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...superb performance that takes some of the controversy out of this much discussed work. It is so securely played and sung, and so delicately balanced that the music emerges rich and even moving. Stravinsky is also represented by another fine performance, his 1914 opera Le Rossignol with Janine Micheau, and Jean Giraudeau, and forces of Radiodiffusion Française conducted by André Cluytens (Angel). The opening act, written before Stravinsky had emerged from the influence of Debussy, is ecstatic; Soprano Micheau's singing is always that...
...successful living composers. Boris Blacher uses a big orchestra in opulent style, with emphasis on suave clarinet murmurings, massed brasses in swing-band style and ingratiating melodies. The disk is Vol. I of Decca's New Directions in Music and Sound. Debussy: Pelleas and Mélisande (Janine Micheau, Camille Maurane; chorus and Lamoureux Orchestra conducted by Jean Fournet; Epic, 3 LPs). Maurice Maeterlinck's dewy drama of innocent love and death made luminous by Debussy's timeless score. The performance is excellent, and the recording has a presence that lends impact to the vaporous score. Prokofiev...
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