A fizzing performance of Bizet and Gounod

It bubbles along with infectious delight in the SCO’s hands – I could listen to them playing this all day – dazzling between wind and strings

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Freya Parr

Published: May 12, 2020 at 12:51 pm

Bizet • Gounod

Bizet: Symphony in C; Carmen Suite No. 1; Gounod: Petite Symphonie Scottish Chamber Orchestra/François Leleux (oboe/conductor) Linn Records CKD 624 63:30 mins

'It bubbles along with infectious delight in the SCO’s hands – I could listen to them playing this all day – dazzling between wind and strings'

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Freya Parr

Digital Editor and Staff Writer, BBC Music Magazine

Freya Parr is BBC Music Magazine's digital editor and staff writer, editing and writing on all styles of music across both the website and print magazine. She has also written for titles including the Guardian, Circus Journal, Frankie and Suitcase Magazine, and runs The Noiseletter, a fortnightly arts and culture publication. Freya's main areas of interest and research lie in 20th-century and contemporary music. She's a regular sea shanty singer, folk obsessive and occasional flautist, pianist, organist and musical theatre director.

A fizzing performance of Bizet and Gounod

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