From the Second Empire to the Roaring Twenties, Alexandra Soumm, the Orchestre de Chambre Pelléas and Benjamin Levy paint a dishevelled, nostalgic and swaying portrait of the City of Light that spans seventy years of music.
Paris Is A Party is a testament to the musical and human affinities forged over many years between these performers, is also a return to the composers’ creative sources, with a first recording of Ravel’s Tzigane in the new Ravel Edition as well as a first recording of the orchestration of Emmanuel Chabrier’s Bourrée fantasque according to the sketches left unfinished by the composer.
From the crinolines of Georges Bizet’s adolescence to the wisps of cigar smoke in the dreamy Brazil of Le Boeuf sur le toit, we dive into an era when Paris set the tempo for cosmopolitan and carefree celebrations.
Alexandra Soumm, Violin
Orchestre de Chambre Pelléas
Benjamin Levy, Conductor
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| SKU | FUG813 |
| Qualities | DSD 512 fs, DSD 256 fs, DSD 128 fs, DSD 64 fs, DXD 24 Bit, WAV 96 kHz, FLAC 192 kHz |
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| Artists | Alexandra Soumm, Benjamin Levy, Orchestre de Chambre Pelléas |
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| Recording, Editing, Mix & Mastering | Aline Blondiau with the help of Gauthier Simon |
| Recording Location | Salle Colonne, Paris, 5-8 May 2021 |
| Release Date | July 12, 2024 |
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MusicWeb International
…this new disc offers us the opportunity to explore the music of a different era when, it claims, the City of Light “set the tempo for cosmopolitan and carefree celebrations”. As it clearly demonstrates, Milhaud, Chabrier, Ravel and Bizet certainly knew how to communicate real joy and liveliness in their scores, while Alexandra Soumm, conductor Benjamin Levy and the players of the Pelléas Chamber Orchestra demonstrate an almost tangible degree of fun and enthusiasm in their very well recorded performances. Even if I remain unconvinced by all that over-the-top self-promotion (“this dream orchestra… an orchestral utopia”, indeed!), I can certainly appreciate the fine musicianship that’s on display on this imaginatively compiled and altogether very finely executed new disc.
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