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Pablo Heras-casado

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A notable partnership:Debussy from Pablo Heras-Casado and the Philharmonia Orchestra,in colours that are truly painterlyharmonia mundi marks the centenary of Debussy’s death with this release from Pablo Heras-Casado and the Philharmonia Orchestra. Founded in London in 1945, the Philharmonia has had Esa-Pekka Salonen as its Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor since 2008. In the hands of these superb players, the Prlude l’aprs-midi d’un faune is a dizzying world of sound: you surrender to the melodies passed from instrument to instrument, and the dream is over almost before it has begun. Le Martyre de Saint Sbastien is often described as the summation of Debussy’s musical language, and here it is full of mystery, a palace of harmony and colour rising up before your eyes. La Mer, too, is magnificent, its broad phrasing and forward-moving tempos creating a vividly pictorial world. Le Ma