Clair Blank

Dans leur maison aux murs de verre du 16e arrondissement parisien, les Dumas cultivent la perfection comme un art de vivre. Gabriel, chirurgien de renom, son épouse architecte Éléonore, et leur fille Clara, seize ans, forment en apparence la famille idéale. Mais derrière les parois transparentes, les secrets n'en sont que plus lourds à porter. …

Heitor Villa-Lobos is without a doubt Brazil's most famous composer and one of the great creative personalities of the twentieth century. His oeuvre is gigantic in its dimensions and perhaps can be compared only to that of Darius Milhaud, who, by the way, was a close friend of his. In any case, Villa-Lobos was the first to introduce the music of Latin America to the world's concert halls, and influences from this music do indeed abound in his oeuvre. cpo is now presenting the first complete recording of his colossal symphonic work complex in a boxed set of seven CDs at a special low price! The SWR Radio Symphony Orchestra under the American star conductor Carl St. Clair has taken on this enormous task, and the result can only be described as a bravura achievement. You can look forward to an orchestral tour de force operating on the highest level!

One of the more satisfying classical/synthesizer debuts, Snowflakes Are Dancing works on its own terms as a piece of music. As well, the album succeeds as an interpretation of several Debussy compositions (including “Clair de Lune” and “Arabesque No. 1″). Debussy’s atmospheric compositions are naturals to receive the Tomita treatment and despite a few moments of interstellar cheesiness worthy of Star Hustler, Tomita’s debut is an intriguing proto-synthesizer-pop record.
The sonics of the SACD are unquestionably outstanding. Well worth re-purchasing these versions.