Robin Ticciati has established himself as one of the leading Berlioz conductors of his generation on the strength of three albums for Linn Records: Symphonie fantastique in 2012, Les nuits d'été and La mort de Cléopâtre in 2013, and the dramatic oratorio, L'enfance du Christ, also released in 2013. The most noticeable characteristics of Ticciati's interpretations are a lean, close-to-period orchestral sound, particularly in the strings, which are usually played senza vibrato , and a brusque, bravura style of attack to ...
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Robin Ticciati has established himself as one of the leading Berlioz conductors of his generation on the strength of three albums for Linn Records: Symphonie fantastique in 2012, Les nuits d'été and La mort de Cléopâtre in 2013, and the dramatic oratorio, L'enfance du Christ, also released in 2013. The most noticeable characteristics of Ticciati's interpretations are a lean, close-to-period orchestral sound, particularly in the strings, which are usually played senza vibrato , and a brusque, bravura style of attack to convey Berlioz's incisiveness and power. Yet as much as Berlioz is noted for his loud, bombastic pieces, a work like L'enfance du Christ is rather lacking in shock value and startling effects, as it communicates reverence, tenderness, and pathos through its generally quiet and plaintive music. Also, Ticciati isn't conducting the Scottish Chamber Orchestra here, as he had in his first two albums, but it's the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, which works hard at producing the...
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