Plasson

Somewhat overlooked in the late 20th-century for being labelled as academic, the music of Vincent d’Indy has been revived by the untiring trailblazer of Romantic French music Michel Plasson. Far less renowned than his first symphony “On a French Mountain Air”, the second has been rarely recorded but has plenty of charm and will please the César Franck lovers, whose much of its inspiration draws from.

Henri Sauguet stampeded in the musical milieu when he was barely twenty, as co-founder with his mentor Erik Satie of the ephemeral École d’Arcueil. His orchestral music, inspired by the Six, is very French in tone: light, elegant, not demonstrative but straightforward. Sauguet earnt his biggest successes in ballet, his most revered score being the rarely recorded Les forains (The Carneys), choreographed by Roland Petit, empathic depiction of a modest troop of street artists. Featuring conductor Michel Plasson & coupled with the Tableaux de Paris, a set of lovely pictures of the most emblematic places of the capital.

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.

Enjoy this grand collection that commeroates the glorious early events of the French Revolution with works conducted by Michel Plasson with the Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse. Complete with the French national anthem La Marseillaise orchestrated by Hector Berlioz and additional works by great composers such as Mehul and Gossec!

Henri Sauguet stampeded in the musical milieu when he was barely twenty, as co-founder with his mentor Erik Satie of the ephemeral École d’Arcueil. His orchestral music, inspired by the Six, is very French in tone: light, elegant, not demonstrative but straightforward. Sauguet earnt his biggest successes in ballet, his most revered score being the rarely recorded Les forains (The Carneys), choreographed by Roland Petit, empathic depiction of a modest troop of street artists. Featuring conductor Michel Plasson & coupled with the Tableaux de Paris, a set of lovely pictures of the most emblematic places of the capital.

On-going discography of French recordings by maestro Michel Plasson, who will turn ninety on October 2nd (expect a digital surprise to celebrate his birthday). Here is his complete Debussy legacy with the Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, including the most popular pieces from the composer’s catalogue (La mer, Nocturnes, Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune…) and featuring François-René Duchâble at the piano in the Fantaisie.

Enjoy this grand collection that commeroates the glorious early events of the French Revolution with works conducted by Michel Plasson with the Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse. Complete with the French national anthem La Marseillaise orchestrated by Hector Berlioz and additional works by great composers such as Mehul and Gossec!

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.

After a series of performances at the Théâtre de la Monnaie in Brussels in 1892, Jérusalem does not appear to have been shown for another 70 years on any other stage. It was not until 1963 that the conductor Gianandrea Gavazzeni committed himself to rediscovering the opera and produced it in Italian at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice. In 1975 the RAI Turin presented the still rarely performed work in concert-form with a distinguished cast (Katia Ricciarelli and José Carreras) – this time in its original French. All later theatre and record productions are based on the material used for the RAI performance, although this in no way combined the Paris Escudier score score-critically with the Italian arrangements.

Michel Plasson is one of the most important French conductors from the later twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. He is well known for his interpretations of French opera, particularly those of Gounod and Massenet. He has also received praise for his work in the choral music of Duruflé and Fauré, and the orchestral works of Magnard, Ravel, and other French composers.