Podcast #14: CHARLES KOECHLIN - France's Hidden Symphonist

In their latest episode of the Classical Discoveries podcast, Jens and Joe explore the scintillating music of Charles Koechlin, a fascinating yet overlooked French symphonist who defies easy categorisation. Neither purely an impressionist nor simply a romantic, dramatic, lyric, abstract, or “programmatic” composer, Koechlin combined revolutionary, academic, and eclectic traits. One moment his language recalls Debussy and Ravel, the next he sounds like Poulenc, Florent Schmitt, or even Olivier Messiaen.

0:20   Introduction
1:36   Koechlin – A little bit of everything?
4:51   Symphony No. 1 – Recording Session
9:01   Backgrounds – Jungle Book and the Symphony
10:56  A pupil of Fauré
11:27  The Seven Stars’ Symphony, Op. 132
12:16  The Movie Stars of the Symphony
14:33  Greta Garbo (Excerpt)
16:43  Charlie Chaplin (Excerpt)
17:45  Vers la voûte étoilée, Op. 129 (Excerpt)
19:27  Conclusion

C5533  Charles Koechlin: Symphony No. 1
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C5449  Charles Koechlin: The Seven Stars’ Symphony (Capriccio)
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Sinfonieorchester Basel

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Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen

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Recommended Persons

Claude Debussy - Gabriel Fauré - Albert Roussel - Olivier Messiaen - Charlie Chaplin - Clara Bow - Greta Garbo - Marlene Dietrich - Rudyard Kipling

With:
Jens F. Laurson (Journalist) and Johannes Kernmayer (Producer)

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