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Florent Schmitt: La Tragédie de Salomé
8.574138 (Naxos, CD)
DDD
NEW RELEASE (13 November 2020)
Playing time: 60'39"
Tracks: 5
Booklet pages: 12
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Main country of recording: United States of America
Country of manufacture: Germany
Reviewer: Geoff Pearce
Review of Florent Schmitt: La Tragédie de Salomé published on 7 January 2021
Listen: Florent Schmitt: Part II (La Tragédie de Salomé) (track 2, 7:21-8:20)
Susan Platts, mezzo-soprano (tracks 2 and 3)
Nikki Chooi, violin (track 5)
Women's Choir of Buffalo (track 2)
Kathleen Bassett, director (track 2)
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Florent Schmitt (1870-1958):
La Tragédie de Salomé - symphonic poem, Op 50 (1910)
1 Part I: Prélude - Danse des Perles
2 Part II: Lent - Les Enchantements sur la mer - Danse des éclairs - Danse de l'effroi
3 Musique sur l'eau, Op 33 - version for voice and orchestra (1898) (text: Albert Samain, 1858-1900) (first recording)
4 Oriane et le Prince d'Amour - Suite, Op 83 bis (1934-37): Calme - Danse d'Amour, Très Lent - Danse des Mongols, Assez animé - Calme
5 Légende, Op 66 (version for violin and orchestra) (1918) (first recording)
Recorded 4 March 2019 (tracks 1-3) and 8 March 2020 (tracks 4 and 5) at Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, New York, USA