Jul, 4 2019
This is a very different orchestral journey from Adams’s previous masterpiece, but one that’s just as rewarding in this superb, beautifully recorded performance
Andrew Clements, The Guardian
John Luther Adams Become Desert CD release
Seattle Symphony
Jun, 23 2019
Creating ambience is one of Morlot’s specialities, which he has consistently demonstrated over his years with the orchestra. He never disappoints in this regard, and this particular interpretation [of Debussy’s Nocturnes] was marked by extraordinary delicacy.
Erica Miner, Bachtrack
Seattle Symphony
May, 13 2019
French conductor Ludovic Morlot kept it [Lili Boulanger’s D’un matin de printemps] all gloriously airborne, with just the right balance of chiselled precision and evanescent poetry.
William Dart, New Zealand Herald
Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra
Mar, 22 2019
Morlot gathered all the components together seamlessly from the resplendent choral fugues topped by brilliant silvery trumpets, to the elegant interludes of the vocal arias and duets, which often feature instrumental solos in counter-melodic obbligato.
John Carroll, Opera Wire
Seattle Symphony, Bach Mass in B Minor
Mar, 11 2019
He demonstrated a keen ear for his countrymen’s complex, tantalizing orchestrations — not just Debussy’s profoundly influential 1905 conjuring of the Mediterranean, but two lesser-known pieces by Hector Berlioz and an obscure gem by early-20th-century composer Albert Roussel
Chris Gray, Houston Chronicle
Houston Symphony, Berlioz, Roussel & Debussy
Nov, 30 2018
Morlot is, as always, a punctilious conductor. Listen, say, to the jittery precision with which the brass and piano volley starting at 1’05” in the fifth movement. And, in fact, in Morlot’s hands, the entire finale becomes a study in texture, the cumulative effect subtly shifting the work’s centre of gravity away from the third movement to provide a riveting and immensely satisfying conclusion.
Andrew Farach-Colton, Gramophone magazine
Berio, Boulez & Ravel CD release
Seattle Symphony
Aug, 16 2018
His fine hold over the architecture of the piece [Lili Boulanger Psalm 130 (“Du fond de l’abime”)] paid dividends, drawing out the finest touches from the delicate instrumentation while applying full force in the terrifying, heartfelt pleas… This was a rich and soulful performance, with a great deal of substance.
Mark Thomas, Bachtrack
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, BBC Proms
Aug, 6 2018
The SSO were in wonderful form under the energetic and engaging Morlot.
Steve Moffatt, The Daily Telegraph
Sydney Symphony Orchestra
Aug, 3 2018
Ludovic Morlot and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra produced iridescent colours and biting flamenco-inspired rhythms. [de Falla’s Nights in the Gardens of Spain]
Murray Black, The Austrialian
Sydney Symphony Orchestra
Jul, 3 2018
The conductor Ludovic Morlot, departing next year as the music director of the thriving Seattle Symphony, began with a bracing account of Smetana’s “Dance of the Comedians.”… an exciting performance of Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto.
Anthony Tommasini, The New York Times
Orchestra of St. Luke’s, Caramoor Festival
Jan, 6 2018
Morlot made its themes of a divine cosmic resonance spellbinding [MESSIAEN Trois petites liturgies de la présence divine]. He drew out Messiaen’s potent contrasts of meter-defying melody and hectic rhythmic activity, of wild wonder and blissful contemplation. A very different cosmos might have come into view with a more old-fashioned reading of Beethoven’s Ninth. But … Morlot elicited a revelatory transparency of texture in the first movement. It illuminated many a fresh angle in Beethoven’s transformation of his material
Thomas May, The Seattle Times
Seattle Symphony
Oct, 20 2017
Morlot and the ASO rounded out the program with a sure-fire winner, Maurice Ravel’s “La Valse,” giving the composer’s rambunctious, off-center take on the ballroom dance a particularly exhilarating, exuberant rendering that deservedly brought the house to its feet.
Mark Gresham, ArtsATL
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
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