SACD, Schmitt, F (composer)
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Special offer. Florent Schmitt: Suites from 'Antoine et Cléopâtre' & Symphony No. 2
RecommendedBBC Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo
The sultry, mysterious textures…are evocatively conjured by Oramo and the BBC Symphony players. Feverish, bacchanalian energies are unleashed in ‘Orgie et Danses’…[in the Symphony] Oramo does... —
Awards:
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Presto Recording of the Week, 9th March 2018
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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Special offer. Florent Schmitt: Psaume 47, La Tragédie de Salomé & Le Palais hanté
Susan Bullock (soprano)
São Paulo Symphony Orchestra and Choir, Yan Pascal Tortelier
Tortelier is...supple and caressing, emphasising the score's Gallic progeniture. Going from the lurid sex and violence of Salome to Schmitt's setting of Psalm 47 should be a major wrench stylistically,... —
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2011, Choral & Song Choice
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Tomasi, Jolivet & Others: French Trumpet Concertos
Håkan Hardenberger (trumpet), Roland Pöntinen (piano), Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Fabien Gabel
Hardenberger’s playing is outstanding throughout, by turns crisp and mellif luous, stinging and sweet, while the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic under Fabien Gabel bring precision and f lair to... —
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the main selling point is the premiere recording of the piano-and-orchestra version of 'J'entends dans le lointain' by Florent Schmitt…the fiercely demanding original piano solo, written on... —
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Solo de Concours
French music for trumpet and piano
Hannes Laubin (trumpet) & Maris Lukas Kuen (piano)
