Stravinsky: Persephone / Salonen, Staples, Cheviller, Finnish National Orchestra

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Label
PENTATONE
Release Date
September 7, 2018
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      STRAVINSKY, IGOR
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Chorus & Children'S Chorus Finnish National Opera Orchestra
    • PERFORMER
      Staples, Cheviller, Salonen
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      September 07, 2018
    • UPC
      827949068867
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      PTC5186688
    • LABEL
      PENTATONE
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Part I: Déesse aux mille noms, puissante Déméter (Eumolphe)

      Composer: Igor Stravinsky

      Ensemble: Finnish National Opera Orchestra

      Performer: Andrew Staples

      Conductor: Esa-Pekka Salonen

    2. Part I: Reste avec nous, princesse Perséphone (Chorus, Perséphone, Eumolphe)

      Composer: Igor Stravinsky

      Ensemble: Finnish National Opera Chorus, Finnish National Opera Orchestra

      Performer: Pauline Cheviller, Andrew Staples

      Conductor: Esa-Pekka Salonen

    3. Part I: Perséphone, un peuple t'attend (Eumolphe, Perséphone)

      Composer: Igor Stravinsky

      Ensemble: Finnish National Opera Orchestra

      Performer: Andrew Staples, Pauline Cheviller

      Conductor: Esa-Pekka Salonen

    4. Part II: Ô peuple douloureux des ombres, tu m'attires (Perséphone, Eumolphe)

      Composer: Igor Stravinsky

      Ensemble: Finnish National Opera Orchestra

      Performer: Pauline Cheviller, Andrew Staples

      Conductor: Esa-Pekka Salonen

    5. Part II: Sur ce lit elle repose (Chorus)

      Composer: Igor Stravinsky

      Ensemble: Finnish National Opera Chorus, Finnish National Opera Orchestra

      Conductor: Esa-Pekka Salonen

    6. Part II: Ma mère Déméter, que la vie était belle (Perséphone, Chorus)

      Composer: Igor Stravinsky

      Ensemble: Finnish National Opera Chorus, Finnish National Opera Orchestra

      Performer: Pauline Cheviller

      Conductor: Esa-Pekka Salonen

    7. Part II: Tu viens pour dominer (Eumolphe, Perséphone, Chorus)

      Composer: Igor Stravinsky

      Ensemble: Finnish National Opera Chorus, Finnish National Opera Orchestra

      Performer: Andrew Staples, Pauline Cheviller

      Conductor: Esa-Pekka Salonen

    8. Part II: Le printemps, c'est toi! (Chorus, Perséphone)

      Composer: Igor Stravinsky

      Ensemble: Finnish National Opera Chorus, Finnish National Opera Orchestra

      Performer: Pauline Cheviller

      Conductor: Esa-Pekka Salonen

    9. Part II: Pauvres ombres désespérées (Eumolphe, Perséphone, Chorus)

      Composer: Igor Stravinsky

      Ensemble: Finnish National Opera Chorus, Finnish National Opera Orchestra

      Performer: Andrew Staples, Pauline Cheviller

      Conductor: Esa-Pekka Salonen

    10. Part III: C'est ainsi, nous raconte Homère (Eumolphe)

      Composer: Igor Stravinsky

      Ensemble: Finnish National Opera Orchestra

      Performer: Andrew Staples

      Conductor: Esa-Pekka Salonen

    11. Part III: Venez à nous, enfants des hommes (Chorus, Children)

      Composer: Igor Stravinsky

      Ensemble: Finnish National Opera Children's Chorus, Finnish National Opera Chorus, Finnish National Opera Orchestra

      Conductor: Esa-Pekka Salonen

    12. Part III: Parle, Perséphone, raconte (Chorus, Perséphone)

      Composer: Igor Stravinsky

      Ensemble: Finnish National Opera Chorus, Finnish National Opera Orchestra

      Performer: Pauline Cheviller

      Conductor: Esa-Pekka Salonen

    13. Part III: Ainsi vers l'ombre souterraine (Eumolphe, Chorus)

      Composer: Igor Stravinsky

      Ensemble: Finnish National Opera Children's Chorus, Finnish National Opera Chorus, Finnish National Opera Orchestra

      Performer: Andrew Staples

      Conductor: Esa-Pekka Salonen




Stravinsky’s Perséphone (1934) is a dynamic music-theatrical narration of the myth of Persephone’s abduction to the underworld and return to earth. The transparent, sober but evocative music epitomizes Stravinsky’s sensuous take on Neoclassicism, and the piece showcases Stravinsky’s eclectic, original and highly personal approach to music and musical drama through a playful mixture of several genres – melodrama, song, chorus, dance and pantomime. Ultimately, Perséphone offers Stravinsky’s second ode to spring, albeit without the brutal excesses of Le Sacre. This album was recorded live during the Helsinki Festival 2017 with a star cast featuring English tenor Andrew Staples and French actress Pauline Cheviller. They join forces with the Finnish National Opera’s chorus, children’s chorus and orchestra, conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen, in a breath-taking performance that lifts out the piece’s transformative power.

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REVIEW:

Radiant beauty is not a quality that is automatically associated with Stravinsky’s music. But in Perséphone he composed one of the most radiant and lyrically beautiful scores to be found anywhere in 20th-century music. It’s one of his greatest achievements. It's a beautifully modulated performance; nothing is forced, and all the elements, sung, played, and spoken, are well and carefully integrated.

– Guardian (UK)