CD REVIEW: Sentimental music, tone poems, and a guide to all of it
Frank Behrens of the Laconia [New Hampshire] Sunday Citizen (3/20/05) highly recommends Paavo's new recording with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra!
Debussy:
"Any serious collector of classical music recordings will certainly have the major works of Claude Debussy. But for beginners, a fine concert of three major and one minor orchestral works has come out on the Telarc label (CD-80617) on which Paavo Jarvi conducts the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.
"There are Prelude a l’apres-midi d’un faun with its eerie flute opening, the three lovely Nocturnes that end with the fascinating Sirens (here the Women of the May Festival Chorus), one of the greatest tone poems of them all La mer, and the brief Berceuse heroique.
"The first three are easily available on just about every label, but this is a wise combination of three of Debussy’s most inspired orchestral paintings and a wonderful gift for those who appreciate such music. Much recommended."
Debussy:
"Any serious collector of classical music recordings will certainly have the major works of Claude Debussy. But for beginners, a fine concert of three major and one minor orchestral works has come out on the Telarc label (CD-80617) on which Paavo Jarvi conducts the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.
"There are Prelude a l’apres-midi d’un faun with its eerie flute opening, the three lovely Nocturnes that end with the fascinating Sirens (here the Women of the May Festival Chorus), one of the greatest tone poems of them all La mer, and the brief Berceuse heroique.
"The first three are easily available on just about every label, but this is a wise combination of three of Debussy’s most inspired orchestral paintings and a wonderful gift for those who appreciate such music. Much recommended."
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