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Naxos has done it again! Francis Poulenc’s delicious Concert Champêtre for harpsichord and orchestra, surely the finest work of its genre, also is one of
Not many conductors get to take multiple shots at Dutilleux’s exuberantly glowing First Symphony. Jean-Claude Casadesus first recorded the work a few decades ago for
Unfortunately, this disc can’t be called more than a stop-gap,
The Damnation of Faust, like so many of Berlioz’s larger works, has not been terribly lucky on disc, but this live performance belongs near the
My goodness, the record business has gotten to be incestuous! These are adequate performances, at times better than that, recorded live before a mostly quiet
This is one of those discs whose totality earns it a highest recommendation, even though individual listeners may have alternate preferences for individual works. La
Canteloube’s setting of folk songs from France’s Auvergne region is a sure-fire hit. The music is catchy, full of delightful oboe and wind solos, snappy
The world doesn’t need another recording of Werther, since so many terrific ones are available: the glorious 1931 Vallin-Thill set; Victoria de los Angeles still
It would seem that the distinctive sound of French orchestras was vanishing even 20 years ago when this recording was made. You’d hardly be able
