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Claude Debussy: La Mer; Afternoon of a faun; Three Nocturnes; Jeux / Charles Dutoit

1 CD / Decca / 2012-07-31

Works: Claude Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune; La mer; Nocturnes (3) for Orchestra; Jeux
Performers: Hutchins, Timothy
Conductors: Dutoit, Charles
Ensemble: ; Montreal Symphony Orchestra

La Mer was not met with immediate success when it was first heard in October 1905 but subsequent generations of musicians have recognized it for...continue...
Recording information: Église Saint-Eustache, Montreal, Canada....continue...

Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto; Symphony No. 4 'Italian'; Hebrides Ov. / Kyung Wha Chung, violin; Dutoit

1 CD / Decca / 2012-07-24

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture, in B minor Op. 26 "Fingal's Cave"; Concerto for Violin in D minor; Symphony no 4 in A major, Op. 90 "Italian"
Performers: Chung, Kyung-Wha [Violin]
Conductors: Dohnányi, Christoph von; Dutoit, Charles
Ensemble: ; Montreal Symphony Orchestra

Mendelssohn composed his evocative overture The Hebrides after a tour Scotland. This brilliant musical seascape in sunshine and storm is a supreme example of Romantic...continue...

Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez / Carlos Bonell, guitar; Charles Dutoit - Montreal SO

1 CD / Decca / 2012-07-24

Works: Joaquín Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez for Guitar; Fantasía para un gentilhombre, for guitar & orchestra; Manuel de Falla: Danza del molinero (from "El sombrero de tres picos")
Performers: Bonell, Carlos [Guitar]
Conductors: Dutoit, Charles
Ensemble: ; Montreal Symphony Orchestra

Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez is performed and recorded more than all the other guitar concertos put together, and the outer movements are full of Spanish...continue...

Saint-Saëns: Organ Symphony; Piano Concerto No. 2 / Peter Hurford, organ; Pascal Rogé, piano

1 CD / Decca / 2012-07-24

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Symphony no 3 in C minor, Op. 78 "Organ"; Concerto for Piano no 2 in G minor, Op. 22
Performers: Hurford, Peter; Roge, Pascal
Conductors: Dutoit, Charles
Ensemble: ; Montreal Symphony Orchestra

Saint-Saens said of his magnum opus, "I gave everything to it I was able to give. What I have here accomplished, I will never achieve...continue...