Honegger: Jeanne d'Arc au bucher

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Rilling captures the shifting moods - passion, lyricism, vulgarity, suffering - with superb elan. If Joan's notated spoken interpretations are not always precisely in place, that's a small price... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2013, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 2nd Sep 2013
Catalogue No: 98636
Label: Hänssler
Length: 84 minutes

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Honegger: Jeanne d'Arc au bucher

Work length1:24:24

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Letizia Scherrer (soprano), Stefan Muller-Ruppert (narrator), Kismara Pessatti (alto), Jean-Noel Briend (tenor), Sylvie Rohrer (narrator), Eors Kisfaludy (narrator), Karen Wierzba (soprano), Francois le Roux (bass), Martine Saniter (narrator), Jean-Pierre Ouellet (narrator), Florian Schmitt-Bohn (narrator)
Gächinger Kantorei, Stuttgart Collegium Iuvenum, Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR
Helmuth Rilling
Recorded: 2011

Prologue

Track length8:38

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Scene 1: Les voix du ciel (The voice from heaven)

Track length2:19

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Scene 2: Le livre (The book)

Track length3:44

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Scene 3: Les voix de la terre (The voices of the earth)

Track length4:32

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Scene 4: Jeanne livree aux betes (Joan given up to the beasts)

Track length10:46

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Scene 5: Jeanne au poteau (Joan at the stake)

Track length3:15

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Scene 6: Les rois ou l'invention du jeu de cartes (The kings or the invention of the game of cards)

Track length5:48

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Scene 7: Catherine et Marguerite (Catherine and Margaret)

Track length2:51

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Scene 8: Le roi qui va-t-a rheims (The king set out for rheims)

Track length12:54

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Scene 9: L'epee de Jeanne (The sword of Joan)

Track length15:11

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Scene 10: Trimazo

Track length0:42

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Scene 11: Jeanne d'arc en flammes (The burning of Joan of arc)

Track length13:44

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The most recent recording from Helmuth Rilling and his Stuttgart Ensembles.

Sung in the original French.

Compelling interpretation of a unique work.

A publication of one of the Great Vocal Works.

In the series of great oratorios that Helmuth Rilling has devoted his life to recording, such a seminal work like Arthur Honegger's dramatic oratorio "Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher", composed in 1935 is not missing. This 2011 recording shines with an outstanding team of both outstanding singers and choirs. They play a major role in the work’s structure, commenting on the story and the experiences of Jeanne.

The text comes from the French poet Paul Claudel. He and the composer were made for each other. They created a folk play, wherein the words and music stand equally side by side; the choir and rich colorful orchestrations are in perfect balance with the spoken word. It is always only a small step from medieval naivety to modern monumentalism, a step which Honegger makes masterfully and effectively.

Reviews

December 2013

Rilling captures the shifting moods - passion, lyricism, vulgarity, suffering - with superb elan. If Joan's notated spoken interpretations are not always precisely in place, that's a small price to pay.

11th February 2014

Rilling handles most of the score very well. He imparts colour and liveliness to Scene VIII, parts of which are the weaker passages in the score...He obtains very good, incisive playing from the orchestra and the adult choir sings admirably. So too does the children’s choir, who do well in Scene IX, sounding like cultivated urchins

Honegger: Jeanne d'Arc au bucher

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