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Album Summary
Catherine Padaut (Soprano)- Romain Champion (Tenor)
- Solange Anorga (Voice)
- Pierre Corbel (Bass)
- Kristina Vahrenkamp
- Brigitte Engerer (Piano)
- Céline Boucard
- Nicolaï Maslenko (Cantor)
- Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918)
- Franz Schubert (Vienna) (1797 - 1828)
- Richard Wagner (Classical) (1813 - 1883)
- Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937)
- Sergey Prokofiev (1891 - 1953)
- Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
- Alexander Scriabin (1872 - 1915)
- Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741)
- Gustav Mahler (Composer) (1860 - 1911)
Notes & Reviews:
"This one features the 40-voice choir in masterful transcriptions--as close to literal as possible--of both purely instrumental works (Vivaldi's "L'hiver" from the Four Seasons; several keyboard works by Bach, Debussy, Ravel, and Scriabin) and pieces originally for voice and either piano or orchestra (Schubert, Wagner, and Mahler songs). Where no texts were originally assigned, they are provided by the arrangers, ingeniously utilizing poetry of Rilke or Mallarmé, the Psalms, or the Requiem Mass.
While all of these settings are superbly accomplished and sung to the highest artistic and technical standard, perhaps the most impressive--I'd even use the word astonishing--is Clytus Gottwald's transcription of Debussy's piano piece "Des pas sur la neige". If you can't imagine how this lovely little prelude could be set with words and sung by a choir, well, you're in for a major surprise! It's so perfect in its realization and preservation of the original harmonic character, and yet the voices add such a unique atmospheric dimension that if you didn't know better you'd believe this could have been conceived for these forces. The same could be true for the selections from Ravel's Mother Goose, transcribed by Thierry Machuel. Franck Krawczyk's Vivaldi is quite clever and "fun", and the Schubert setting of Nacht und Träume is pure pleasure.
And that--pure pleasure--describes the whole disc, whose concept works because the arrangers/transcribers are so careful about and respectful of their source material, and are absolutely scrupulous in their treatment of voices relative to matters of range, register, textures, and expressive possibilities. In other words, if you know the original works, you will be completely at home here--but you also will experience new and pleasantly surprising facets of these pieces that only make them more rich and universally relevant. This is the kind of program--unique, virtuosic, yet easily accessible--that makes listening enjoyable and engaging, setting expectations for the next project, whatever it may be. Based on these performances--and knowing the adventurous and highly accomplished nature of this choir--I'm eagerly awaiting what's sure to be a worthy and very entertaining follow-up." -Classics Today (10/10)
The Times - Geoff Brown
Laurence Equilbey and her chamber group Accentus deserve nothing but praise for their mellifluous tone and ability to fan into a vocal forest.
Recording information: L'Arsenal, Metz, France (06/2006).
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Works Details
Vivaldi, Antonio : Concerto for Violin in F major, Op. 8 no 3/RV 293 "L'autunno" - Performer: Nicolaï Maslenko (Cantor)
- Conductor: Laurence Equilbey
- Ensemble: Accentus (Chamber Choir)
- Running Time: 8 min. 43 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Form: Concerto
- Written: 1725
Schubert, Franz : Litanei auf das Fest Aller Seelen, D 343 - Performers: Brigitte Engerer (Piano); Nicolaï Maslenko (Cantor)
- Conductor: Laurence Equilbey
- Ensemble: Accentus (Chamber Choir)
- Running Time: 4 min. 44 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Written: 1816
Prokofiev, Sergei : Alexander Nevsky :: Le Champ des morts - Performers: Catherine Padaut (Soprano); Nicolaï Maslenko (Cantor); Céline Boucard; Romain Champion (Tenor)
- Conductor: Laurence Equilbey
- Ensemble: Accentus (Chamber Choir)
- Running Time: 4 min. 4 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Form: Cantata/Oratorio
- Written: 1938
Mahler, Gustav : Lieder und Gesänge, vol 3 - Performer: Nicolaï Maslenko (Cantor)
- Conductor: Laurence Equilbey
- Ensemble: Accentus (Chamber Choir)
- Notes: Composition written: 1887-90.
- Running Time: 2 min. 35 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Form: Vocal
- Written: 1887-1890
Wagner, Richard : Wesendonck Lieder :: Im Treibhaus - Performers: Solange Anorga (Voice); Nicolaï Maslenko (Cantor)
- Conductor: Laurence Equilbey
- Ensemble: Accentus (Chamber Choir)
- Running Time: 5 min. 22 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Written: 1857-1858
Schubert, Franz : Quartet for Strings no 14 in D minor, D. 810 :: Grablied (after Der Tod und das Mädchen) - Performer: Nicolaï Maslenko (Cantor)
- Conductor: Laurence Equilbey
- Ensemble: Accentus (Chamber Choir)
- Running Time: 1 min. 59 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Written: 1824
Schubert, Franz : Der Wegweiser ("Was vermeid' ich denn die Wege"), song for voice & piano (Winterreise), D. 911/20 (O - Performer: Nicolaï Maslenko (Cantor)
- Conductor: Laurence Equilbey
- Ensemble: Accentus (Chamber Choir)
- Notes: Composition written: 1827.
- Running Time: 3 min. 43 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Vocal
- Written: 1827
Schubert, Franz : Nacht und Träume, D 827 - Performer: Nicolaï Maslenko (Cantor)
- Conductor: Laurence Equilbey
- Ensemble: Accentus (Chamber Choir)
- Notes: Composition written: ?1825.
- Running Time: 2 min. 51 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Written: ?1825
Mahler, Gustav : Die zwei blauen Augen, song for low voice & piano (or orchestra) (Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen No - Performer: Nicolaï Maslenko (Cantor)
- Conductor: Laurence Equilbey
- Ensemble: Accentus (Chamber Choir)
- Running Time: 4 min. 39 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Written: ?12/1883-?/1885
Bach, Johann Sebastian : French Suite no 1 in D minor, BWV 812 :: Buálied (after the Sarabande) - Performer: Nicolaï Maslenko (Cantor)
- Conductor: Laurence Equilbey
- Ensemble: Accentus (Chamber Choir)
- Running Time: 2 min. 26 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Written: 1722
Bach, Johann Sebastian : English Suite no 3 in G minor, BWV 808 :: An Babels Wasserflüssen (after the Sarabande) - Performer: Nicolaï Maslenko (Cantor)
- Conductor: Laurence Equilbey
- Ensemble: Accentus (Chamber Choir)
- Running Time: 2 min. 3 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Written: by 1720
Bach, Johann Sebastian : Partita no 1 in B flat major, BWV 825 :: Jerusalem (after the Menuet II) - Performer: Nicolaï Maslenko (Cantor)
- Conductor: Laurence Equilbey
- Ensemble: Accentus (Chamber Choir)
- Running Time: 1 min. 11 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Written: 1726-1731
Debussy, Claude : Préludes, Book 1 - Performer: Nicolaï Maslenko (Cantor)
- Conductor: Laurence Equilbey
- Ensemble: Accentus (Chamber Choir)
- Running Time: 3 min. 4 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Written: 1909
Ravel, Maurice : La flûte enchantée, poem for soprano (or tenor) & orchestra (Shéhérazade no 2) - Performers: Solange Anorga (Voice); Nicolaï Maslenko (Cantor); Romain Champion (Tenor)
- Conductor: Laurence Equilbey
- Ensemble: Accentus (Chamber Choir)
- Notes: Composition written: 1903.
- Running Time: 2 min. 39 sec.
- Period Time: Modern
- Written: 1903
Ravel, Maurice : L'indifférent, poem for soprano (or tenor) & orchestra (or piano) (Shéhérazade no 3) - Performers: Pierre Corbel (Bass); Nicolaï Maslenko (Cantor); Romain Champion (Tenor); Solange Anorga (Voice)
- Conductor: Laurence Equilbey
- Ensemble: Accentus (Chamber Choir)
- Notes: Composition written: 1903.
- Running Time: 3 min. 35 sec.
- Period Time: Modern
- Written: 1903
Scriabin, Alexander : Preludes (24) for Piano, Op. 11 - Performer: Nicolaï Maslenko (Cantor)
- Conductor: Laurence Equilbey
- Ensemble: Accentus (Chamber Choir)
- Running Time: 1 min. 49 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Written: 1888-1896
Scriabin, Alexander : Pieces (3) for Piano, Op. 45 - Performers: Kristina Vahrenkamp; Nicolaï Maslenko (Cantor)
- Conductor: Laurence Equilbey
- Ensemble: Accentus (Chamber Choir)
- Running Time: 1 min. 26 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Written: 1904
Ravel, Maurice : Ma mère l'oye :: Pavane de la Belle au bois dormant - Performers: Solange Anorga (Voice); Nicolaï Maslenko (Cantor); Pierre Corbel (Bass)
- Conductor: Laurence Equilbey
- Ensemble: Accentus (Chamber Choir)
- Running Time: 1 min. 53 sec.
- Period Time: Modern
- Form: Ballet
- Written: 1911-1912
Ravel, Maurice : Ma mère l'oye :: Le Jardin féerique - Performers: Solange Anorga (Voice); Pierre Corbel (Bass); Nicolaï Maslenko (Cantor)
- Conductor: Laurence Equilbey
- Ensemble: Accentus (Chamber Choir)
- Running Time: 3 min. 5 sec.
- Period Time: Modern
- Form: Ballet
- Written: 1911-1912
