 | from Schmitt: Orchestral Music (CDA67599) 1 Majeza [2'53] 17 minutes 49 seconds 5 tracks2 Charmilles [7'18] 3 Pécorée de Calabre [1'35] 4 Thrène [3'27] 5 Bronx [2'36] ‘Thierry Fischer is a committed advocate of this often mesmerising score, and the BBC NOW rises enthusiastically to its challenges, sinister at first, glitzy in the Dance of Pearls, and packing a punc ... ‘One of his most stirring pieces [Psalm 47]. However, his exotic ballet on the Salome story is his masterpiece, and it is scored with great ingenuity; the lesser known Suite, finally, strings together ... ‘This is exhilarating stuff on a big—make that B-I-G—scale … and Hyperion delivers cold, colorful sonics—almost SACD quality—to match’ (American Record Guide) |