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Sep, 6 2019

Morlot gave a bright and athletic account and did well to highlight Stravinsky’s [Petrushka] exploration of colour… Morlot’s aptitude for rhythmic nuance and slight tempo variations yielded a performance that felt both in-control and spontaneous

Ben Kutner, San Francisco Classical Voice

Los Angeles Philharmonic

Hollywood Bowl

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Aug, 6 2018

The SSO were in wonderful form under the energetic and engaging Morlot.

Steve Moffatt, The Daily Telegraph

Sydney Symphony Orchestra

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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

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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

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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

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