Orchestre Metropolitain de Montreal & Yannick Nezet-Seguin
Release Date: 16 March 2018
Label: Atma Classique
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 722056277525
Genres: Classical Orchestral
Description
ATMA Classique reissues, in stereo format, its critically acclaimed 2007 recording of 'La Mer: Debussy, Britten, Mercure' performed by the Orchestre Metropolitain de Montreal, conducted by Yannick Nezet-Seguin.
La Mer garnered five stars from the French magazine Diapason, which declared, "What is immediately apparent in Yannick Nézet-Séguin's Debussy is its meticulousness, its almost chamber-music like transparency, and its subtle shading." Pierre Mercure's Kaléidoscope was also praised for its "formidably contrasted reading …Under Yannick Nézet- Séguin's baton, the work's constantly shifting emotional limate combines tragic grandeur with the most cheerful lightness."
La Mer revisits a live concert program performed by the Orchestre Métropolitain during its 2006-2007 season. "What genius Britten shows in his four interludes from the opera Peter Grimes. […] Nézet-Séguin recreates the exact context of each scene portrayed, from the depths of the ocean to the sky-shaking tempest. […] The young conductor ends with Debussy's La Mer, […] a very impressive performance, sometimes lyric, sometimes livid, always detailed." (La Presse) "It was pure delight to hear Pierre Mercure's Kaléidoscope played with such emotion." (The Gazette)
In 2020, Yannick Nézet-Séguin succeeds James Levine to become the third Music Director of the Metropolitan Opera in New York.
Tracklisting
Yannick Nezet-Seguin; Orchestre Metropolitain de Montreal
David Jalbert
David Jacques
Soloists; Orchestre classique de Montreal; Alain Trudel
Philip Chiu
Myriam Leblanc; Ensemble Mirabilia
Louise Bessette
Ensemble Caprice
Orchestre Metropolitain de Montreal & Yannick Nezet-Seguin
