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Klaus Makela

berlioz ravel wOrchestre de Paris

Decca Classics
Release Date: June 6, 2025

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1 Berlioz Symphonie fantastique, H. 48 I. Re^veries – Passions  
2 II. Un bal. Valse  
3 III. Sce`ne aux champs  
4 IV. Marche au supplice  
5 V. Songe d'une nuit de sabbat  
6 Ravel La valse, M. 72  
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Klaus Mäkelä’s forthcoming album with the Orchestre de Paris is out today, June 6, 2025 on Decca Classics. This is the third album in Mäkelä’s series with the orchestra and features two famous French works: Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique and Ravel’s La Valse.

The centrepiece of the album is Symphonie fantastique, recorded live at the Philharmonie de Paris in December 2024.  “Berlioz’s masterpiece has a very special meaning for the Orchestre de Paris” says Klaus Mäkelä. “It was one of the works that Charles Munch performed and recorded as the orchestra’s first Music Director in 1967, and it has remained core to their repertoire ever since. I have had the privilege of performing Symphonie Fantastique with these wonderful musicians on numerous occasions, both at home and on tour, and it amazes me how fresh the music still feels today, nearly 200 years after it was composed.”

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    Posted At: May 3, 2025
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    Posted At: August 26, 2024
    Following their highly acclaimed cycle of the complete Sibelius symphonies, Decca Classics was thrilled to announce the release of Shostakovich Symphonies 4, 5, & 6 with Klaus Mäkelä and the Oslo Philharmonic . To celebrate the release, the Oslo Philharmonic and Klaus Mäkelä launch their 5th season with a special concert featuring Symphony No. 5, a work that has been central to Mäkelä and the orchestra’...

  • Klaus Makela has been named the next music director of the Chicago Symphony / WBEZCHICAGO
    Posted At: April 2, 2024
    Mäkelä, who is just 28, has been called ‘perhaps the fastest-rising conductor of his generation’ and has already had prominent roles in Oslo, Paris and Amsterdam.WBEZCHICAGO - Courtney Kueppers writes…..Klaus Mäkelä will be the next music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, beginning officially in the role in 2027, the CSO announced Tuesday.“I am honored to have been chosen as Music Director of the ...

  • Klaus Makela chats with The Korea Herald ahead of finally meeting Korean audiences post pandemic
    Posted At: October 18, 2023
    Rising star conductor Klaus Makela to meet Korean audiencesThe Korea Herald's Park Ga-young writes…Klaus Makela, a fast-rising Finnish conductor and cellist, will finally meet the Korean audiences after two pandemic-induced cancellations."I was truly sad and felt sorry. However, because of the sadness I had felt through the pandemic, the expectation for the upcoming performance in Korea doubled," Makela sai...

  • Klaus Makela digs into Stravinsky's polyphony leading Orchester de Paris on new Decca recording / LEDEVOIR
    Posted At: April 7, 2023
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  • Klaus Makela makes his New York Philharmonic debut with a performance that prioritized clarity / The New York Times
    Posted At: December 11, 2022
    Review: The Rising Star of Conducting Arrives in New York. Klaus Mäkelä, a young yet already accomplished maestro, made his New York Philharmonic debut with a program of a contemporary work by Jimmy López Bellido and symphonies by Shostakovich and Tchaikovsky.The New York Times - Joshua Barone writes……The hype, that is, around the 26-year-old Finnish conductor Klaus Mäkelä. He’s the fastest-rising maestro o...

  • Klaus Makela's 'Sibelius' is characterized by its intelligence and its clarity / Classical Explorer
    Posted At: August 28, 2022
    Classical Explorer's Colin Clarke writes….This is Classical Explorer's second complete cycle of Sibelius Symphonies - the first was Osmo Vänskä and the Minnesota Orchestra on BIS. Klaus Mäkelä's Sibelius is characterised by its intelligence and its clarity, two qualities that work in tandem with Sibelius’ core qualities of structural rigour and craggy expression. This cycle was originally intended as an off...

  • Klaus Makela may be young, but, on the merits of this Sibelius set, he sure seems to be the real deal. Buckle up / the arts fuse
    Posted At: February 22, 2022
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