Tag: Ferdinand Hérold
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Jewels of French Ballet
“The orchestra is on its toes, and Solti gets some exhilarating playing … Gounod’s unshakably popular dances for Goethe’s vision of a Witches’ Sabbath, is welcomed for excellent playing and sumptuous sound” “Karajan’s re-thinking that has gone into these makes them unusually exciting. Coppélia in particular sounds much better music than in most performances, and…
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Favourite Suppé & French Overtures – Paul Paray
Mastered fromMercury Living Presence LPs. ‘Mercury is all about the placement of the microphones. Paul Paray, the conductor who made the Detroit Symphony one of the finest ‘French’ orchestras on the planet’ (Gramophone) “Suppé and Auber prove an ideal spirit-raiser. The Beautiful Galatea balances handsome playing with real swagger, and Poet & Peasant is intense…
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La Fille Mal Gardée; Boutique Fantasque
“John Lanchbery’s score for La fille is one of the great ballet scores of the modern era – a creation to delight even those who do not normally care for ballet. (This recording) is of vintage Decca excellence…“Solti’s Boutique is high-powered and sounds marvellous…Put on the start of La Boutique Fantasque and leave it on…
