IGOR MARKEVITCH: Cantique d’amour (1936). L’envol d’ Icare (Icarus’ Flight) (1932). Concerto Grosso (1936). Christopher Lyndon-Gee conducting the Arnhem Philharmonic Orchestra. Naxos 8.572153 ...
On the podium, all his movements are clipped and economical. Every muscle is under rigid control. But the moment the music stops, Conductor Igor Markevitch cuts loose. For quick relief from artistic ...
When the Lamoureux Orchestra of Paris presented the French premiere of Wagner’s Lohengrin in 1887, with the memory of the Franco-Prussian War still lingering in the audience’s mind, the conductor ...