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Patrick Marcland: L’infinito

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Details

Composer
Patrick Marcland
Artist
Chantal Perraud, Sylvie Deguy, Elisabeth Lagneau, Sylvia Nopper, Muriel Schwartz, Leila Pfister
Format
CD
Label
Stradivarius
Released
May 15, 2026
Catalog #
STR37352
UPC
8011570373526

About

L'infinito is Giacomo Leopardi's famous and emblematic poem. The choice of this poem as the sole textual material for the composition of this set of vocal pieces was dictated as much by the evident musicality of Leopardi's verses as by the immense dreamlike openness of his imagination. The musicality of this language, the tonic accents specific to Italian, of course, but also the rhythm provided by the particular scansion of these fifteen verses. The multiplicity and diversity of the themes addressed by Leopardi, in only 15 verses, offer the composer a range of perspectives, paths to follow, and characters to explore, such that the challenge required diversity in the vocal treatment as well (since this is only a question of song, without instrumental intervention). This also justified the formal division into several pieces, each treating an aspect of the poem, sometimes fragmented, in a particular mode of vocal expression. After exploring registers ranging from simple declamation to the greatest vocal virtuosity, from the extremely low to the very high, from one single voice to several, the work concludes with nothing but the singers' respiration (breathing) recorded in an anechoic chamber the body's own rustling, now voiceless, expressing itself solely through breath. This music was originally written for the choreographic performance entitled 'Sanguine,' choreographed by Nadine Hernu. P.M.

Tracklist 7 tracks

  1. 1 La poesia, etc… 04:33
    Track
    1
    Title
    La poesia, etc…
    Duration
    04:33
    Composer
    Patrick Marcland
    Performer
    Patrizia Lo Sciuto, Chantal Perraud, Sylvie Deguy, Elizabeth Lagneau, Patrick Marcland
    Conductor
    Alain Altinoglu
  2. 2 L'infinito 04:33
    Track
    2
    Title
    L'infinito
    Duration
    04:33
    Composer
    Patrick Marcland
    Performer
    Chantal Perraud
  3. 3 Sempre caro… 03:08
    Track
    3
    Title
    Sempre caro…
    Duration
    03:08
    Composer
    Patrick Marcland
    Performer
    Chantal Perraud, Sylvie Deguy, Elizabeth Lagneau
    Conductor
    Alain Altinoglu
  4. 4 Sedendo e mirando… 03:46
    Track
    4
    Title
    Sedendo e mirando…
    Duration
    03:46
    Composer
    Patrick Marcland
    Performer
    Chantal Perraud, Sylvie Deguy, Elizabeth Lagneau
    Conductor
    Alain Altinoglu
  5. 5 Sovrumani silenzi… 04:28
    Track
    5
    Title
    Sovrumani silenzi…
    Duration
    04:28
    Composer
    Patrick Marcland
    Performer
    Chantal Perraud, Sylvie Deguy, Elizabeth Lagneau
    Conductor
    Alain Altinoglu
  6. 6 Trio L'infinito 08:40
    Track
    6
    Title
    Trio L'infinito
    Duration
    08:40
    Composer
    Patrick Marcland
    Performer
    Sylvia Nopper, Muriel Schwartz, Leila Pfister
    Conductor
    Pierre Strauch
  7. 7 Souffles 07:46
    Track
    7
    Title
    Souffles
    Duration
    07:46
    Composer
    Patrick Marcland
    Performer
    Chantal Perraud, Sylvie Deguy, Elizabeth Lagneau, Patrick Marcland
    Conductor
    Alain Altinoglu