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Recorded between 1944 and 2013, the performances in this eight-CD set from Harmonia Mundi span the richest years of the Orchestre National de France, in repertoire that reflects French traditions in 19th and 20th century music. The roster of conductors is an honor roll, including such greats as Charles Münch, Paul Paray, Carl Schuricht, Paul Kletzki, André Cluytens, Leonard Bernstein, Lorin Maazel, Charles Dutoit, Claudio Abbado, and many more who led the orchestra over its 80 years as a major orchestra. Most of the Romantic and early modern pieces will be quite familiar, including Beethoven's Coriolan Overture, Wagner's Prelude to Tristan und Isolde, Mahler's Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen, Strauss' Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Debussy's Nocturnes, Stravinsky's Le Sacre du printemps, and several others, though there are more modern works by Dutilleux, Messiaen, Berio, and Xenakis that show the orchestra's experimental side. Of course, these recordings also reflect the technological advances and recording limitations of their times, so the earliest analog recordings have a compressed sound that marks them as historical recordings, while the later analog and digital recordings are increasingly detailed and pristine.
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Nocturnes, L. 91 (Claude Debussy)
Le Roi d’Ys (Édouard Lalo)
Bacchus et Ariane, op. 43 (Albert Roussel)
Six chansons villageoises (Francis Poulenc)
Hymne à la justice, Op. 14 (Alberic Magnard)
DISC 2
Coriolan Overture in C Minor, Op. 62 (Ludwig van Beethoven)
Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (Gustav Mahler)
Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28 (Richard Strauss)
5 Orchesterlieder, Op. 4 (Alban Berg)
Deux mélodies hébraïques (Maurice Ravel)
L'Oiseau de Feu (The Firebird) (Igor Stravinsky)
DISC 3
Roméo et Juliette (Sergei Prokofiev)
Sheherazade (Maurice Ravel)
Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rite of Spring) (Igor Stravinsky)
Album review
Recorded between 1944 and 2013, the performances in this eight-CD set from Harmonia Mundi span the richest years of the Orchestre National de France, in repertoire that reflects French traditions in 19th and 20th century music. The roster of conductors is an honor roll, including such greats as Charles Münch, Paul Paray, Carl Schuricht, Paul Kletzki, André Cluytens, Leonard Bernstein, Lorin Maazel, Charles Dutoit, Claudio Abbado, and many more who led the orchestra over its 80 years as a major orchestra. Most of the Romantic and early modern pieces will be quite familiar, including Beethoven's Coriolan Overture, Wagner's Prelude to Tristan und Isolde, Mahler's Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen, Strauss' Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Debussy's Nocturnes, Stravinsky's Le Sacre du printemps, and several others, though there are more modern works by Dutilleux, Messiaen, Berio, and Xenakis that show the orchestra's experimental side. Of course, these recordings also reflect the technological advances and recording limitations of their times, so the earliest analog recordings have a compressed sound that marks them as historical recordings, while the later analog and digital recordings are increasingly detailed and pristine.
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About the album
- 8 disc(s) - 95 track(s)
- Total length: 09:43:19
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Orchestre National de France
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Formations musicales - Radio France
- Genre: Classical Symphonic Music
2014 Radio France / INA 2014 Radio France / INA
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