Esa-Pekka Salonen, Andrew Staples, Pauline Cheviller , Finnish National Opera – Stravinsky: Perséphone (Live) (2018) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Esa-Pekka Salonen, Andrew Staples, Pauline Cheviller , Finnish National Opera – Stravinsky: Perséphone (Live) (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 50:09 minutes | 894 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © PentaTone

Stravinsky’s Perséphone (1934) is a dynamic musical-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 breathtaking performance that emphasizes the piece’s transformative power.

Tracklist:
1-01. Andrew Staples, Finnish National Opera Orchestra & Esa-Pekka Salonen – Persephone, Pt. 1 – Deesse aux mille noms, puissante Demeter (Live) (02:07)
1-02. Andrew Staples, Pauline Cheviller, Finnish National Opera Orchestra & Esa-Pekka Salonen – Persephone, Pt. 1 – Reste avec nous, princesse Persephone (Live) (05:45)
1-03. Andrew Staples, Pauline Cheviller, Finnish National Opera Orchestra & Esa-Pekka Salonen – Persephone, Pt. 1 – Persephone, un peuple t’attend (Live) (02:33)
1-04. Andrew Staples, Pauline Cheviller, Finnish National Opera Orchestra & Esa-Pekka Salonen – Persephone, Pt. 2 – O peuple douloureux des ombres, tu m’attires (Live) (04:11)
1-05. Andrew Staples, Pauline Cheviller, Finnish National Opera Orchestra & Esa-Pekka Salonen – Persephone, Pt. 2 – Sur ce lit elle repose (Live) (03:48)
1-06. Andrew Staples, Finnish National Opera Orchestra & Esa-Pekka Salonen – Persephone, Pt. 2 – Ma mere Demeter, que la vie etait belle (Live) (01:29)
1-07. Andrew Staples, Pauline Cheviller, Finnish National Opera Orchestra & Esa-Pekka Salonen – Persephone, Pt. 2 – Tu viens pour dominer (Live) (09:03)
1-08. Pauline Cheviller, Finnish National Opera Orchestra & Esa-Pekka Salonen – Persephone, Pt. 2 – Le printemps, c’est toi! (Live) (01:48)
1-09. Andrew Staples, Pauline Cheviller, Finnish National Opera Orchestra & Esa-Pekka Salonen – Persephone, Pt. 2 – Pauvres ombres desesperees (Live) (04:25)
1-10. Andrew Staples, Finnish National Opera Orchestra & Esa-Pekka Salonen – Persephone, Pt. 3 – C’est ainsi, nous raconte Homere (Live) (03:29)
1-11. Finnish National Opera Orchestra & Esa-Pekka Salonen – Persephone, Pt. 3 – Venez a nous, enfants des hommes (Live) (06:10)
1-12. Pauline Cheviller, Finnish National Opera Orchestra & Esa-Pekka Salonen – Persephone, Pt. 3 – Parle, Persephone, raconte (Live) (03:11)
1-13. Andrew Staples, Finnish National Opera Orchestra & Esa-Pekka Salonen – Persephone, Pt. 3 – Ainsi vers l’ombre souterraine (Live) (02:04)

Personnel:
Andrew Staples, tenor
Pauline Cheviller, narrator
Finnish National Opera Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

Download: