Berlioz: Les Nuits d'Eté; Herminie; Ravel: Shéhérazade

Gens/Orchestra National de la Pays de la Loire/Axelrod(Ondine)Véronique Gens has recorded Les Nuits d'Eté before, in 2001 for Virgin Classics, as part of an all-Berlioz disc alongside the early scena, La Mort de Cléopatre. The wonderful poise and clarity of that performance invited comparisons with what is generally regarded as the greatest of all versions of Berlioz's song cycle, by Régine Crespin. In returning to the work, Gens pushes that parallel even farther by pairing it with Ravel's S...

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