Florent Schmitt Psaume XLVII Part II

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[operaticsoul]

I found this while researching for a paper on Ravel. LOL! Thank you for making my day extraordinary!

[JCHBONNET]

@operaticsoul, Schmitt was Ravel's equal in the first half of the last century. He achieved considerable fame thanks to his extraordinary orchestral science and his lush post romantic style blended with modern harmonies. Unfortunately his ambiguous behaviour during WWII led to his removal from most concert halls although he is still played in France mostly thanks to his very popular Tragédie de Salomé.

[musicaignotus]

I'm not sure what I like better, Stuck's seductive painting or Schmitt's voluptuous music.

[JCHBONNET]

Congratulations ! I selected the lesser known of Von Stuck's "the Sin" paintings and I did not think anyone would notice !

Considering the success of Schmitt's music on my channel, I will certainly upload some more !

[musicaignotus]

I can see you're a fan of the symbolists. You've featured so far Khnopff, Boecklin, Moreau, Delville, Toorop, Schwabe, Redon, and Segantini (who you exposed me to). I'm sure you've got some Munch, Rops, Ensor, and Klinger queued up as well.

[JCHBONNET]

You can add Zecchin, Spilliaert, Osbert, Kupka and Vrubel to the list of Symbolists painters that I have already featured on my channel. Munch and Ensor are more "expressionists" than "symbolists" but I agree the border is thin and unclear ! Anyway, I like Munch very munch independently from his classification in the history of art.

[rickypix]

This is the best recording musically and acoustically of this piece, Guiot is great and effortles

[ElliePearl]

amazingly beautiful

[JCHBONNET]

Duruflé's requiem is far less orgiastic than Schmitt's Psalm. It is nevertheless an intense and highly spiritual work.

[Danzig987]

I agree -- the middle section is the most ravishing and in some ways sticks with the listener more than the "exciting" bits. It's my favorite part of the composition -- positively celestial in its mood. Completely different from the ethereal final "In Paradisum" section of Durufle's Requiem ... but both are about the best music you could ever hope to hear -- in this world or the next.