Schmitt: La Tragédie de Salomé; Le Palais Hanté; Psaume 47 – review

Bullock/Sao Paulo SO/Tortelier (Chandos)Two-thirds of this collection of works by Florent Schmitt, the drame muet (unsung opera) La Tragédie de Salomé and the massive setting of Psalm 47, exactly matches the 2007 disc on Hyperion by Thierry Fischer and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, performances that just edge out the new ones where orchestral refinement and character are concerned. But the third work in Yan Pascal Tortelier's survey is much less familiar: Le Palais Hanté, based on a ...

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