Prague Philharmonia

Andrew von Oeyen, Prague Philharmonia, Emmanuel Villaume – Ravel, Debussy & Bizet: Orchestral Works (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:12:04 minutes | 702 MB | Genre: Classical
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A French orchestral programme par excellence, marking 100 years since the death of Claude Debussy. The relative absence of the Fantaisie for piano and orchestra from concert halls today is something of a mystery; all the colour, inventiveness, fluidity and pianistic and orchestral verve that characterise Debussy’s music can be heard here, with a central movement which is one of his most expressive pieces of writing. Bizet’s Symphony in C reveals all the clarity, directness, passion and sophistication that would later be associated with the composer of Carmen, while the richly imaginative orchestral textures of Ravel’s Mother Goose Suite plunge listeners into a realm of fairy-tale fantasy. This recording owes much to the virtuosity, enthusiasm and energy of the PKF – Prague Philharmonia and its conductor Emmanuel Villaume, and to the intelligence and poetic sensibilities of pianist Andrew von Oeyen.

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Andrew von Oeyen, Prague Philharmonia, Emmanuel Villaume – Saint-Saëns, Ravel & Gershwin: Piano Concertos (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:06:05 minutes | 649 MB | Genre: Classical
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Living as he does between Paris and Los Angeles, pianist Andrew von Oeyen is the ideal interpreter for this enticing programme: flanking Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G with Saint-Saëns’ Piano Concerto No. 2 and Gershwin’s Second Rhapsody, it explores Franco-American cross-currents. Von Oeyen is partnered by the PFK Prague Philharmonia under its Music Director and Chief Conductor Emmanuel Villaume.

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