Robin Ticciati, Magdalena Kožená and Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin - Ravel & Duparc: Aimer et mourir – Danses et mélodies (2018) [Hi-Res]

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Artist: Robin Ticciati, Magdalena Kožená, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Title: Ravel & Duparc: Aimer et mourir – Danses et mélodies
Year Of Release: 2018
Label: Linn Records
Genre: Classical
Quality: 24bit-96kHz FLAC (tracks+booklet)
Total Time: 60:18
Total Size: 1.00 GB
WebSite: Album Preview

Tracklist:

01. Daphnis et Chloé Suite No. 2 (16:51)
02. L’invitation au voyage (5:12)
03. Au pays où se fait la guerre (5:33)
04. Chanson triste (4:15)
05. Phidylé (6:23)
06. I. Modéré (1:16)
07. II. Assez lent (2:43)
08. III. Modéré (1:46)
09. IV. Assez animé (1:17)
10. V. Presque lent (1:23)
11. VI. Assez vif (0:54)
12. VII. Moins vif (2:59)
13. VIII. Épilogue (Lent) (4:21)
14. Aux étoiles (5:29)

Enter discount code PROMS21. Released to mark the start of Robin Ticciati’s second season as Music Director of the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin this is his much-anticipated second recording with his new orchestra.

The partnership’s critically acclaimed debut of Debussy and Fauré led MusicWeb International to comment: '[this] certainly whets the appetite for future releases from Robin Ticciati with the DSO Berlin.' This second all-French programme sees Magdalena Kožená return to perform a selection of songs by Henri Duparc alongside orchestral music by his fellow countryman Maurice Ravel.

The popular Suite No. 2 from Ravel’s epoch-making ballet Daphnis et Chloé showcases Ticciati’s flair for highlighting intricacies of detail and colour; listen as the beautifully descriptive sunrise ('Lever du jour') bursts into vivid, multi-hued life. In Ravel’s Valses nobles et sentimentales Ticciati creates a well-paced, yet graceful, Impressionist swirl with clearly defined textures and shimmering orchestral colours.

Duparc’s mélodies, which Ravel himself described as 'works of genius', sound particularly opulent in their orchestral scoring; the warm tones of Kožená’s ravishing voice provide a perfect match.