Composer: Reynaldo Hahn, Charles Camille Saint-Saëns
Performer: Accentus, Eloïse Bella Kohn, Christophe Grapperon
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Alpha
Catalogue: ALPHA864
Release: 2022
Size: 502 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Saint-Saëns: Romance du soir, Op. 118
02. Saint-Saëns: Calme des nuits, Op. 68 No. 1
03. Saint-Saëns: Les Fleurs et les arbres, Op. 68 No. 2
04. Saint-Saëns: Des pas dans l’allée, Op. 141 No. 1
05. Saint-Saëns: Saltarelle Op. 74
Hahn: Chansons et madrigaux
06. No. 2, Vivons, mignarde !
07. No. 3, Pleurez avec moi !
08. No. 6, Les Fourriers d’été
09. Hahn: L’obscurité
10. Hahn: À la lumière
Hahn: 12 rondels
11. No. 1, Le jour
12. No. 11, La nuit
13. Hahn: Aubade athénienne
Ever since its creation more than twenty-five years ago, the Accentus chamber choir has ardently championed the a cappella repertory: under its conductor and founder Laurence Equilbey, it has produced an impressive discography that sets the benchmark in this music. For this new recording, the first for Alpha, she hands over direction of the ensemble to Christophe Grapperon, its associate conductor since 2013: ‘It can never be said often enough: the a cappella repertory is a Holy Grail of vocal music! It is a sensory experience directly accessible to everyone, but demanding and often atypical for the listener.’ Hahn and Saint-Saëns are on the programme of this album in superb choral works combining simplicity and expressive power, some of which have never been recorded before.