Marcel Landowski - The Complete Erato Recordings
Annie d’Arco, Jeanne Loriod, Maurice André, Mstislav Rostropovich, Galina Vishnevskaya, Catherine Dubosc, Michel Sénéchal & José Van Dam Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg, Orchestre National de l’O.R.T.F, Orchestre Philharmonique des Pays De Loire & Orchestre Colonne, Jean Martinon, Alain Lombard, Georges Prêtre, Marc Soustrot, Pierre Cao & Jacques Bondon One of the great post-war figures in French musical life, Landowski
was not only a very fine composer, but an administrator non-pareil,
restructuring musical institutions, reforming French opera and
founding many musical groups, including the Orchestre de Paris. His
music eschews the more outré developments of the Twentieth
Century, instead relying on traditional forms, key centres and
an individual lyricism spiced with recognisably modern flavours such
as the use of magnetic tape, the Ondes martenot and various
electro-acoustic instruments. This selection of symphonies,
concertos, opera, dramatic, choral and chamber works presents a
superb guide to this brilliantly imaginative and immediately
accessible composer's fascinating output. Currently somewhat
neglected on CD, this collection brings together the complete
Landowski recordings on the Erato label and features stellar
performers including Barenboim, Jean Martinon, George Pretre,
Maurice Andre, Rostropovich, Galina Vishnevskaya and Jeanne
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