Suite in F, Op. 33
Pour une fete de printemps, Op. 22
Évocations, Op. 15

Maestro Yan Pascal Tortelier celebrates his twentyfive- year recording career and seventy-album discography on Chandos with this album of three of Roussel’s most remarkable compositions.

It follows a highly praised Birmingham concert with the same forces, namely the exceptional BBCPO and CBSO Chorus, and three revelatory soloists: Kathryn Rudge, 2017 BBC New Generation Artist, the young tenor Alessandro Fisher, joint first prize winner at the 2016 Kathleen Ferrier Awards, and François Le Roux, famous for his award-winning performances of French operas.

Although very rarely recorded, Évocations stands as a monument in the compositional life of Roussel, depicting scenes, sounds, and colours from his experiences of India. Also featured are the audacious Pour une fete de printemps, originally composed as a Scherzo for his controversial Second Symphony, and the later Suite in F, which was performed in Paris several times after its Boston premiere, to critical acclaim.

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Recorded at Symphony Hall, Birmingham (live): 7 April 2017 (Évocations); MediaCityUK, Salford, Manchester: 8 September 2017 (other works)