Modest Mussorgsky, Maurice Ravel, Igor Stravinsky - Pictures at an exhibition, La Valse, L`Oiseau de Feu (Suite)

After the end of the Second World War André Cluytens certainly was one of the most acclaimed conductors all over Europe. He studied at the Flemish Royal Conservatory in his hometown Antwerp and was afterwards employed as a répétiteur at the theatres of Antwerp, Toulouse, Lyon and Bordeaux. In 1947 he became music director of the Opéra-Comique in Paris and was named successor of the chief conductor Charles Munich at the “Concerts de Conservatoire”. Cluytens is especially known for his preference of French repertoire but was also fond of conducting German, Italian and Russian symphonic and lyric works.

ARTS MUSIC now presents another ARCHIVES recording from this famous conductor. The recording on hand was taped in 1962 when Cluytens was at the height of his career. The masters were carefully remastered and now offer a splendid sound happening in the crystal clear 24 bit / 96 kHz technique. Simply lean back and be swept away by this beautiful interpretation!