Jean Françaix : Musique pour orchestre à cordes

   in Classical Music (Jan, 2013)
A valuable release that presents two major scores and two recorded premieres. The Camellias tells Dumas’ story with panache and grace, but the breezily bitonal Symphony for strings is perhaps more immediately approachable – as is the later Ode on Botticelli’s Venus with its compelling, throbbing opening. …