Teodorescu-Ciocanea - Le Rouge et le noir | Toccata Classics TOCC0595

Teodorescu-Ciocanea - Le Rouge et le noir

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Label: Toccata Classics

Cat No: TOCC0595

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Ballet

Release Date: 8th January 2021

Contents

Artists

Mihaela Stanciu (soprano)
Romeo Cornelius (countertenor)
Chorus & Orchestra of Romanian National Opera

Conductor

Rasvan Cernat

Works

Teodorescu-Ciocanea, Livia

Le Rouge et le noir (ballet in 3 acts)

Artists

Mihaela Stanciu (soprano)
Romeo Cornelius (countertenor)
Chorus & Orchestra of Romanian National Opera

Conductor

Rasvan Cernat

About

Le Rouge et le noir, the pioneering psychological novel by Stendhal published in 1830, has had a number of adaptations on film but surprisingly few treatments in music. This three-act ballet, premiered in 2000, by the Romanian composer Livia Teodorescu-Ciocănea (b. 1959), rectifies that omission in the grand manner. The atmosphere is dark and passionate, as the novel requires, and the musical language reflects the remarkable tradition of Romanian modernism that emerged in the second half of the twentieth century from the music of Enescu – a distinctive soundworld that blends rich timbral colour with deep roots in Romanian folk-music.

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