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Couperin & Vivaldi: Or (Light)

Contemporary Virtuosic Spiritual Nostalgic Melancholic Cello
$20.99

Details

Composer
Francois Couperin, Antonio Vivaldi
Artist
Sonia Wieder-Atherton
Format
CD
Label
Alpha
Released
Apr 10, 2026
Catalog #
ALPHA1203
UPC
3701624512036

About

For her new recording, entitled Or (light), cellist Sonia Wieder-Atherton has devised a two-part narrative, "a series of freeze frames, like incursions into time": first, Couperin's Les leçons de ténèbres or the Lamentations of the Prophet Jeremiah. Prophecies are created in the time before. Before destruction and tears: "We hear the prophet's song of lamentation, although the possibility that this might not come to pass still exists." Then comes "our time": "Vivaldi's dramatic power brings us face to face with the present. He says, 'It's here now.'" Sonia has chosen several excerpts from his operas and from two violin concertos. She transcribed most of the pieces in this programme for solo cello or two cellos, two voices that she plays herself. She also imagined bridges to other lights, those of Mahut's percussion and Marius Atherton's electric guitar and MS20 synthesiser.

Tracklist 19 tracks

  1. 1 Incipit Lamentatio Jeremiae prophetæ 01:02
    Track
    1
    Title
    Incipit Lamentatio Jeremiae prophetæ
    Duration
    01:02
    Composer
    François Couperin
    Performer
    Sonia Wieder-Atherton, Marius Atherton
  2. 2 Aleph - Quomodo sedet sola 02:51
    Track
    2
    Title
    Aleph - Quomodo sedet sola
    Duration
    02:51
    Composer
    François Couperin
    Performer
    Sonia Wieder-Atherton, Marius Atherton
  3. 3 Beth - Plorans ploravit in nocte 05:27
    Track
    3
    Title
    Beth - Plorans ploravit in nocte
    Duration
    05:27
    Composer
    François Couperin
    Performer
    Sonia Wieder-Atherton, Marius Atherton
  4. 4 Ghimel - Migravit Juda 02:59
    Track
    4
    Title
    Ghimel - Migravit Juda
    Duration
    02:59
    Composer
    François Couperin
    Performer
    Sonia Wieder-Atherton, Marius Atherton
  5. 5 Daleth - Viæ Sion lugent 03:52
    Track
    5
    Title
    Daleth - Viæ Sion lugent
    Duration
    03:52
    Composer
    François Couperin
    Performer
    Sonia Wieder-Atherton, Marius Atherton
  6. 6 He - Facti sunt hostes 03:38
    Track
    6
    Title
    He - Facti sunt hostes
    Duration
    03:38
    Composer
    François Couperin
    Performer
    Sonia Wieder-Atherton, Marius Atherton
  7. 7 Jerusalem 03:44
    Track
    7
    Title
    Jerusalem
    Duration
    03:44
    Composer
    François Couperin
    Performer
    Sonia Wieder-Atherton
  8. 8 Jod - Manum suam misit - Caph 03:10
    Track
    8
    Title
    Jod - Manum suam misit - Caph
    Duration
    03:10
    Composer
    François Couperin
    Performer
    Sonia Wieder-Atherton, Marius Atherton
  9. 9 Omnis populus - Lamed 02:31
    Track
    9
    Title
    Omnis populus - Lamed
    Duration
    02:31
    Composer
    François Couperin
    Performer
    Sonia Wieder-Atherton, Marius Atherton
  10. 10 O vos omnes 02:45
    Track
    10
    Title
    O vos omnes
    Duration
    02:45
    Composer
    François Couperin
    Performer
    Sonia Wieder-Atherton, Marius Atherton
  11. 11 Mem 01:20
    Track
    11
    Title
    Mem
    Duration
    01:20
    Composer
    François Couperin
    Performer
    Sonia Wieder-Atherton, Marius Atherton
  12. 12 De excelso misit - Nun 03:23
    Track
    12
    Title
    De excelso misit - Nun
    Duration
    03:23
    Composer
    François Couperin
    Performer
    Sonia Wieder-Atherton, Marius Atherton
  13. 13 Jerusalem 02:17
    Track
    13
    Title
    Jerusalem
    Duration
    02:17
    Composer
    François Couperin
    Performer
    Sonia Wieder-Atherton, Marius Atherton
  14. 14 Farnace, RV 711, Act II: Aria: Gelido in ogni vena (arr. S. Wieder-Atherton for cello ensemble) 07:46
    Track
    14
    Title
    Farnace, RV 711, Act II: Aria: Gelido in ogni vena (arr. S. Wieder-Atherton for cello ensemble)
    Duration
    07:46
    Composer
    Antonio Vivaldi
    Performer
    Sonia Wieder-Atherton
  15. 15 Tieteberga, RV 737, Act II: Sento in seno ch'in pioggia di lagrime (arr. S. Wieder-Atherton for cello ensemble) 02:56
    Track
    15
    Title
    Tieteberga, RV 737, Act II: Sento in seno ch'in pioggia di lagrime (arr. S. Wieder-Atherton for cello ensemble)
    Duration
    02:56
    Composer
    Antonio Vivaldi
    Performer
    Sonia Wieder-Atherton
  16. 16 Giustino, RV 717, Act I: Aria: Vedro con mio diletto (arr. S. Wieder-Atherton for cello ensemble) 04:04
    Track
    16
    Title
    Giustino, RV 717, Act I: Aria: Vedro con mio diletto (arr. S. Wieder-Atherton for cello ensemble)
    Duration
    04:04
    Composer
    Antonio Vivaldi
    Performer
    Sonia Wieder-Atherton
  17. 17 Concerto Grosso in G Minor, Op. 3, No. 2, RV 578: I. Adagio e Spiccato (arr. S. Wieder-Atherton for cello ensemble) 01:43
    Track
    17
    Title
    Concerto Grosso in G Minor, Op. 3, No. 2, RV 578: I. Adagio e Spiccato (arr. S. Wieder-Atherton for cello ensemble)
    Duration
    01:43
    Composer
    Antonio Vivaldi
    Performer
    Sonia Wieder-Atherton
  18. 18 The Four Seasons: Violin Concerto in F Major, Op. 8, No. 3, RV 293, "L'autunno" (Autumn): II. Adagio molto (arr. S. Wieder-Atherton for cello and synthesizer) 03:28
    Track
    18
    Title
    The Four Seasons: Violin Concerto in F Major, Op. 8, No. 3, RV 293, "L'autunno" (Autumn): II. Adagio molto (arr. S. Wieder-Atherton for cello and synthesizer)
    Duration
    03:28
    Composer
    Antonio Vivaldi
    Performer
    Sonia Wieder-Atherton, Nicolas Worms
  19. 19 Farnace, RV 711, Act II: Aria: Gelido in ogni vena (arr. S. Wieder-Atherton and Mahut for cello ensemble and percussion) 08:11
    Track
    19
    Title
    Farnace, RV 711, Act II: Aria: Gelido in ogni vena (arr. S. Wieder-Atherton and Mahut for cello ensemble and percussion)
    Duration
    08:11
    Composer
    Antonio Vivaldi
    Performer
    Sonia Wieder-Atherton, Mahut