In 1909, Albert Roussel took a three-month long trip to Asia, thus marking a turning point in his musical language. He distanced himself from the likes of Franck and Debussy toincorporate new harmonies and ues of Indian modes. Évocations is a demonstration of Roussel's fascination for india, with this milestone recording by Micehl Plasson, José van Dam, Nicolai Gedda and Nathalie Stutzmann, and is coupled with the tone poem Résurrection after a novel by Tolstoy.
A generous selection of 33 Overtures (or Orchestral Suites) by Georg Philipp Telemann, formerly issued separately, now collected in one 8-CD set. Telemann’s Suites are written for strings and several solo instruments such as flute, oboe, bassoon or horn (each overture has a different instrumentation), beginning with a grand Overture in French style, followed by a suite of shorter dance movements.