Soloists Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Paul Meyer, Alexandre Doisy, and Emmanuel Ceysson all take their star turns with the wonderful Orchestre National de Lyon in Debussy works that feature various instruments. Perhaps the most grand and impressive piece on the album is the Fantaisie for piano and orchestra. Thibaudet's piano is recorded with crystal clarity, and his performance sounds very bright and clean. The Andante leads into an Allegro that is active, athletic, and sparkling as Thibaudet chooses to interpret it. The Lento.. ...
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Soloists Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Paul Meyer, Alexandre Doisy, and Emmanuel Ceysson all take their star turns with the wonderful Orchestre National de Lyon in Debussy works that feature various instruments. Perhaps the most grand and impressive piece on the album is the Fantaisie for piano and orchestra. Thibaudet's piano is recorded with crystal clarity, and his performance sounds very bright and clean. The Andante leads into an Allegro that is active, athletic, and sparkling as Thibaudet chooses to interpret it. The Lento...Allegro molto begins extremely quietly, shimmering, radiant Debussy at his best. One hears premonitions of Rachmaninov, with a warm lush sound and an almost 20th century tonality. The second half is of a different character entirely. Here, the orchestra is extremely precise, thanks to conductor Jun Märkl's direction that makes each instrument clearly audible. This portion of the music is more like a dialogue between the orchestra and piano, and a violin solo line sings above. Debussy...
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