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Honegger > Jeanne d’Arc au bûcher

Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest
Stéphane Denève, dirigent
Judith Chemla (Jeanne d’Arc)
Jean-Claude Drouot (Frère Dominique)
Christian Gonon & Adrien Gamba-Gontard (récitants)
Claire de Sévigné, sopraan
Christine Goerke, sopraan
Judit Kutasi, mezzosopraan
Jean-Noël Briend, tenor
Steven Humes, bas
Rotterdam Symphony Chorus o.l.v. Wiecher Mandemaker
Nationaal Kinderkoor o.l.v. Wilma ten Wolde

RCO

Title

Honegger > Jeanne d’Arc au bûcher

Artists

Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest
Stéphane Denève, dirigent
Judith Chemla (Jeanne d’Arc)
Jean-Claude Drouot (Frère Dominique)
Christian Gonon & Adrien Gamba-Gontard (récitants)
Claire de Sévigné, sopraan
Christine Goerke, sopraan
Judit Kutasi, mezzosopraan
Jean-Noël Briend, tenor
Steven Humes, bas
Rotterdam Symphony Chorus o.l.v. Wiecher Mandemaker
Nationaal Kinderkoor o.l.v. Wilma ten Wolde

Repetoire

Honegger
Honegger > Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher


Label

RCO

Year

2019

Catalog number

RCO 19001

Producer / Balance Engineer

Everett Porter

Recording Engineer

Lauran Jurrius

Photos

Additional info

Live recording, 27 & 28 September 2018, Concertgebouw

Arthur Honeggers Jeanne d’Arc au Bûcher is one of the most wonderful and most inventive oratorios ever composed: it constantly changes style and color. Jeanne d’Arc au Bûcher follows the historic French heroine in the last hours before her execution. As in a detective, the run-up to her death sentence is being reconstructed. Paul Claudel’s lively libretto places Jeanne in front of strange characters. Reason for Honegger to open a colorful color box: spiritually charged choir passages, cubist sound blocks and even gadgets of variety music alternate. Choirs on the windmill of conductor Stéphane Denève, a regularly returning guest with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; together with two choirs and a variety of soloists and actors, he realized a compelling and moving first Jeanne d’Arc au bûcher from the Concertgebouw orchestra.

Reviews
“Unforgettable Jeanne d’Arc”
Erik Voermans, Parool

“Rare inspiration in Honeggers Jeanne”
Martin Toet, Place de l’Opera

“An intense Jeanne d’Arc au bûcher from the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.” *****
Jenny Camilleri, Bachtrack