Music light is said it is heavily loaded. Slight, but never frivolous in a baguette as sleek and elegant: Offenbach, of course, but also rarely heard overtures of Adam and Boieldieu.
More serious, but just as colorful and Suites "Namouna" fragrant oriental spices, and the Suite of "Cid" by Massenet, Hair-raising astonishing series of Spanish dances.
Martinon it demonstrated an enthusiastic zeal, perhaps inherited from Charles Munch, his teacher.
The choreographic genre is also well represented, with fine excerpts from "Giselle", or "The Blue Danube", arranged by Roger Desormière from famous Strauss waltzes. Very chic!
The rhythmic force and a dry leadership probably acquired in contact with Albert Roussel who was his mentor, naturally predisposed Martinon to Russian music.
He gives us a little known but magnificent interpretation of the Symphony No. 1 by Shostakovich, whose nerve impulses instead immediately at the forefront of the discography.
Already republished by Testament, the 5 th and 7 th Prokofiev prove profoundly original instrumental by extruding the material. The orchestra of the Conservatory, rogue and belching, brings a singular light on these two works we imagine smoother.
Another revelation with the Vienna Philharmonic: the incredible "Pathétique", elegant, perky, has denied any autobiographical avatar emulation.
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Many thanks to Decca have exhumed from its cellars these precious testimonies presented in technical and editorial conditions that prides collection Original Masters.
To commemorate the thirtieth anniversary of his death, more beautiful tribute to an insatiable and gifted artist could only dream of.
