Label: Globe
Format: CD
Barcode: 8711525525405
Catalog number: GLO 5254
Releasedate: 07-02-20
Format: CD
Barcode: 8711525525405
Catalog number: GLO 5254
Releasedate: 07-02-20
Unique Selling Points
- Diapason d'Or in april 2013.
- To be admired: 'Un soir de neige' with a thousand nuances, cristalclear or tempting
- Eric Ericson has found a great group of singers in Amsterdam in the last decades of the century.
- Together they create a generous sound, choral homogenity and a perfection in clarity.
Description
... The Nederlands Kamerkoor directed by Eric Ericson is in remarkable form throughout both the sacred and secular works. They achieve a high degree of unison combined with a real sense of artistry. It would be hard to better these performances. Clearly Ericson had prepared the choir impeccably with consistent purity of tone and an impressive transparency of texture displaying this music at its finest. In the sacred works there's a satisfying degree of reverential expression and it is of such an elevated quality it feels almost mystical at times. This can be heard to glorious effect in the Quatre motets pour un temps de pénitence (Four Lenten Motets). Soprano Barbara Borden s glowing lament in the section Tristis est anima mea (My soul is exceedingly sad) feels divinely reverential. The Figure humaine (The face of man) a hymn to freedom for Occupied France during World War Two is the standout secular work. I especially enjoyed the forceful expressive fervour in the opening section De tous les printemps du monde (Of all the spring times of the world)and the drama in En chantant les servantes s'élancent (As they sing, see the maids rushing forward) is especially notable. Toi ma patiente (Thou patient one) has a dark melancholy and Le jour métonne et la nuit me fait peur (Surprised by day and by night made afraid) is given a warmly sympathetic performance. The Figure humaine is a truly remarkable work. I still recall a powerfully affecting performance given in September 2009 at the Berlin Konzerthaus by the combined Latvijas Radio koris and the Valsts Akad miskais koris Latvija directed by Sigvards Klava Both of these reissued discs on the Globe label have fairly warm and well detailed sound. The balance and perspective on each disc is excellent too. I can only describe the booklet notes as adequate; extra information about each work would have been welcome. Globe is to be congratulated for providing full texts with English translations. Throughout I have used the translations as given in the booklet. The music is extremely well served by this reissue. I would be extremely content if these were the only recordings I had of these marvellous Poulenc works such is their quality. --Michael Cookson - MusicWeb InternationalTracks
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1Quatre motets pour un temps de pénitenceTimor et tremor03:21
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2Quatre motets pour un temps de pénitenceVinea mea electa03:58
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3Quatre motets pour un temps de pénitenceTenebrae factae sunt04:17
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4Quatre motets pour un temps de pénitenceTristis est anima mea03:33
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5Quatre petites prières de Saint François d’ AssiseSalut Dame Sainte02:34
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6Quatre petites prières de Saint François d’ AssiseTout Puissant, très saint01:32
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7Quatre petites prières de Saint François d’ AssiseSeigneur, je vous en prie01:22
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8Quatre petites prières de Saint François d’ AssiseO mes très chers frères02:03
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9Ave verum corpus02:32
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10Salve Regina05:05
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11Quatre motets pour le temps de NoëlO magnum mysterium03:29
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12Quatre motets pour le temps de NoëlQuem vidistis pastores dicite02:11
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13Quatre motets pour le temps de NoëlVidentes stellam03:12
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14Quatre motets pour le temps de NoëlHodie Christus natus est02:15
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15Exultate Deo02:45
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16Laudes de Saint Antoine de PadoueO Jesu perpetua Lux02:09
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17Laudes de Saint Antoine de PadoueO proles Hispianiae00:52
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18Laudes de Saint Antoine de PadoueLaus Regi02:28
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19Laudes de Saint Antoine de PadoueSi quaeris miracula02:49
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20Messe en Sol majeurKyrie03:55
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21Messe en Sol majeurGloria04:00
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22Messe en Sol majeurSanctus02:19
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23Messe en Sol majeurBenedictus04:08
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24Messe en Sol majeurAgnus Dei05:13
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1Un soir de neigeDe grandes cuillers de neige01:21
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2Un soir de neigeLa bonne neige01:44
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3Un soir de neigeBois meurtri02:15
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4Un soir de neigeLa nuit le froid la solitude01:13
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5Figure humaineDe tous les printemps du monde02:48
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6Figure humaineEn chantant les servantes s’élancent01:59
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7Figure humaineAussi bas que le silence01:38
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8Figure humaineToi ma patiente02:08
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9Figure humaineRiant du ciel et des planètes01:04
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10Figure humaineLe jour m’étonne et la nuit me fait peur01:41
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11Figure humaineLa menace sous le ciel rouge02:53
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12Figure humaineLiberté02:48
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13Chansons FrançaisesMargoton va t'a l'iau02:10
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14Chansons FrançaisesLa belle se sied au pied de la tour01:48
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15Chansons FrançaisesPilons l'orge00:46
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16Chansons FrançaisesClic, clac, dansez sabots02:14
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17Chansons FrançaisesC'est la petit' fill' du prince05:27
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18Chansons FrançaisesLa belle si nous étions01:22
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19Chansons FrançaisesAh! mon beau laboureur03:44
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20Chansons FrançaisesLes tisserands02:10
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21Chanson à boire04:04
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22Petites VoixLa petite fille sage01:39
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23Petites Voixle chien perdu01:06
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24Petites VoixEn rentrant de l’école00:35
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25Petites VoixLe petit garçon malade01:56
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26Petites VoixLe hérisson00:52
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27Sept chansonsLa blanche neige01:17
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28Sept chansonsÀ peine défigurée01:43
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29Sept chansonsPar une nuit nouvelle01:27
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30Sept chansonsTous les droits02:50
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31Sept chansonsBelle et ressemblante02:16
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32Sept chansonsMarie02:02
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33Sept chansonsLuire02:03