Azahar / Bestion, La Tempete
After “The Tempest,” its first recording on a Shakespearian theme, which was much admired, La Tempete presents ‘Azahar’ (orange blossom in Spanish), which contrasts and interweaves the polyphony of Machaut with the poetry of the Spanish cantigas and the century of Stravinsky and Ohana. Simon-Pierre Bestion, founder of the company La Tempete, tells us: “I like the idea of disorientating the listener between different historical periods. Stravinsky wrote his Mass after discovering Machaut’s setting, while Ohana’s “Cantigas de Santa Maria” allude to those of Alfonso the Wise and to folksong… One can take extraordinary liberties with Machaut’s famous Mass: its music calls for a fairly sonorous, straight style of singing- like Corsican or Basque polypohony. I chose singers familiar with early music, powerful, direct voices, using little vibrato, voices that could also sing Stravinsky and Ohana. The orchestra was arranged in consorts for the early repertory, and in mixed desks for Ohana and Stravinsky. The chorus was placed all around in a circle, in a single row. I like to share that experience of feeling the sound physically.”
Product Description:
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Release Date: February 10, 2017
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UPC: 3760014192616
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Catalog Number: Alpha261
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Label: Alpha
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Number of Discs: 1
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Composer: Alfonso el Sabio, Guillaume de Machaut, Igor Stravinsky, Maurice Ohana
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Conductor: Simon-Pierre Bestion
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Orchestra/Ensemble: La Tempete
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Performer: Anna Reinhold, Claire Lefilliatre, Francisco Manalich, Lisandro Abadie
Works:
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Messe de Nostre Dame
Composer: Guillaume de Machaut
Ensemble: La Tempete
Performer: Lisandro Abadie (Baritone), Claire Lefilliatre (Soprano), Francisco Manalich (Tenor), Anna Reinhold (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Simon-Pierre Bestion
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Mass
Composer: Igor Stravinsky
Ensemble: La Tempete
Performer: Lisandro Abadie (Baritone), Claire Lefilliatre (Soprano), Francisco Manalich (Tenor), Anna Reinhold (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Simon-Pierre Bestion
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Cantigas de Santa Maria
Composer: Alfonso el Sabio
Ensemble: La Tempete
Performer: Lisandro Abadie (Baritone), Claire Lefilliatre (Soprano), Francisco Manalich (Tenor), Anna Reinhold (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Simon-Pierre Bestion
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Cantigas
Composer: Maurice Ohana
Ensemble: La Tempete
Performer: Lisandro Abadie (Baritone), Claire Lefilliatre (Soprano), Francisco Manalich (Tenor), Anna Reinhold (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Simon-Pierre Bestion