Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg, Emmanuel Krivine - Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition - Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, Op. 35 (2013) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Pictures at an Exhibition: I. Promenade
02. Pictures at an Exhibition: II. Gnomus
03. Pictures at an Exhibition: III. Promenade (II)
04. Pictures at an Exhibition: IV. Il vecchio castello
05. Pictures at an Exhibition: V. Promenade (III)
06. Pictures at an Exhibition: VI. Tuileries
07. Pictures at an Exhibition: VII. Bydlo
08. Pictures at an Exhibition: VIII. Promenade (IV)
09. Pictures at an Exhibition: IX. Ballet des poussins dans leur coque
10. Pictures at an Exhibition: X. Samuel Goldenberg und Schmuÿle
11. Pictures at an Exhibition: XI. Limoges. Le marché (La grande nouvelle)
12. Pictures at an Exhibition: XII. Catacombae (Sepulcrum romanum)
13. Pictures at an Exhibition: XIII. The Hut on Fowl's Legs (Baba-Yaga)
14. Pictures at an Exhibition: XIV. The Great Gate of Kiev
15. Schéhérazade: I. The Sea and Sinbad's Ship
16. Schéhérazade: II. The Story of the Kalender Prince
17. Schéhérazade: III. The Young Prince and the Young Princess
18. Schéhérazade: IV. Festival in Baghdad - The Sea - The Ship Goes to Pieces on a Rock Surmounted by a Bronze Warrior

For this second collaboration between the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra, Emmanuel Krivine and Zig-Zag Territoires, two major Russian works were chosen.

Both make the orchestra sound sumptuous with, for the first, the complicity of that fantastic colourist and orchestrator Maurice Ravel, and for the second, the skill of a composer nicknamed ‘the magician of the orchestra’. Emmanuel Krivine excels in these works, which demand much of all the musicians and necessitate as much commitment as perspicacity from the conductor, at the service of scores magnifying the fantastic musical instrument that is the modern symphony orchestra.

Après un premier album pour le même éditeur consacré à Debussy et à Ravel, voilà qu’Emmanuel Krivine nous livre un enregistrement consacré à deux orchestrateurs somptueux : Rimsky-Korsakov et Ravel se glissant dans la peau de Moussorgski. Un disque qui est aussi le reflet du magnifique travail accompli par le chef français avec l'Orchestre Philharmonique de Luxembourg, dont il est le directeur artistique depuis 2006. Les cuivres sont solides, les vents raffinés et les cordes soyeuses à souhait. Une très belle version de deux chefs-d'oeuvre qui disposent pourtant d'une discographie pléthorique.

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