Neeme Järvi Conducts Massenet

Featuring

Neeme Järvi
Truls Mørk
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Jules Massenet

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Performer Biography

Truls Mørk, the cellist on this recording, has received numerous awards, including a Grammy Award in 2002 for his recording of Britten's Cello Suites and an ECHO Klassik Award in 2011 for his C.P.E. Bach concertos disc.

Performer Biography

The Orchestre de la Suisse Romande was founded by Ernest Ansermet, a former maths teacher, who served as its Music Director from 1918 to 1967 and was a co-founder of the Lucerne Festival.

Instruments

Truls Mørk performs on a rare 'Esquire' cello, which was crafted by Domenico Montagnana in Venice in 1723.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Georges Prêtre, a conductor who has directed Jules Massenet's operas for over sixty years, notes that each of Massenet's works possesses its own distinct orchestral color.

Compositional Technique

Jules Massenet's orchestration is characterized by its precision, as he never uses more instruments than necessary, a detail that can be observed by the number of empty bars in his scores.

Recording & Production

This recording utilizes 24-bit / 96 kHz technology, which offers a dynamic range up to 48 dB greater and 256 times the resolution of standard 16-bit recordings, aiming for a better sound reproduction.

Performer Biography

Neeme Järvi, the conductor, is the head of a musical dynasty and has an impressive discography of over 450 recordings, including complete symphony cycles of Prokofiev, Sibelius, Nielsen, and Brahms.