Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra and Ensemble of Soloists of the USSR State Symphony Orchestra - André Jolivet: Selected Works (2014) Lossless

On the threshold of the 40th anniversary of death of the prominent 20th century French composer André Jolivet, Firma Melodiya presents a set of French master works. Jolivet's works combined diverse features of the 20th century art on the one hand, new musical means (polytonality, atonality), echoes of jazz and non-European musical cultures, on the other hand choral polyphony of the renaissance era, and also clarity and accuracy of statement not devoid of theatrical affectation so characteristic of French art. This is perhaps why concerto in its various versions remained one of the main genres to him. On this releases André Jolivet's works are performed by Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Alexander Korneyev (flute), Valery Popov (bassoon) and others. The Big Symphony Orchestra of All-Union Radio is conducted by the author, Gennady Rozhdestvensky and Valery Polyansky; the Latvian SSR Symphony Orchestra is conducted by Vasily Sinaisky.