Orchestre Métropolitain - Debussy: La mer - Britten: 4 Sea Interludes - Mercure: Kaléidoscope (2018)

Tracklist
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01. La mer, L. 109: No. 1, De l'aube à midi sur la mer
02. La mer, L. 109: No. 2, Jeux de vagues
03. La mer, L. 109: No. 3, Dialogue du vent et de la mer
04. Peter Grimes, 4 Sea Interludes, Op. 33a: No. 1, Dawn
05. Peter Grimes, 4 Sea Interludes, Op. 33a: No. 2, Sunday Morning
06. Peter Grimes, 4 Sea Interludes, Op. 33a: No. 3, Moonlight
07. Peter Grimes, 4 Sea Interludes, Op. 33a: No. 4, Storm
08. Kaléidoscope
09. Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune, L. 86
ATMA Classique will reissue its critically acclaimed recording of La Mer: Debussy, Britten, Mercure in stereo format. Recorded in 2007 by Yannick Nezet-Seguin and the Orchestre Métropolitain, La Mer garnered five stars from the French magazine Diapason, which declared, "What is immediately apparent in Yannick Nézet-Séguin's Debussy is its meticulousness, its almost chamber-music like transparency, and its subtle shading." Pierre Mercure's Kaléidoscope was also praised for its "formidably contrasted reading .Under Yannick Nézet- Séguin's baton, the work's constantly shifting emotional limate combines tragic grandeur with the most cheerful lightness."
La Mer revisits a live concert program performed by the Orchestre Métropolitain during its 2006-2007 season. "What genius Britten shows in his four interludes from the opera Peter Grimes. [.] Nézet-Séguin recreates the exact context of each scene portrayed, from the depths of the ocean to the sky-shaking tempest. [.] The young conductor ends with Debussy's La Mer, [.] a very impressive performance, sometimes lyric, sometimes livid, always detailed." (La Presse) "It was pure delight to hear Pierre Mercure's Kaléidoscope played with such emotion." (The Gazette)