50-50: Chalmin, Harry, Lully, Purcell | Aparte AP286

50-50: Chalmin, Harry, Lully, Purcell

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Label: Aparte

Cat No: AP286

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Release Date: 2nd September 2022

Contents

Artists

Axelle Verner (mezzo-soprano)
Le Concert de L’Hostel Dieu

Conductor

Franck-Emmanuel Comte

Works

Chalmin, David

Ground Z
Let me freeze again (after Purcell's 'King Arthur')
Music for a While

Harry, Martyn

Courante and Sarabande
Pastorale (after M-A Charpentier's 'Acteon')
STAB

Lully, Jean-Baptiste

Ballet de Toulouse
» Gigue
Ballet de Xerxes
» Les Matassins

Purcell, Henry

Celebrate this Festival, Z321
» VI Crown the altar, deck the shrine (arr. Franck-Emmanuel Comte)

Artists

Axelle Verner (mezzo-soprano)
Le Concert de L’Hostel Dieu

Conductor

Franck-Emmanuel Comte

About

Half Baroque, half contemporary, half French, half British: that is the challenge taken up here by Franck-Emmanuel Comte and Le Concert de L’Hostel Dieu.

This recording presents, in the same programme, pieces by Lully and by Purcell, together with contemporary creations by the Frenchman David Chalmin, inspired by Purcell, and by the British composer Martyn Harry, inspired by Lully.

Both contemporary composers combine the sounds of Baroque instruments with their own expression, thus removing borders and engaging in a dialogue involving different periods and different languages.

Axelle Verner lends her mezzo voice and unique personality to the vocal pieces in this programme.

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