Au service de la musique française

Don’t forget to wish Michel Plasson a very happy ninetieth birthday on October 2nd! Figurehead of EMI France since the 1970s for more than three decades, unswervingly linked with the Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse he conducted for a 35-year long tenure, Michel Plasson is an unmissable personality of the classical world. His trailblazing recordings of French works still largely undocumented at the time have been decisive in the rediscovery of this underrated heritage. This long collection (13 hours!) highlights his major renditions, from masterworks by Berlioz, Ravel and Debussy to hidden gems by Magnard, d’Indy and Roussel.