Composer: David Chalmin, Martyn Harry, Jean-Baptiste Lully, Henry Purcell
Performer: Axelle Verner, Franck-Emmanuel Comte, Le Concert de l’Hostel Dieu
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Aparté
Catalogue: AP286
Release: 2022
Size: 1.06 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Purcell: Crown the altar (from Celebrate this Festival – Birthday Ode for Queen Mary, Z321)
Chalmin: Music for a While
02. A. Music for a While
03. B. Hypnotic Cycles
04. C. Another Song
05. Harry: STAB
06. Chalmin: Let Me Freeze Again (After Purcell’s King Arthur, Z. 628: Aria. What Power art Thou)
07. Harry: Courante and Sarabande
08. Lully: Les Matassins (After Xerxès, LWV 12) – Gigue (After Ballet de Toulouse, LWV 13)
09. Harry: Pastorale (After Marc-Antoine Charpentier’s Actéon: Actéon’s Air)
10. Chalmin: Ground Z
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.