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Les Siècles, François-Xavier Roth, Daniel Roth, Jean-François Heisser - Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 "avec orgue" & Piano Concerto No. 4 (Remastered Edition) (2021) [Hi-Res]

Les Siècles, François-Xavier Roth, Daniel Roth, Jean-François Heisser - Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 "avec orgue" & Piano Concerto No. 4 (Remastered Edition) (2021) [Hi-Res]
  • Title: Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 "avec orgue" & Piano Concerto No. 4 (Remastered Edition)
  • Year Of Release: 2021
  • Label: harmonia mundi
  • Genre: Classical
  • Quality: flac lossless (tracks) / flac 24bits - 44.1kHz / flac 24bits - 96.0kHz +booklet
  • Total Time: 01:01:20
  • Total Size: 289 / 586 mb / 1.02 gb
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Tracklist

01. Symphonie No. 3 en Ut Mineur, Op. 78 "Avec orgue": Ia. Adagio - Allegro moderato (Live)
02. Symphonie No. 3 en Ut Mineur, Op. 78 "Avec orgue": Ib. Poco adagio (Live)
03. Symphonie No. 3 en Ut Mineur, Op. 78 "Avec orgue": IIa. Allegro moderato - Presto - Allegro moderato (Live)
04. Symphonie No. 3 en Ut Mineur, Op. 78 "Avec orgue": IIb. Maestoso - Allegro - Più allegro - Molto allegro - Pesante (Live)
05. Concerto pour piano No. 4 en Ut Mineur, Op. 44: Ia. Allegro moderato - Andante (Live)
06. Concerto pour piano No. 4 en Ut Mineur, Op. 44: IIa. Allegro vivace (Live)
07. Concerto pour piano No. 4 en Ut Mineur, Op. 44: IIb. Andante (Live)
08. Concerto pour piano No. 4 en Ut Mineur, Op. 44: IIc. Allegro (Live)

Les Siècles, François-Xavier Roth, Daniel Roth, Jean-François Heisser - Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 "avec orgue" & Piano Concerto No. 4 (Remastered Edition) (2021) [Hi-Res]


Les Siècles is one of France's finest early music ensembles, and its work in repertoire from the Baroque era to the Romantic period is fascinating for its precision, attention to historical details, and most of all, commitment to original instrumentation. This live album of Camille Saint-Saëns' Symphony No. 3 in C minor, "Organ," and the Piano Concerto No. 4 in C minor offers a close-up presentation of Les Siècles' methods and sounds, and the interpretations by conductor François-Xavier Roth, pianist Jean-François Heisser, and organist Daniel Roth give a clear idea of what they and the ensemble deliver as authentic Romantic sound. In these performances, the orchestra is chamber size, the strings play with minimal vibrato, the woodwinds have a slightly pungent quality, and the brass have a distinct cutting edge, unlike modern instruments. Yet there is a striking imbalance when the organ and percussion are heard in the last half of the symphony, due to the extremely reverberant space of Sainte-Sulpice, Paris. The orchestra seems tiny in comparison with the tremendous volume of the full Cavaillé-Coll organ, while the timpani and bass drum create an enormous roar that might be thrilling for anyone seeking a big noise, but unnecessarily explosive for admirers of this work. The balance of forces is much better in the concerto, which was recorded in the drier acoustics of the Opéra Comique, Paris, and the finer points of the playing and the instruments can be heard more clearly. While this disc is unlikely to supplant recordings of cherished modern performances of these works, it's worth hearing to get an idea of the colors Saint-Saëns had to work with. Harmonia Mundi's sound is clean and focused, except where the acoustics blur the sound.



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  • olga1001
  •  wrote in 12:12
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Their Stravinsky Ballets Russes is also new mastering ?

https://www.isrbx.net/3137890585-francois-xavier-roth-amp-les-siecles-stravinsky-ballets-russes-2021-hi-res.html

Not so different from Actes Sud but anyway thanks for 24-44.1 :)
Both cyclic form.
Symphonie No. 3 is as if a ship were shaken in ocean !?
Daniel is a father of François-Xavier Roth :))
Piano Concerto No. 4 is also unique, antique and elegant with Érard 1874 but on the other hand close to Poulenc ?!
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  • jackBlu
  •  wrote in 12:43
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thanks for 24bit44!!!

recording date is 2009-10

this is original issued on :

Camille Saint-Saens - Symph 3 - Piano Conc 4 - Roth - Les Siecles - Musicales Actes Sud - 2009-10

see url:
https://www.discogs.com/de/release/10245736-Camille-Saint-Saëns-Les-Siècles-François-Xavier-Roth-Daniel-Roth-3-Jean-François-Heisser-Symphon
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  • platico
  •  wrote in 19:42
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gracias...
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  • olga1001
  •  wrote in 10:22
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Sound gets much better in 24-96 :)
Impression also totally changed :p
Most serious and never spectacular Symphonie No. 3 means collapse of or Requiem for brilliant bourgeois society ?
Because I've never heard Dies irae emphasized so much in cyclic theme !!
Piano Concerto No. 4 is also profound and passionate transformation !
Thank you ^.^