Tue, Feb 7, 2023
This release from RCO Live presents Mariss Jansons with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in two works that were created from totally different philosophies of life: Francis Poulenc's Gloria and Arthur Honegger's Symphonie Liturgique.
Even though they were lifelong friends, there was a great contrast between Arthur Honegger and Francis Poulenc, two members of the French group of composers known as ‘Les Six’ — between the French-speaking Swiss whose family came from the Züricher Oberland and the native Parisian, between the arch-pessimist with a Protestant background and the frivolous Catholic. The two religious compositions that are recorded here are also extremely different in character: Honegger’s Symphonie liturgique is filled with sombre warnings, whilst Poulenc’s ecstatic Gloria is an unequivocable paean of rejoicing.
Artists
Mariss Jansons, chief conductor (2004-2015)
Luba Orgonásová, soprano
Groot Omroepkoor
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Playlist
| Francis Poulenc - Gloria (1959–60) | ||
|---|---|---|
| 01. | Gloria | 2:21 |
| 02. | Laudamus te | 3:09 |
| 03. | Domine Deus | 4:06 |
| 04. | Domine Fili, unigenite | 1:23 |
| 05. | Domine Deus, Agnus Dei | 5:27 |
| 06. | Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris | 6:32 |
| Arthur Honegger - Symphony No. 3 ‘Liturgique’ (1945-46) | ||
|---|---|---|
| 07. | Dies Irae: Allegro moderato | 7:14 |
| 08. | De profundis:clamavi: Adagio | 11:30 |
| 09. | Dona nobis pacem: Andante | 10:29 |
| Totale speelduur | 51:52 |