Rossini, Brahms, Gounod, Hersant... by the Radio France Choir
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13:20Philippe Hersant: "Viderunt Omnes" conducted by Sofi Jeannin -
07:46Rossini: "I Gondolieri" conducted by Alberto Malazzi -
06:54Dallapiccola: Coro delle malmaritate conducted by Alberto Malazzi -
14:04Brahms: Fünf Gesänge (Five Songs) conducted by Nicolas Fink -
06:48Gounod: Faust - Kermesse chorus conducted by Lionel Sow -
05:48Poulenc: 7 Chansons (La Blanche Neige) conducted by Lionel Sow -
06:28Fauré: Les Djinns conducted by Lionel Sow -
03:55Ravel: "Ronde" conducted by Lionel Sow -
06:05Bizet: Carmen – « Les voici, voici la quadrille » conducted by Lionel Sow -
07:15Poulenc: "Liberté", extract from Figure Humaine by the Radio France Choir
To mark its 70th anniversary, the Radio France Choir performs works by Rossini, Brahlms, Gounod, and Hersant… Recorded on 7 April 2018 at the Auditorium of Radio France (Paris).
A journey through the choral music of the last centuries with Sofi Jeannin, Nicolas Fink, Alberto Malazzi, Lionel Sow and the Radio France Choir. Together they perform a variety of a cappella works including Fünf Gesänge by Johannes Brahms, "La Blanche Neige" and "Marie", extracts from Sept Chansons by Francis Poulenc, "La Ronde" from Maurice Ravel’s Trois Chansons, and the Due cori di Michelangelo Buonarroti il giovane by Italian composer Luigi Dallapiccola.
Also performed are Les Djinns by Gabriel Fauré, and Gioacchino Rossini’s "I Gondolieri", inaugural work from the Sins of Old Age. Finally, Lionel Sow conducts two opera extracts, the “Choeur de la Kermesse” from Gounod’s Faust, and “Les voici, voici la quadrille” from Bizet’s Carmen.
Programme
Philippe Hersant
Viderunt Omnes (commissioned by Radio France, world première)
Gioacchino Rossini *
I Gondioleri with piano
Luigi Dallapiccola *
Due Cori di Michelangelo Buonarroti il Giovane, prima serie
Il coro delle Malmaritate
Il coro dei Malammogliati
Johannes Brahms **
Fünf Gesange opus 104
Charles Gounod ***
Chœur de la kermesse (extract from Faust)
Francis Poulenc ***
Two extracts from Sept chansons : La blanche neige – Marie
Gabriel Fauré ***
Les Djinns
Maurice Ravel ***
La Ronde (extract from Trois Chansons)
Georges Bizet ***
Les voici, voici la quadrille (extract from Carmen, act IV)
Caroline Marty piano
Radio France Choir
Sofi Jeannin conductor
and Nicolas Fink **, Alberto Malazzi *, Lionel Sow*** conductor
Philippe Hersant: "Viderunt Omnes" conducted by Sofi Jeannin
Rossini: "I Gondolieri" conducted by Alberto Malazzi
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ChoirmasterAlberto Malazzi
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PerformerCaroline Marty
Dallapiccola: Coro delle malmaritate conducted by Alberto Malazzi
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ChoirmasterAlberto Malazzi
Brahms: Fünf Gesänge (Five Songs) conducted by Nicolas Fink
Gounod: Faust - Kermesse chorus conducted by Lionel Sow
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ComposerCharles Gounod
Poulenc: 7 Chansons (La Blanche Neige) conducted by Lionel Sow
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AuthorGuillaume Appolinaire
Fauré: Les Djinns conducted by Lionel Sow
Ravel: "Ronde" conducted by Lionel Sow
Bizet: Carmen – « Les voici, voici la quadrille » conducted by Lionel Sow
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PerformerCaroline Marty
Poulenc: "Liberté", extract from Figure Humaine by the Radio France Choir
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ComposerFrancis Poulenc
