La mer

by Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, Charles Dutoit

La mer cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: November 1999
  • Label: Decca
  • Country: Canada
  • Length: 1:16:54
  • Community rating: 4.01/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Charles Dutoit conducts the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal in Debussy's 'La mer', the partnership whose Decca recordings set a benchmark for French orchestral repertoire. Their account emphasizes the score's luminous orchestral color.

Genres

Descriptors: strings, choral, symphonic, detailed, traditional, orchestral

Tracklist

  1. I Lent — Allegro Vivo (11:48)
  2. II Très Lent (9:26)
  3. III Animé (13:28)
  4. Poème, Op. 25 (16:18)
  5. I La Fleur Des Eaux (10:07)
  6. Interlude: Lent Et Triste (2:36)
  7. II La Mort De L'amour (13:11)

Credits

  • Ernest Chausson - primary artist, composed by
  • Chantal Juillet - primary artist, violin
  • François Le Roux - primary artist, baritone vocals
  • Charles Dutoit - primary artist, conductor
  • Gustav Klimt - illustration [cover: danaë (c. 1907-08)]

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