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Pas de saison pour la valse. En 1929, soit dix ans avant d'instituer la tradition du 1er janvier dans la salle dorée du Musikverein, c'est au Festival de Salzbourg que Clemens Krauss prend l'habitude de diriger les Wiener Philharmoniker dans un programme entièrement consacré à la famille Strauss. De ces soirées estivales, aucune trace sonore. Mais des célébrations du jour de l'an fixées au disque, rien que de l'immortel. Plus de vingt ans après Le Beau Danube bleu royal de Szell, ses valses ont, elles aussi, le port princier. Qui d'autre lit les Feuilles du matin avec une telle distinction ? Si tout n'est qu'absolue clarté, superbement nuancé, rien ne paraît cassant, et encore moins fragile - écoutez l'énergique fouetté mis à l'Opus 263 de Josef. Seules rivalisent d'aristocratie les Roses du Sud selon Krips.

A la une dans ce numéro : 150 ans de génie : Debussy
Et également : 25 câbles d'enceintes chroniques Nixon in China Paavo Järvi Schumann

By temperament Roussel was predominantly a classicist. While his early work was strongly influenced by impressionism in music, he eventually arrived at a personal style which was more formal in design, with a strong rhythmic drive, and with a more distinct affinity for functional tonality than is found in the work of his more famous contemporaries Debussy, Ravel, Satie, and Stravinsky. Roussel's training at the Schola Cantorum, with its emphasis on rigorous academic models such as Palestrina and Bach, left its mark on his mature style, which is characterized by contrapuntal textures.

A la une dans ce numéro : Clara Haskil : le soleil noir du piano
Et également : 20 génies de la musique anglaise Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau les noces de Figaro de Mozart

A la une dans ce numéro : Cécilia Bartoli
Et également : Alfred Cortot Bach Cécilia Bartoli opéra Pierre Henry

Orchestra del Teatro della Scala di Milano Since the 19th century, La Scala Theater Orchestra has played important roles outside its main function of accompanying operas at the city's La Scala Opera House. In the 20th and 21st centuries, the orchestra has been led at one time or another by most of Italy's most prestigious conductors. La Scala Theater Orchestra (Italian: Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala) was recognized for its exceptional quality as it performed at the world premiere of operas by Rossini and Verdi in the 19th century, originally with the first violinist, or, in the very early years, the harpsichordist, as the leader. The orchestra's first conductor was Alberto Mazzucato, who ascended the podium in 1854. His successor Franco Faccio instituted independent concerts in 1872, and the orchestra appeared in Paris during the Exposition Universelle in 1878, one of the first major world's fairs. That triumph led to the establishment of a Società Orchestrale della Scala, which put the group on a firmer institutional footing. Offering two concert seasons annually, the orchestra stimulated the growth of instrumental music in Italy, formerly heavily dominated by opera.