David: Le Desert / Accentus
) | Label: NAIVE Catalog: V5405 Format: CD Dubois; Wilder; Winling; accentus; Orchestre de Chambre de Paris; EquilbeyComposed by: David, Felicien Conducted by Laurence Equilbey and featuring the renowned Accentus choir and Orchestre de Chambre de Paris, this new recording of one of the French masterpieces of the mid-19th c. is to a real discovery.Félicien David spent 4 years in Egypt and Algeria before returning to Paris, where he composed this romantic “ode symphonie” (1844) which joined the orientalist trend that was ongoing in several of the arts of the time.The immediate, phenomenal success of this work ultimately had a detrimental on his future career.This 2CD Naïve set features performances both for, and without, voice.  Price: $22.98 |