Klaus Makela & Orchestre De Paris – Stravinsky: Petrouchka / Debussy: Jeux – CD

The album represents Mäkelä’s second recording with his French orchestra and follows the success of his first instalment, featuring Stravinsky’s pivotal ballets scores L’Oiseau de feu and Le Sacre du printemps All three Ballets Russes pieces were performed at the prestigious 2023 Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, where critics hailed Mäkelä’s dynamic leadership. The album features a live recording of Petrouchka from a concert at the Paris Philharmonie in September 2023, and Debussy’s Jeux and Prélude à L’Après midi d’un faune recorded at the Paris Philharmonie in December 2023.

1. Stravinsky: Petrouchka – the Shrovetide Fair – the Crowds – the Conjuring-Trick
2. Russian Dance
3. Petrouchka S Room
4. The Moor’s Room – Dance of the Ballerina
5. Waltz (the Ballerina and the Moor)
6. The Shrovetide Fair (Evening)
7. Dance of the Wet-Nurses
8. Dance of the Peasant and the Bear
9. The Merchant and the Gypsies
10. Dance of the Coachmen and the Grooms
11. The Masqueraders
12. The Scuffle
13. Death of Petrouchka
14. The Police and the Charlatan
15. The Police and the Charlatan
16. Debussy: Jeux, L. 126
17. Debussy: Prelude a L’apres-Midi D’un Faune, L. 86