Aimer et mourir : danses et mélodies

"The two Daphnis et Chloé suites contain marvelous music ... Ticciati presides over fresh and polished playing from his Berlin players producing vivid colouration ... Parisian composer Duparc is best known for his melodies ... This is deliciously seductive singing from Kožená, displaying her excellent mid-range to mesmerising effect ... Throughout this album, a masterclass in orchestral colour and atmosphere, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin under Robin Ticciati excels in this French repertoire and I look forward to more recordings in this series".

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"Editor's choices - September 2018: The honeymoon-period certainly hasn't worn off on this second all-French album from Ticciati and his new Berlin orchestra; the balance and clarity he achieves throughout is something to marvel at, and the sunrise in the second Daphnis suite is all the more glorious for the slow build-up, which is strung out for all its worth. Kožená is on languorous, pellucid form in four orchestrations of Duparc songs".

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"Det er en flot optagelse med Ravels anden suite fra Daphnis og Chloé og Rapsodie espagnole i en flot, lys og gennemhørbar klang. Ikke mindre imponerende er Stravinskijs 1919-suite fra Ildfuglen og Nattergalens sang. En cd for yndere af flot, moderne orkesterklang".

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"To værker af henholdsvis Ravel og Stravinskij fra omegnen af Første Verdenskrig behandles med ynde og lethed. Både Ravels "Dafnis og Chloé" og "Spansk Rapsodi" spilles med et utroligt sanseligt nærvær ... Samme overlegenhed og teknisk fremragende fortolkninger finder man af Stravinskijs "Nattergalens sang" og "Ildfuglen". Man mærker orkestrets overskud i disse brillante udførelser, men man mærker også, at Maazel spiller musikken, som det passer ham".

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"I have returned to this disc on numerous occasions at different time of day (and night!) and have been increasingly rewarded and moved. The biggest compliment I can pay is that these performers remind us how great this music is".

"Vurdering: Editor's choice" - "Nézet-Séguin proves to be a remarkable interpreter of Ravel ... This is a sultry, insinuating Daphnis, stronger on seduction than translucency, steeped in a sense of theatre".

"Ravel & Stravinskij - det er lige Maazel: beherskede følelser, elegance og klang. Det kan han, og det kan New York Philharmonic ... Det er så virtuost, at man snapper efter vejret, det er så klangligt rafineret, at man forbløffes og bare læner sig tilbage og nyder al denne vellyd".

"Editor's choice: The prevailing mood of the first two thirds of the disc is one of heady sensuality, rooted in careful appraisal of sonority and texture and in a fondness for, and an ability to sustain, slower than usual speeds ... Kožená, in glorious voice throughout, lets Duparc's vocal lines do the work rather than edging towards declamation. It's all utterly beguiling ... A gorgeous disc: do listen to it".