Dukas L'Apprenti Sorcier

Paul [Composer] Dukas (Composer), Jean Fournet (Conductor), Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Orchestra: Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra
• Conductor: Jean Fournet
• Composer: Paul [Composer] Dukas
• Audio CD (August 31, 1993)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Denon Records
• ASIN: B0000034SS
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #297,199 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #98 in Music > Classical > Historical Periods > Romantic (c.1820-1910) > General

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great works, great orchestra, great conductor, February 7, 2003

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K. Nagel (Erlangen) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dukas L'Apprenti Sorcier (Audio CD)

Jean Fournet and the Netherlands Radio Orchestra are not exactly household names on disc, but undeservedly so. The orchestra I know from other recordings and they play as great with other conductors too. Probably one of the greatest unknown world-class orchestras at all. French-born Fournet did these recordings pretty late in his live (between 77 and 79) and very occasionally you hear it in some overslow bars. But the sound !! Never have you heard La Peri in such opulence - open the window on a warm sunny evening and immerge in those luscious melodies.
Almost the same goes to the Symphony which is treated as a French work in the Franck tradition with beauty and refinement of sound adding to some robust writing instead of fiddling swiftly through like most competitors who make it sound like a Mendelssohn latecomer (and Fournet is actually not slower). Finally this is a turn-of-the-century work! Apprenti is with a slow basic tempo, and sometimes you wish that he lets go now finally, but never has every phrase been so beautifully molded. If you want these works, go for this recordings instead of Lopez-Cobos, Slatkin, Jordan, Martinon. The only slight disappointment is the recorded sound from Netherlands Radio (Denon only licensed it), which is too distantly recorded, making it reverberant and a little glassy, though it is full enough. But nothing one could not live with provided the greatness of the performance. Special gimmick of this CD: every theme and part of every piece is cued with an index point (if your player can do them) and explanation in the booklet, what a fantastic idea!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fournet is phantastique !, May 30, 2000

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"a-b" (Austria) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dukas L'Apprenti Sorcier (Audio CD)

Fournet is one of the best conductors of the 20th Century! Most of all for the french composeres! Everyone who loves more lyrical than dramatical interpretations will love that record very much!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fournet is phantastique!, May 30, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Dukas L'Apprenti Sorcier (Audio CD)

Fournet is one of the best conductors of the 20th Century! Most of all for the french composeres! Everyone who loves more lyrical than dramatical interpretations will love that record very much!