Berlioz: Les nuits d'été – Ravel: Shéhérazade – Adams: Le livre de Baudelaire (After Debussy's L. 64)
1/25/2019, 13 Tracks, 1:03:53
Featuring
Ludovic Morlot
Ian Bostridge
Seattle Symphony
Hector Berlioz
Maurice Ravel
John Adams
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Performer Biography
Ian Bostridge, the tenor on this recording, was a fellow in history at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, and has received numerous international record prizes.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Maurice Ravel's Shéhérazade exemplifies a recurring theme in French music: an attraction to distant lands and cultures, particularly those of the East.
Performer Biography
The Seattle Symphony, one of America's leading orchestras, has an extensive recording history with nearly 150 recordings and multiple Grammy Awards.
Composition History
The piano accompaniments for four of Debussy's Baudelaire songs were orchestrated by American composer John Adams in 1994, titled Le livre de Baudelaire.
Composer Biography
Claude Debussy was a highly innovative composer whose new conception of harmony and other musical elements broke with past practices.
Composition History
Berlioz's Les nuits d'été is considered the first important song cycle for voice and orchestra, a notable innovation for its time.
Recording & Production
This album was recorded live in concert at Benaroya Hall in Seattle, Washington, with Berlioz's Les nuits d'été recorded in November 2017.
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