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Cluytens FOREVER!!

Miho Hirono | Tokyo, Japan | 04/23/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"About 20 years ago, I was a musician wannabi and anxious to find unknown but cool French music. I was a big fan of Cluytens also. French music is so tasty when it is played by French musicians.

Then I met it. Albert Roussel played by Cluytens and Orchestre de la Soci?t? des Concerts du Conservatoire. C'est parfait!



Albert Roussel is not as a famous composer as Debussy or Ravel but his music has something which most of music by French composers doesn't have. His orchestration is heavy that give his music vividness. However there is a sense which connects to impressionism.

His music is like, I think, between impressionism and late romanticism such as Wargner or Shoenberg in his early days.



Then Cluytens. As I experienced he and Orchestre de la Soci?t? des Concerts du Conservatoire, no conductor and no orchestra touches in my mind to listen to la musique francais. It is pity because both of them do not exist any more.



My favorite pieces in this CD are Symphony Nos.3 and Bacchus et Ariane. The beginning of Symphony Nos.3 was very strong and impressive, that is very different from typical French music sound. Bacchus et Ariane has more impressionism sound, the theme of the ballet is often composed by French composers, Greek myths. There is, however, not only impression of shadow of myth but also dynamics of the story.

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