Michel Plasson, Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse - Arthur Honegger: Symphonies N° 1, 2 & 3 "Liturgique" (1992)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 330 Mb | Total time: 77:27 | Scans included
Classical | Label: EMI Classics | # CDM 7 64274 2 | Recorded: 1977, 1979
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 330 Mb | Total time: 77:27 | Scans included
Classical | Label: EMI Classics | # CDM 7 64274 2 | Recorded: 1977, 1979
In the first three symphonies, Honegger's seriousness is communicated through rhythmically propelled melodies, biting dissonances, and vigorous counterpoint, and his block-like orchestration is calculated more for impact than for nuance. Honegger alternates between muscular developments and searching meditations, and the combative Symphony No. 1 and the uneasy Symphony No. 2 effectively play off these contrasts. A reverent tone dominates the Symphony No. 3, for orchestra, "Liturgique," but its religious feeling is born of doubt and conflict, as conveyed in the work's brutal episodes. This disc restores to the catalog the fine recordings made by Michel Plasson and the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse from 1977 to 1979, digitally mastered in 1992.