A pupil of Gabriel Fauré, Koechlin occupies a position of honour among French composers, highly respected as a teacher and counting among his own pupils Poulenc and Tailleferre, while exercising a strong influence on Milhaud and the younger composers associated with Satie. His pre-eminence as a theorist has led to undue neglect of his music.
Orchestral Music
Koechlin’s compositions include symphonies and symphonic poems, some of the latter inspired by Kipling’s Jungle Book, as well as a symphonic poem based on Romain Rolland’s Le Buisson ardent (‘The Burning Bush’), a study of composer’s block.
Vocal Music
Koechlin made a significant addition to French song, with choral and solo settings of text...
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SUMMER MOODS
Composers:
Bach, Johann Sebastian -- Brahms, Johannes -- Debussy, Claude -- Haydn, Franz Joseph -- Koechlin, Charles -- Mendelssohn, Felix -- Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus -- Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay Andreyevich -- Schumann, Robert -- Vivaldi, Antonio
Artists:
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Orchestra -- Altmann, Dirk -- Asatryan, Koryun -- Bagger, Boris Bjorn -- Brown, Iona -- Fey, Thomas -- Heidelberg Symphony Orchestra -- Henschel, Florian -- Jang, Eun Bae -- Marriner, Neville -- Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra -- Prandina, Luisa -- Rilling, Helmuth -- Stan, Eduard -- Strub, Patrick -- Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra -- Teuffel, Gunter -- Tewes, Detlef -- Trevisani, Raffaele
Label/Producer: Hänssler Classic |
