Honegger: Jeanne d'Arc au Bucher / Cotillard, Gallais, Soustrot

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Release Date
May 26, 2015
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      HONEGGER, ARTHUR
    • PERFORMER
      Le Clercmaria, Héraut I, Marion Cotillardjeanne D?Arcxavier Gallaisfrère Dominiqueyann Beuronporcus
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      May 26, 2015
    • UPC
      3760014197093
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      ALPHA709
    • LABEL
      Alpha
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Choral - Secular
    Works ⌄

    1. Prologue

      Composer: Arthur Honegger

      Ensemble: Cor Lieder Càmera, Cor Madrigal, Vivaldi Choir - Young Singers from Catalunya, Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Marc Soustrot

    2. Les voix du ciel (The voice from heaven)

      Composer: Arthur Honegger

      Ensemble: Cor Lieder Càmera, Cor Madrigal, Vivaldi Choir - Young Singers from Catalunya, Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Marc Soustrot

    3. Le livre (The book)

      Composer: Arthur Honegger

      Ensemble: Cor Lieder Càmera, Cor Madrigal, Vivaldi Choir - Young Singers from Catalunya, Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Marion Cotillard, Xavier Gallais

      Conductor: Marc Soustrot

    4. Les voix de la terre (The voices of the earth)

      Composer: Arthur Honegger

      Ensemble: Cor Lieder Càmera, Cor Madrigal, Vivaldi Choir - Young Singers from Catalunya, Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Marion Cotillard, Xavier Gallais

      Conductor: Marc Soustrot

    5. Jeanne livree aux betes (Joan given up to the beasts)

      Composer: Arthur Honegger

      Ensemble: Cor Lieder Càmera, Cor Madrigal, Vivaldi Choir - Young Singers from Catalunya, Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Carles Romero Vidal, Pep Planas, Yann Beuron

      Conductor: Marc Soustrot

    6. Jeanne au poteau (Joan at the stake)

      Composer: Arthur Honegger

      Ensemble: Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Marion Cotillard, Xavier Gallais

      Conductor: Marc Soustrot

    7. Les rois ou l'invention du jeu de cartes (The kings or the invention of the game of cards)

      Composer: Arthur Honegger

      Ensemble: Cor Lieder Càmera, Cor Madrigal, Vivaldi Choir - Young Singers from Catalunya, Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Yann Beuron, Eric Martin-Bonnet, Marion Cotillard, Carles Romero Vidal, Pep Planas

      Conductor: Marc Soustrot

    8. Catherine et Marguerite (Catherine and Margaret)

      Composer: Arthur Honegger

      Ensemble: Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Marion Cotillard, Xavier Gallais, Aude Extremo, Marta Almajano

      Conductor: Marc Soustrot

    9. Le roi qui va-t-a rheims (The king set out for rheims)

      Composer: Arthur Honegger

      Ensemble: Cor Lieder Càmera, Cor Madrigal, Vivaldi Choir - Young Singers from Catalunya, Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Eric Martin-Bonnet, Anna Moreno-Lasalle, Yann Beuron, Carles Romero Vidal

      Conductor: Marc Soustrot

    10. L'epee de Jeanne (The sword of Joan)

      Composer: Arthur Honegger

      Ensemble: Cor Lieder Càmera, Cor Madrigal, Vivaldi Choir - Young Singers from Catalunya, Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Marta Almajano, Marion Cotillard, Xavier Gallais, Aude Extremo

      Conductor: Marc Soustrot

    11. Trimazo

      Composer: Arthur Honegger

      Ensemble: Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Marion Cotillard

      Conductor: Marc Soustrot

    12. Jeanne d'arc en flammes (The burning of Joan of arc)

      Composer: Arthur Honegger

      Ensemble: Cor Lieder Càmera, Cor Madrigal, Vivaldi Choir - Young Singers from Catalunya, Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Maria Hinojosa, Marion Cotillard, Pep Planas, Marta Almajano, Aude Extremo

      Conductor: Marc Soustrot


Also available on DVD

Jeanne d’Arc au Bucher, written by the Swiss composer Arthur Honegger in 1938, is a fascinating oratorio. The text by Paul Claudel is constructed like a flashback, in which Joan looks back over her life just before she dies.

Marion Cotillard plays Joan with intensity and sincerity. The last moments of the martyr’s life, illustrated by the evocative and innovative music of Honegger, resound like a heartrending cry. With an exceptional cast of performers, this live recording offers a gripping new version of one of the masterpieces of twentieth-century music.

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REVIEWS:

Cotillard movingly captures Jeanne's wildly contrasting moods while Xavier Gallas is consoling yet determined in supporting her. Most impressive of all, though, are the searing choral contributions that are convincing in their heartfelt gallic fervor, from an oppressed people, via baying crowd to angelic host.

– BBC Music Magazine

Cotillard marvelously captures Jeanne's innocence, toughness and terrifying doubts; Gallais is compassionate, tender, and at times tellingly fierce. The impact is immeasurably heightened on DVD by our being able to see both the sorrowing beauty of Gallais's face and the extraordinary way Cotillard's eyes let us know exactly what is going on in Jeanne's mind and soul.

– Gramophone