Schmitt's Tragedy of Salome
Listen to a clip from the Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra's disc here
Hindemith • Respighi • Schmitt
Respighi: Belkis, Queen of Sheba; Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes by Weber; Schmitt: The Tragedy of Salome
Borusan Istanbul PO/Sascha Goetzel
Onyx 4048 77:32 mins
‘Sascha Goetzel excels in Florent Schmitt’s festeringly erotic Tragedy of Salome, screwing the tension up expertly in the work’s many crashing climaxes’ Terry Blain
Audio clip: Schmitt: The Tragedy of Salome – The Enchantments of the Sea
A full review plus star ratings is published in our June 2010 issue
