Debussy: La mer Orchestral & Concertos LSO Live

Debussy: La mer

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LS 0692

Debussy: La mer

Label Catalogue Number:
LSO0692

Running Time: 56:07

Release Date: June 2011

Composer
Claude Debussy

Solo flute
Gareth Davies

Orchestra
London Symphony Orchestra

Conductor
Valery Gergiev

Producer
James Mallinson

Venue
Barbican Centre, London

Genre:
Orchestral & Concertos

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CLAUDE DEBUSSY

Prelude à l'après-midi d'un faune *

11:46

Solo: Gareth Davies flute

La mer **

De l'aube à midi sur la mer (Très lent)

10:00

Jeux de vagues ( Allegro)

7:10

Dialogue du vent et de la mer (Animé et tumultueux)

8:21

Jeux ***

18:50

56:07

Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra

Conductor: Valery Gergiev

Recorded live * 12 & 19 May 2010, ** 20 & 24 Sept 2009 and *** 13 & 18 Dec 2009

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Reviews

Best of the Year for 2011

"One of the best Classical releases in 2011"

Audiophile Audition - 27 December 2011

"... They [LSO] are very impressive here, in three gorgeous scores by Claude Debussy There is a very sensuous reading of Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun. Principal flutist Gareth Davies is enchanting in every moment of the long flute solos. The clear and spacious SACD recording reveals beautiful layers of detail in the music, including the lovely sweeping harp lines and effercescent string writing. In an expansive performance of Debussy’s great La Mer, Gergiev adds some real heft to big moments and gently caresses the softer passages This is my new favourite La Mer."

Buerkle - The American Record Guide - November/December 2011

"... If someone asked me to recommend a recording of Prelude a l’apres-midi d’un faune, I would point them to this. Gergiev plays on colour and atmosphere to achieve a calm tension, a rare degree of sensuality. What a beautiful picture!" ****

Pizzicato magazine

"From the shimmering picture of sea rippling over pebbles to the cataclysmic force of crashing waves, this has to be the most graphic picture of La Mer placed on disc. For conductor, Valery Gergiev, the LSO a display of detailed virtuosity, before moving to a whole spectrum of subtle sounds in the playful Jeux A demonstration in the art of orchestral recording."

Yorkshire Post

Multichannel Disc of the Month

"... hearing this superb Gergiev performance in state of the art hi-res surround takes the La mer experience to an entirely new level." *****

John Sunier - Audiophile Audition - 24 June 2011

"... phenomenal playing throughout and it’s so well recorded"

BBC Radio 3 CD Review

"... Jeux turns out to be Valery Gergiev’s game, set and match ..."

International Record Review

"... The recording captures its mesmerising force, its atmospheric languor and exceptional beauty" ****

Financial Times

Multichannel Disc of the Month

Performance **** Recording *****

"... a superlative SACD recording"

BBC Music Magazine

"... Gergiev loves the drama and tension of La Mer, but never allows the synamic tension to overshadow the delicate subtlety of Debussy’s revolutionary, evocative music. The performance of the two outer works is simply sublime." ****

Jane Jones - Classic FM Magazine - July 2011

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Debussy: La mer

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CLAUDE DEBUSSY

Prelude à l'après-midi d'un faune *

La mer **

Jeux ***

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