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Title: Tortelier: Strong on vitality
Review: Tortelier's interpretation of the Turangalla-symphonie shows a strong awareness of the frantic rhythmic vitality of the work, along with a true sense of sentimentality and pure passion in the slow and quiet 6th movement "Jardin du sommeil d'amour". The only weakness is that there are moments during the rhythmic dances of the "Turangalla" movements where a very slight lack of rhythmic precision mars the performance very slightly. Shelley's piano playing is bright and polished, if a little forward, and Hartmann-Claverie's ondes martenot is well balanced. All in all, Tortelier's performance makes for pleasureable listening, though it does not quite reach the heights of Rattle or Myung-Whun Chung's hallmark recordings of the work.
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