Stravinsky: Petrushka, Mäkelä (CD)

“The headline feature of this terrific Petrushka is characterization. It’s a performance full of animation and incident and from the Orchestre de Paris and their impressive line-up of wind soloists a dancer’s sensibility.” — Gramophone

Following on the tremendous success of Klaus Mäkelä’s Firebird and Rite of Spring album with the Orchestre de Paris comes another installment from the Ballet Russes. This album, Mäkelä’s second with the Parisian orchestra, features Stravinsky’s rousing Petrushka alongside two delightful works by Claude Debussy, Jeux and Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun.

Stravinsky Petrushka (1947)
Orchestre de Paris
Klaus Mäkelä conductor
September 2023, Philharmonie de Paris, Paris

Debussy Jeux
Orchestre de Paris
Klaus Mäkelä conductor
September 2023, Philharmonie de Paris, Paris

Debussy Prélude a l’après-midi d’un faune (Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun)
Orchestre de Paris
Klaus Mäkelä conductor
September 2023, Philharmonie de Paris, Paris

Discs: 1
Record Label: Decca
Release Date: May 3, 2024