Platts/Buffalo Po/Falletta - Florent Schmitt: La Trag�die de Salom�, Musique sur l'eau, Oriane et le Prince d'Amour, L�gende

Florent Schmitt was a student of Massenet and Faur�, and winner of the coveted Prix de Rome. His impressionistic style blends influences ranging from Debussy to Wagner, with references to Stravinsky and other contemporaries. Conceived as a ballet but revised as a symphonic poem, La Trag�die de Salom� depicts Salome�s dangerous seductiveness with subtle magnificence. Narrative symbolism also applies to the evocative word painting of the exquisite Musique sur l�eau. The perilous saga of Oriane et le Prince d�Amour contrasts with the poetic tapestry of orchestral colours in L�gende, in a version that replaces the original solo saxophone with violin.