classics
La symphonie des oiseaux
Shani Diluka
Classical - Released January 27, 2017 | Mirare
La Leggierezza
Yang Yang Cai
Classical - Released January 6, 2023 | Challenge Classics
Schubert: Hymne an Die Nacht, Hymne À la Nuit
Brigitte Engerer
Classical - Released January 10, 2008 | Mirare
Les heures persanes
Ralph Van Raat
Classical - Released April 5, 2011 | Naxos
Charles Koechlin may not be a well-known composer, but anyone who enjoys the music of Olivier Messiaen should get to know Koechlin. Les heures persanes, one of his better known works, is a suite of character pieces written between 1916 and 1919. Throughout the pieces are hints of what Messiaen would write later in his piano works, such as the Visions de l'Amen and the Vingt Régards sur l'Enfant-Jésus. Les heures depicts scenes of Persia -- although more landscapes than life studies -- with titles similar to those of Debussy's preludes, (e.g., "Clair de lune sur les terrasses" and "Les collines au choucher du soleil"). The harmonies are more advanced than Debussy, and in places, for example in No. 4 "Matin frais, dans la haute vallée," sound exactly like Messiaen. Nos. 14 and 16 have a brilliant intensity similar to Messiaen. No. 6, "A travers les rues" is more backward looking with lush, flowing lines evocative of Fauré's (one of Koechlin's teachers) writing, but with freer harmonies. Here, van Raat allows it to breathe almost like a jazz improvisation. Van Raat treats all the music very organically, adding nuanced color without it seeming at all like work. It streams very easily through his fingers, letting the slower movements become meditative to an extent, again creating a link to Messiaen, specifically his spirituality. Van Raat naturally tempers the music; the more active sections are never painfully intense, nor do the slower ones tend to inertia. This performance of Les heures would definitely suit as an introduction to Koechlin or as a bridge between Debussy or Fauré and Messiaen for anyone looking to expand the scenery of their musical countryside. © TiVo
Margaret Price In Recital
Margaret Price
Classical - Released August 16, 2019 | Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd.
Pluie - Bruits de Pluie
Torsten Abrolat
Relaxation - Released January 30, 2020 | SyncSouls
Les Enfoirés 2024, On a 35 ans !
Les Enfoirés
French Music - Released March 2, 2024 | Sony Music - Restos Du Coeur
Schütz: Schwanengesang, Op. 13
La Capella Ducale
Classical - Released October 28, 2023 | CPO
Schubert: Lieder with Orchestra
Munich Radio Orchestra
Classical - Released October 6, 2023 | BR-Klassik
Schubert: Schwanengesang
Andrè Schuen
Classical - Released November 18, 2022 | Deutsche Grammophon (DG)
Bach: St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 by Otto Klemperer
Otto Klemperer
Classical - Released March 4, 2023 | Alexandre Bak - Classical Music Reference Recording
Bacchanale: Saint-Saëns et la Méditerranée
Orchestre Divertimento
Classical - Released March 24, 2023 | harmonia mundi
Gloire Immortelle !
Hervé Niquet
Classical - Released November 17, 2023 | Château de Versailles Spectacles
Bach : St Matthew Passion (Matthäus-Passion)
René Jacobs
Masses, Passions, Requiems - Released October 7, 2013 | harmonia mundi
Messe pour le temps présent
Pierre Henry
Electronic - Released January 1, 1967 | Universal Music Division Decca Records France
Babel
Jean-Louis Murat
French Music - Released October 13, 2014 | [PIAS] Le Label
Schubert: Schwanengesang
Mark Padmore
Classical - Released January 27, 2023 | Decca Music Group Ltd.