Alain, Jehan-Ariste > BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Dutilleux: Complete Orchestral Works / Tortelier, BBC

4 CD / Chandos Records / 2000-11-28

Works: Henri Dutilleux: Symphony no 1, for orchestra; Symphony no 2; L'arbre des songes, concerto for violin & orchestra; Sonnets de Jean Cassou (3), for voice & piano or orchestra; Timbres, espace, mouveme...
Performers: Addinall, Patrick; Argiros, Marios; Burrowes, Edward; Cervenka, Edward; Charlier, Olivier; Chasey, Robert; Chatwin, David; Davies, Neal [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Dintinger, Paul; Dixon, Peter; Fisher, J...
Conductors: Tortelier, Yan Pascal
Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

"For all his splashy harmonic sensuality and colorful timbral ingenuity, Dutilleux is still fundamentally a classicist. His music really belongs in a straight line following...continue...

Dutilleux: L'arbre de songes, etc / Tortelier, Charlier

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1996-09-24

Works: Henri Dutilleux: L'arbre des songes, concerto for violin & orchestra; J'ai rêvé que je vous portais entre mes bras, for voice & piano or orchestra (Sonnets de Jean Cassou; Il n'y avait que ...
Performers: Charlier, Olivier; Davies, Neal [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Hill, Martyn
Conductors: Tortelier, Yan Pascal
Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

"This is a spectacular release. If Chandos offered nothing more here than some of the richest, warmest, fullest orchestral sound you'll hear on a CD...this...continue...