Marion Cotillard, Xavier Gallais, Barcelona Symphony, Marc Soustrot – Honegger: Jeanne d’Arc au bûcher (2015) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

Marion Cotillard, Xavier Gallais, Barcelona Symphony, Marc Soustrot – Honegger: Jeanne d’Arc au bûcher (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:15:09 minutes | 719 MB | Genre: Classical
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By Swiss composer Arthur Honegger, “Jeanne d’Arc au Bûcher” (1938) is an imposing oratorio. Unlike other banal versions of the myth, the libretto is a highly original creation by French poet and playwright Paul Claudel, who perfectly dramatises the last moments of the martyr’s life. Honegger highlights all the anguish and tension of Joan’s interrogation and subsequent execution. Originally written for actress Ida Rubinstein, an excellent ballerina and actress who was the first to perform the part, the oratorio is written as a flashback in which Joan recalls her life, just before she dies.

This time, Oscar-winning French actress Marion Cotillard will be giving her very first French stage performance, playing the lead role with a passion that has already won her the awe of audiences and critics overseas. As a great film composer, Honegger creates visually evocative ambiances and fills the orchestra with new sounds (saxophones, ondes Martenot). The initial prologue to the piece was added in 1944 as a symbol of the resistance during the Nazi occupation of France: again, Joan goes beyond her own story.

Tracklist:
01. Orquestra Simfònica Barcelona i Nacional Catalunya, Marc Soustrot, Marion Cotillard, Xavier Gallais – Jeanne d’Arc au bûcher: Prologue (07:25)
02. Orquestra Simfònica Barcelona i Nacional Catalunya, Marc Soustrot, Madrigal Choir, Lieder Càmera Choir – Jeanne d’Arc au bûcher, Scène I: Les voix du ciel (02:19)
03. Orquestra Simfònica Barcelona i Nacional Catalunya, Marc Soustrot, Xavier Gallais, Marion Cotillard, Madrigal Choir, Lieder Càmera Choir – Jeanne d’Arc au bûcher, Scène II: Le livre (03:29)
04. Orquestra Simfònica Barcelona i Nacional Catalunya, Marc Soustrot, Xavier Gallais, Marion Cotillard, Madrigal Choir, Lieder Càmera Choir – Jeanne d’Arc au bûcher, Scène III: Les voix de la terre (03:44)
05. Orquestra Simfònica Barcelona i Nacional Catalunya, Marc Soustrot, Carles Romero Vidal, Pep Planas, Madrigal Choir, Lieder Càmera Choir, Yann Beuron, Marion Cotillard – Jeanne d’Arc au bûcher, Scène IV: Jeanne livrée aux bêtes (08:29)
06. Orquestra Simfònica Barcelona i Nacional Catalunya, Marc Soustrot, Marion Cotillard, Xavier Gallais – Jeanne d’Arc au bûcher, Scène V: Jeanne au poteau (03:17)
07. Orquestra Simfònica Barcelona i Nacional Catalunya, Marc Soustrot, Carles Romero Vidal, Eric Martin-Bonnet, Marion Cotillard, Pep Planas, Madrigal Choir, Lieder Càmera Choir – Jeanne d’Arc au bûcher, Scène VI: Les Rois, ou l’invention du jeu de cartes (05:34)
08. Orquestra Simfònica Barcelona i Nacional Catalunya, Marc Soustrot, Marion Cotillard, Xavier Gallais, AuExtrémo, Marta Almajano – Jeanne d’Arc au bûcher, Scène VII: Catherine et Marguerite (02:37)
09. Orquestra Simfònica Barcelona i Nacional Catalunya, Marc Soustrot, Madrigal Choir, Lieder Càmera Choir, Cor Vivaldi – Petits Cantors Catalunya, Anna Moreno-Lasalle, Yann Beuron, Eric Martin-Bonnet, Pep Planas, Marion Cotillard, Xavier Gallais – Jeanne D’Arc Au Bûcher, Scène VIII: Le Roi Qui Va-T-À Rheims (11:59)
10. Orquestra Simfònica Barcelona i Nacional Catalunya, Marc Soustrot, Marta Almajano, Marion Cotillard, Xavier Gallais, Cor Vivaldi – Petits Cantors Catalunya, Madrigal Choir, Lieder Càmera Choir – Jeanne d’Arc au bûcher, Scène IX: L’épée de Jeanne (14:34)
11. Orquestra Simfònica Barcelona i Nacional Catalunya, Marc Soustrot, Marion Cotillard – Jeanne d’Arc au bûcher, Scène X: Trimazo (00:44)
12. Orquestra Simfònica Barcelona i Nacional Catalunya, Marc Soustrot, Maria Hinojosa, Marion Cotillard, Lieder Càmera Choir, Madrigal Choir, Pep Planas, Marta Almajano, AuExtrémo – Jeanne d’Arc au bûcher, Scène XI: Jeanne d’Arc en flammes (10:53)

Personnel:
Marion Cotillard (Jeanne d’Arc)
Xavier Gallais (Brother Dominique)
Yann Beuron (A voice, Porcus, Herald I, Chaplain)
Maria Hinojosa (The Virgin)
Marta Almajano (Marguerite)
Aude Extrémo (Catherine)
Anna Moreno-Lasalle (Mother of Barrels)
Eric Martin-Bonnet (A voice, Herald II, Peasant)
Carles Romero Vidal (Herald, the ass, Bedford, J. de Luxembourg, Grinder Trusty, Peasant)
Pep Planas (The Usher, R. de Chartres, G. de Flavy, Perrot, Priest)
Lieder Càmera choir
Madrigal choir
Barcelona Symphony and Catalonia National Orchestra
Marc Soustrot, conductor

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