After Franck, Debussy and Strauss, Mikko Franck and the Filharmonisch Orkest van Radio France continue their collaboration with Alpha Classics here, this time with the spotlight on Igor Stravinsky. The programme begins with two pieces from his so-called 'neo-classical' period: his Capriccio and Octet. In the first, in which Stravinsky sets up a dialogue between piano and orchestra, the soloist is one of the great stars of the new generation, French pianist Nathalia Milstein. Then the mood darkens, with the primitive rhythms and wild chord attacks of Le Sacre du printemps, a work that Mikko Franck has long wanted to immortalize on cd: an important masterpiece of the 20th century and an essential milestone for every orchestra. Every player seems ablaze in this recording, which seals seven years of collaboration and achievements with his Finnish music director.
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