Dutilleux: Le Loup / Wilson, Sinfonia of London
Details
- Composer
- DUTILLEUX, HENRI
- Artist
- Walker, Koch, Davies, Sinfonia Of London, Wilson
- Format
- SACD
- Label
- Chandos
- Released
- Jun 04, 2021
- Catalog #
- CHSA 5263
- UPC
- 095115526323
About
Following the success of their previous album, English Music for Strings, John Wilson and his Sinfonia of London turn their attention to the music of Henri Dutilleux. His ballet Le Loup was composed as a commission for Roland Petit’s dance company and premièred in Paris in March 1953. Rarely recorded – this is the first recording by a non-French orchestra – the work unfolds in three tableaux and tells a convoluted tale of a bridegroom who jilts his bride (to run away with a gypsy) by persuading her that he has been changed into a wolf. Over time she discovers that the wolf is real, but her feelings turn from terror to love and when the alarmed villagers hunt the wolf, she defends him and dies at his side. The album is completed by three world première recordings of new orchestrations (by Kenneth Hesketh) of wind solos written for the Paris Conservatoire in the 1940s. Both the Sarabande et Cortège and Sonate pour hautbois are virtuosic tours de force for their soloists, as is the Sonatine pour flûte, which displays the lyricism, agility, and sparkling incisive qualities of the flute in what became Dutilleux’s most-performed work.
Tracklist 9 tracks
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1 Tableau 1: La Baraque foraine. Les Mystifications 09:05
- Track
- 1
- Title
- Tableau 1: La Baraque foraine. Les Mystifications
- Duration
- 09:05
- Composer
- Henri Dutilleux
- Ensemble
- Sinfonia of London
- Conductor
- John Wilson
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2 Tableau 2: La Chambre nuptiale. La Belle et la Bête 11:41
- Track
- 2
- Title
- Tableau 2: La Chambre nuptiale. La Belle et la Bête
- Duration
- 11:41
- Composer
- Henri Dutilleux
- Ensemble
- Sinfonia of London
- Conductor
- John Wilson
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3 Tableau 3: La Forêt d'hiver. Danse d'amour - Danse de mort 07:25
- Track
- 3
- Title
- Tableau 3: La Forêt d'hiver. Danse d'amour - Danse de mort
- Duration
- 07:25
- Composer
- Henri Dutilleux
- Ensemble
- Sinfonia of London
- Conductor
- John Wilson
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4 Flute Sonatine (arr. K. Hesketh for flute and orchestra) 09:23
- Track
- 4
- Title
- Flute Sonatine (arr. K. Hesketh for flute and orchestra)
- Duration
- 09:23
- Composer
- Henri Dutilleux
- Performer
- Adam Walker
- Ensemble
- Sinfonia of London
- Conductor
- John Wilson
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5 I. Grave - Poco meno mosso - 03:12
- Track
- 5
- Title
- I. Grave - Poco meno mosso -
- Duration
- 03:12
- Composer
- Henri Dutilleux
- Performer
- Juliana Koch
- Ensemble
- Sinfonia of London
- Conductor
- John Wilson
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6 II. Scherzo: Vif - Détendez très progressivement - Tempo I (Aria) 03:47
- Track
- 6
- Title
- II. Scherzo: Vif - Détendez très progressivement - Tempo I (Aria)
- Duration
- 03:47
- Composer
- Henri Dutilleux
- Performer
- Juliana Koch
- Ensemble
- Sinfonia of London
- Conductor
- John Wilson
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7 III. Finale: Assez allant - Poco ritenuto - Tempo I 04:10
- Track
- 7
- Title
- III. Finale: Assez allant - Poco ritenuto - Tempo I
- Duration
- 04:10
- Composer
- Henri Dutilleux
- Performer
- Juliana Koch
- Ensemble
- Sinfonia of London
- Conductor
- John Wilson
-
8 Sarabande 02:59
- Track
- 8
- Title
- Sarabande
- Duration
- 02:59
- Composer
- Henri Dutilleux
- Performer
- Jonathan Davies
- Ensemble
- Sinfonia of London
- Conductor
- John Wilson
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9 Cortège 04:12
- Track
- 9
- Title
- Cortège
- Duration
- 04:12
- Composer
- Henri Dutilleux
- Performer
- Jonathan Davies
- Ensemble
- Sinfonia of London
- Conductor
- John Wilson