Utah Symphony – Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals; Symphony No. 1; Symphony in A Major (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:22:04 minutes | 1,35 GB | Genre: Classical
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Don’t be fooled by those well-known portraits of Saint-Saëns the bearded éminence grise—the two symphonies recorded here are the work of the young Camille, spreading his compositional wings and displaying a technical fluency far beyond his teenage years. In between, a certain musical menagerie roars, clucks, brays and squawks for attention.
Read moreUtah Symphony – Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique; Rêverie et caprice; La mort d’Ophélie & Sara la beigneuse (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:20:33 minutes | 1,31 GB | Genre: Classical
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The choral versions of La mort dOphélie and Sara la baigneuse may be relative rarities on record but both are vintage Berlioz, short and striking, which should be much better known. Yet further incentive to acquire a terric account of the Symphonie fantastique.
Read moreUtah Symphony, Thierry Fischer – Messiaen: Des canyons aux étoiles… (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:32:14 minutes | 1,48 GB | Genre: Classical
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Messiaen’s lifelong engagement with Christian mysticism, birdsong and awestruck contemplation of the beyond finds its fullest expression in this massive, exultant symphonic cycle.
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