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Pizzicato Reviews niederließen, in Griechenland, auf Les meilleurs CDs de notre dem Balkan, in der Türkei und in rubrique sont présentés par ALTE MUSIK Marokko. Das ergibt den speziellen Touch dieser CD-Produktion, die mu- sikalisch nichts zu wünschen übrig lässt und mit ganz schönen Stim- mungsbildern für sich einnimmt. Den Klang freilich hätte ich mir le samedi de 9.30 à 11.00 hrs etwas intimer gewünscht und nicht et le lundi de 14.00 à 15.30 hrs so großräumig. RéF dans l’émission «CD-Klassik» de Rémy Franck BAROCK CD + SACD + DVD Audio + DVD + SACD CD Bewertung: BACH OHNE STROMSCHNELLEN Unbefriedigend AUTOUR DE PÂQUES des textes en sept langues et six CD. Les trois premiers CD contiennent J. S. Bach: Partiten Nr. 2 & Mittelmäßig G. P. da Palestrina (Vo- la musique et les récitations (en 6, Toccata BWV 911; David lume 3): Stabat Mater langue française), les trois derniers Fray, Klavier; 1 CD Virgin Classics Gut, aber mit punktuellen a8, Song of Songs n° 4-6, Three uniquement la musique. Des ver- 50999 070944 2 12; 9/12 (65’32) Einschränkungen Offertories for the Easter Period, sions de langues alternatives (an- Nach den vielen exzellenten Bach- Missa Regina Caeli; The Sixteen, glais, italien, allemand, espagnol, Aufnahmen, die wir in der letzten Gut Harry Christophers; 1 CD Coro Cor catalan et néerlandais) sont dispo- Zeit gehört und die uns durch ihre 16106; 10/12 (70'30) nibles par téléchargement. En ma- Interpretationsqualität regelrecht Sehr gut Voici une très belle production riant la musique à ces textes (ceux begeistert haben, lässt uns diese qui nous mène de la Croix à la Ré- 'Erasme, mais aussi ceux de Luther, Einspielung des talentierten David Supersonic: surrection. En faisant commencer ce Stefan Zweig et bien d'autres) Savall Fray eher kalt. Andrea Bacchetti SUPERSONIC Außer ge wöhn li che Spitzen lei stung. troisième volume consacré à Pales- créée un document multiculturel hat uns mehrmals gezeigt, wie dy- Ein Must! trina par le superbe 'Stabat Mater à passionnant qui nous fait découvrir namisch und spannend man Bach 8' et en terminant par la 'Missa Re- les multiples facettes de la vie et spielen kann, Murray Perahia hat in gina Caeli', Harry Christophers nous des écrits d'Erasme. Les interpré- seinen Einspielungen auf die trans- propose une programmation très tations musicales, est-il besoin de zendentale Schönheit hingewiesen cohérente qui se concentre sur les le souligner, sont magistrales. ma und Andras Schiff hat in die Tiefen deux jours les plus forts de l'année von Bachs Seele blicken lassen. liturgique: le vendredi saint avec la David Fray entscheidet sich in die- Die Autoren mise à mort du Christ et le jour de ser Einspielung für eine sehr roman- Pâques qui célèbre sa résurrection. tische Leseart, die trotz großer pia- ge – Guy Engels Comme presque toujours en pareil nistischer Fähigkeiten nicht über ein GW – Guy Wagner cas, les 'Sixteen' se montrent abso- gediegenes Mittelmaß hinauskommt. ma – Marcel Louis lument à la hauteur du projet. L'en- Sicher, Fray spielt wunderschön, aber semble, du moins dans les premières dort wo Akzente, Rhythmen oder dy- MaR – Manuel Ribeiro plages du CD, se caractérise par un namische Abstufungen gefragt sind, n.t. – Norbert Tischer chant ample et souple qui épouse setzt Fray auf einen großen Atem PiRath – Pierre Schwickerath parfaitement tous les contours du und ein immer fließendes Klangbild. pjt – Pierre-Jean Tribot discours polyphonique. Le travail Das gelingt ihm auch sehr gut, aber RéF – Remy Franck de Christophers se révèle tout par- der immerwährende Fluss der Musik Steff – Alain Steffen ticulièrement efficace dans la 'Missa gerät nie in Stromschnellen, viel zu Regina Caeli' qui nous séduit sur- SEPHARDISCHES gemütlich und harmlos plätschert er tout par sa clarté et sa conduite LAMENTIEREN dahin. Irgendwie scheint er keine transparente. Ici, les sonorités de wirkliche Position beziehen zu wol- 'The Sixteen' se font moins amples Endechar - Lament for len, denn ausdrucksmäßig ist dieser OFFRE SPÉCIALE au profit d'une meilleure lisibilité Spain (Sephardic Roman- Bach schwer einzuordnen. Er ist zu du discours polyphonique, surtout ces and Songs); Capilla Antigua de schön, um aufregend zu sein und viel dans le Kyrie. PiRath Chinchilla, José Ferrero; 1 CD Naxos zu vorhersehbar, um den Zuhörer bei 8.572443 (57'31) der Stange zu halten. Dort wo Bac- ERASME, SES ÉCRITS, Sephardische Musik wurde nicht chetti, Schiff und Perahia, jeder auf zuletzt durch Jordi Savall wieder seine Weise, zu faszinieren wissen, SA VIE, SON TEMPS belebt. Die renommierte 'Capilla kann Frays Spiel im besten Falle nur Erasmus van Rotterdam: Antigua de Chinchilla' spielt und gefallen. Und das ist doch etwas zu Eloge de la folie; La Ca- singt auf dieser CD ein Programm wenig für eine vielschichtige Musik pour les lecteurs de pella Reial de Catalunya & Hespèrion mit solcher Musik aus dem alten An- wie die von Bach, oder? Steff XXI, Jordi Savall; 6 CD + livre Alia dalusien. Das Wort 'endechar' kommt Vox AV 9895; 1991-2012 (224/215') aus der Zeit vor der Ausweisung der Dans l'opulente série de ses in- Juden aus Spanien im Jahre 1492. HÄNDEL ET LA BASSE commensurables livres-CD, Jordi In der jüdischen Gemeinschaft be- Savall publie un nouveau volume, deutete es 'Begräbnislieder singen' G.F. Händel: Finest Arias 10% de remise 'Erasmus von Rotterdam - Éloge de oder 'lamentieren'. Die Sepharden for Base Voice (Rinaldo, la Folie', consacré à la musique tour- hielten diese Tradition in 'ladino', Aci, Galatea e Polifemo, Acis and sur les références nant autour du livre du même nom, ihrer jüdisch-spanischen Sprache Galatea, L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed 'Supersonic' publié par Erasme en 1511. Ce vo- aufrecht. Die Lamente wurden mu- il Moderato, La Resurrezione, De- lume contient un livre de plus de sikalisch durch die Länder angerei- borah, Belshazzar, Orlando, Agrip- 650 pages richement illustrées, avec chert, in denen sich die Sepharden pina, Apollo e Dafne, Alexander's 3/2013 pizzicato 31 CD + SACD + DVD Audio + DVD + SACD CD Feast; Christopher Purves, basse, mann s'attaque donc ici à un patri- Wie lebendig die Szene seinerzeit in EXPRESSION AVANT TOUT Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen; 1 CD moine particulièrement délicat, qui Elbflorenz gewesen sein muss, davon Hyperion CDA67842; 2012 (70'54) exige des solistes, surtout de l'évan- gibt uns das noch junge Ensemble Concert à la cour des Habs- Les airs de Händel? Vous en géliste, une technique vocale sans eine sehr erfrischende Kostprobe. bourg (Biber, Froberger, connaissez des dizaines pour sopra- faille pour donner vie aux longues Keine Manierismen, unprätentiös, Walther); Ensemble Stravaganza; 1 no, pour mezzo, ténor et contre-té- pages de récitatifs, écrites dans le geschmackvoll und virtuos spielen CD Aparté AP041; 2011/12 (62'15) nor. Mais pour basse? Rare denrée! style du récitatif grégorien. Bien sie die Werke von Fasch, Heinichen, Voici le premier disque de l'En- L'intérêt pour le disque de Christo- sûr, l'homme moderne, ayant pour Händel, Telemann und Pisendel. Die- semble Stravaganza, un jeune en- pher Purves est donc élevé, car il référence les Passions 'spectacu- ses natürliche Spiel aus einem Guss semble baroque qui s’est créé autour réunit une belle collection montrant laires' d'un Bach, devra certaine- bereitet höchstes Vergnügen. ge de deux musiciens, Domitille Gilon l'étendue du répertoire au moyen ment apprivoiser cette extrême pau- et Thomas Soltani, et qui joue sur d'opéras de style italien ou anglais vreté des moyens, mais qui se révèle ce disque un programme sous le et d'oratorios. très efficace. La prestation de Jan titre 'Concert à la cour des Habs- Admirablement soutenu par un Kobow, dans le rôle de l'évangéliste, SUPERSONIC bourg' réunissant des œuvres de ensemble instrumental de grande est très convaincante et vivante. Schmelzer, Biber, Walther et Fro- H. Schütz: Lukaspassion & Die qualité, Purves met sa voix étendue La diction est claire, et la musi- Sieben Worte (Vol. 6); Ulrike Hof- berger. Cette matière orchestrale - des aigus de baryton aux plus pro- calité suffisamment sensible pour bauer, Stefan Kunath, Jan Kobow, passionnante incite les musiciens fonds sons de basse - au service de déclamer ces pages tout en capti- Tobias Mäthger, Felix Schwandtke, de 'Stravaganza' à une belle explo- cette musique, en prenant soin de vant l'auditeur. Les petites pages The Sirius Viols, Hille Perl, Viola da ration des timbres et des couleurs, bien différencier les airs selon leur chorales sont suffisamment vives Gamba, Lee Santana, Theorbe, Ludger sans pécher par l'exclusivité d'un contenu et leur style. Si le chanteur pour éviter toute fatigue d'écoute Rémy, Orgel, Dresdner Kammerchor, souci de décoration et de virtuosité. montre une belle virtuosité et une qui pourrait naître chez l'auditeur. Hans-Christoph Rademann; 1 CD Ces éléments y sont, certes, dans Carus 83.253 agilité remarquable, il ne manque Les autres solistes, dont les rôles la juste mesure, et toujours combi- pas de lyrisme non plus, satisfai- sont fort ténus mais toujours pri- B. Britten: Cello Symphony, Cello nés à ce qui, finalement, donne une sant ainsi aux exigences les plus mordiaux pour l'avancement de la Sonata & 3 Cello Suites; Alban âme au programme. L'innervation sévères qu'on peut formuler pour passion, participent pleinement à Gerhardt, Cello, Steven Osborne, est ardente, alliant la profondeur un tel programme. RéF la réussite de cet enregistrement. Klavier, BBC Scottish Symphony du sens à la splendeur sonore et Il s'agit donc d'une Passion courte, Orchestra, Andrew Manze; 2 CDs suscite ainsi, auprès de l'auditeur, Hyperion Records CDA67941 PASSIO DOMINI d'un effectif très réduit, et qui peut une émotion subjuguante. RéF prendre place sans peine dans les Sibelius, Saint-Saëns, Waxman, H. Schütz: Lu- offices liturgiques de la semaine Kreisler, Barber, Panisello, Paganini; SUPERSONIC kaspassion & Die sainte.
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