Berlioz / Monteux - Debussy / Chausson / Brahms - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Isabelle Aboulker is a well published composer and this coincides with the 2018 score publication of Isabelle Aboulker Mélodies Pour Voix Et Piano [Alphonse Leduc] an anthology of melodies for voice and piano including some of the Aboulker's most popular songs. The majority of these songs feature on this present recording. There is something for everyone in this collection of Isabelle Aboulker's most beautiful melodies the passionate vocalises of Je t'aime sit alongside limpid fables by La Fontaine (The Crow and the Fox, The Lion in Old Age and more), while the unnerving eeriness of the merchant of souls in Au Marché de Saint-Paul contrasts with the light humor of the Savoir-vivre cycle, and the melancholy accents of Lettre d'amour make way for the irresistible charm of L'Inconstante. Isabelle's prosodic clarity and voluptuous focus on the evocative power of words speak of a deep attachment to the legacy of French song composers. In turn impetuous or melancholy, this thrilling music knows how to aim straight for the heart. Album Tracks 1. Mélodies en Francais 2. Le Lion Devenu Vieux 3. La Chatte Métamorphosée en Femme 4. L'inconstate 5. ... À Propos de la Chaussette Blanche 6. ... Comment on Offre Le Bras 7. ... Et À Propos de Gants 8. Le Loup Et L'agneau 9. La Femme Qui Craignait Le Tonnerre 10. La Femme Noyée 11. Escale À Rio 12. Au Marché Saint-Paul, J'irai 13. La Cigale Et la Fourmi 14. L'archet 15. La Tortue Et Les Deux Canards 16. Tenir 17. Lettre D'amour 18. Le Corbeau Et Le Renard 19. La Princesse Au Petit Pois 20. Couplets Jusqu'au Plaisir de Nous Revoir 21. Je T'aime Vocalise Amoureuse Pour Soprano Éperdue 22. In English 23. The Lion in Old Age 24. The Cat Transformed Into a Woman 25. The Inconstant One 26. ... on the Subject of White Socks 27. ... Offering One's Arm 28. ... And About Gloves

During his thirteen years as chief conductor of the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra of SWR Sir Roger Norrington conducted and recorded an important part of Berlioz's core repertoire. The present boxed set brings together on seven CDs the Requiem, the opera Benvenuto Cellini (concert performance), the oratorio L'Enfance du Christ, the overture Les Francs-juges and of course the Symphonie fantastique. Norrington's style has caused a stir internationally with what has come to be termed 'The Stuttgart Sound' a synthesis of historically-informed performance practice with the technical capabilities of a modern orchestra. Whether in Mozart, Haydn, Bruckner or Berlioz, Norrington seeks to capture the performance experience of the time, adjusting the orchestra's size and seating plan to create an authentic sound without vibrato. Hector Berlioz had to surmount a variety of challenges before he was able to pursue his musical vocation. His father, a respected physician in the provincial South of France, was not readily willing to come to terms with his son's intention to quit his medical studies and turn instead to music. He therefore made all further financial support subject to Hector's climbing up the musical ladder at lightning speed. Alas, it didn't work so easily. Berlioz's road to success was tedious and marked by adversity and struggle, his personal life tumultuous. The uniqueness and originality of his musical style are no longer disputed, but this insight came at the end of a decades long process. Album Tracks 1. Les Francs-Juges - Ouverture Op. 3 2. Symphonie Fantastique Op. 14 3. L'enfance Du Christ - Trilogie Sacrée Op. 25 - Première Partie Le Songe D'hérode 4. Deuxième Partie La Fuite en Égypte 5. Troisième Partie L'arrivée À Sais 6. Benvenuto Cellini (Weimar Version), Opera in 3 Acts Op. 23 (Concert Performance in French) 7. Requiem - Grand

Eastwood Symphonic is a tribute from Kyle Eastwood to his father Clint Eastwood. It takes the form of a contemporary musical walk into the heart of the legendary actor-director's extraordinary career. As a young man, Kyle Eastwood appeared in a few films made by his father, but what has united them above all else is their mutual passion for music. It is precisely that passion, so dear to Clint and such an everyday part of Kyle's life today, which has bound their relationship so closely over the years. As bassist and frontman of a sparkling jazz quintet, he has already released one album, 2009's Cinematic, that takes up themes written for the silver screen. For Eastwood Symphonic, which fully embraces some of the music that has figured so prominently in his father's films, Kyle has chosen to have his quintet join by the Czech National Symphony Orchestra (CNSO) led by Grammy Award-winning conductor, Gast Waltzing. This family collaboration is a unique album that comes alongside a film produced by Arte. Album Tracks 1. Eastwood Overture 2. Magnum Force InchMain ThemeInch 3. Gran Torino InchMain ThemeInch 4. Bridges of Madison County InchDoe Eyes ThemeInch 5. Eiger Sanction InchMain ThemeInch 6. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly InchMain ThemeInch 7. Unforgiven InchClaudia's ThemeInch 8. Letters from Iwo Jima InchMain ThemeInch 9. Dirty Harry InchMain ThemeInch 10. Changeling InchMain ThemeInch 11. Flags of Our Fathers InchMain ThemeInch 12. A Fistful of Dollars InchMain ThemeInch