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Dialogue

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Composer
Jean Yves Daniel-Lesur, Caroline Marcot, Olivier Messiaen, Krzysztof Penderecki, Francis Poulenc
Artist
NFM Choir, Lionel Sow
Format
CD
Label
Alpha
Released
Jun 05, 2026
Catalog #
ALPHA1233
UPC
3701624512333

About

The NFM Choir from Wroclaw juxtaposes Penderecki and French composers, creating a dialogue between Polish and French music of the 20th century, between the singers from Wroclaw, where the choir is based, and Frenchman Lionel Sow, it's conductor since 2021. The program opens with Krzysztof Penderecki's Le Chant des chérubins, a piece composed in 1986 based on a text from the Orthodox liturgy. This is followed by a composition by French composer Yves Daniel-Lesur, a twelve-part Cantique des Cantiques composed in 1953. In 1962, Penderecki completed a Stabat Mater of a purely religious nature, a declaration of opposition to the communist system and it's visceral atheism, but also to Western avant-garde circles, which were equally uninterested in the sacred. Fast forward to the 2000s with Nigra sum by composer and mezzo-soprano Caroline Marçot, who is very interested in Renaissance music. If there is one thing that Poulenc's Salve Regina, composed in 1941, and Penderecki's Agnus Dei, written forty years later, have in common, it is simplicity and a form of contemplation that can also be found in Olivier Messiaen's O sacrum convivium, composed in 1937.

Tracklist 14 tracks

  1. 1 Song of Cherubim 07:11
    Track
    1
    Title
    Song of Cherubim
    Duration
    07:11
    Composer
    Krzysztof Penderecki
    Ensemble
    National Forum of Music Choir
    Conductor
    Lionel Sow
  2. 2 I. Dialogue 03:05
    Track
    2
    Title
    I. Dialogue
    Duration
    03:05
    Composer
    Jean Yves Daniel-Lesur
    Ensemble
    National Forum of Music Choir
    Conductor
    Lionel Sow
  3. 3 II. La voix du bien-aime 03:11
    Track
    3
    Title
    II. La voix du bien-aime
    Duration
    03:11
    Composer
    Jean Yves Daniel-Lesur
    Ensemble
    National Forum of Music Choir
    Conductor
    Lionel Sow
  4. 4 III. Le Songe 01:37
    Track
    4
    Title
    III. Le Songe
    Duration
    01:37
    Composer
    Jean Yves Daniel-Lesur
    Ensemble
    National Forum of Music Choir
    Conductor
    Lionel Sow
  5. 5 IV. Le roi Salomon 01:36
    Track
    5
    Title
    IV. Le roi Salomon
    Duration
    01:36
    Composer
    Jean Yves Daniel-Lesur
    Ensemble
    National Forum of Music Choir
    Conductor
    Lionel Sow
  6. 6 V. Le jardin clos 04:13
    Track
    6
    Title
    V. Le jardin clos
    Duration
    04:13
    Composer
    Jean Yves Daniel-Lesur
    Ensemble
    National Forum of Music Choir
    Conductor
    Lionel Sow
  7. 7 VI. La sulamite 03:43
    Track
    7
    Title
    VI. La sulamite
    Duration
    03:43
    Composer
    Jean Yves Daniel-Lesur
    Ensemble
    National Forum of Music Choir
    Conductor
    Lionel Sow
  8. 8 VII. Epithalame 03:01
    Track
    8
    Title
    VII. Epithalame
    Duration
    03:01
    Composer
    Jean Yves Daniel-Lesur
    Ensemble
    National Forum of Music Choir
    Conductor
    Lionel Sow
  9. 9 Stabat Mater 08:43
    Track
    9
    Title
    Stabat Mater
    Duration
    08:43
    Composer
    Krzysztof Penderecki
    Ensemble
    National Forum of Music Choir
    Conductor
    Lionel Sow
  10. 10 Nigra sum 04:41
    Track
    10
    Title
    Nigra sum
    Duration
    04:41
    Composer
    Caroline Marcot
    Ensemble
    National Forum of Music Choir
    Conductor
    Lionel Sow
  11. 11 O gloriosa virginum 04:21
    Track
    11
    Title
    O gloriosa virginum
    Duration
    04:21
    Composer
    Krzysztof Penderecki
    Ensemble
    National Forum of Music Choir
    Conductor
    Lionel Sow
  12. 12 Salve regina, FP 110 04:55
    Track
    12
    Title
    Salve regina, FP 110
    Duration
    04:55
    Composer
    Francis Poulenc
    Ensemble
    National Forum of Music Choir
    Conductor
    Lionel Sow
  13. 13 Polish Requiem: Agnus Dei 07:48
    Track
    13
    Title
    Polish Requiem: Agnus Dei
    Duration
    07:48
    Composer
    Krzysztof Penderecki
    Ensemble
    National Forum of Music Choir
    Conductor
    Lionel Sow
  14. 14 O sacrum convivium! 05:29
    Track
    14
    Title
    O sacrum convivium!
    Duration
    05:29
    Composer
    Olivier Messiaen
    Ensemble
    National Forum of Music Choir
    Conductor
    Lionel Sow