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Royal Scottish National Orchestra

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Although Roussels works blend French Impressionism and Neoclassicism, these two pieceswhich could be considered his masterpiecesmake for an ideal introduction to his music. In Japan, Deneuveknown for his recordings of Poulenc with Le Sage and others (credited as Stphane Deneuve on CDs and for his concerts in Japan)serves as music director of an orchestra that brings this music to life with great dynamism.Roussels two greatest successesthe ballet *Bacchus and Ariane* and Symphony No. 3demonstrate his mastery of the neoclassical idiom. The Symphony No. 3, commissioned as part of the Boston Symphony Orchestras 50th-anniversary celebrations, is the work in which Roussels neoclassical style is most strongly evident. With the opening and closing movements possessing a dynamic energy reminiscent of perpetual motion, this piece is the only one of Roussels symphonies to have become