Credits:

Clara Haskil, Rafael Kubelik, Paris Music Academy Orchestra

Description:

Couverick x Conservatoire de Paris, a brilliant stereo live performance! Another amazing recording from the INA (Institut National de l’Audiovisual de France). Another amazing recording from the INA (Institut National d’Audiovisuel de France), a rare collaboration between Kubelk and the Orchestre de la Musique de Paris, and an extremely good stereo recording! Martineau’s “Frescoes in Piero della Francesca” was premiered in 1956 by Kubelk, who dedicated it to him, and is his “own modern piece” so to speak. This is, well, cool! The strings become an accumulation of solos, and just when you think atonal chaos is unfolding, the song of tonality explodes out! It is an exciting sound as if the sky suddenly clears and light shines through. Chopin’s Concerto No. 2 with Haskil has appeared on other labels before, but this is probably the first time it has a