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Stravinsky: L'Histoire du Soldat
Denis Podalydès (Le Soldat), Michel Vuillermoz (Le Diable), Didier Sandre (Le Lecteur); Orchestre de Paris, Olivier Charlier
It’s superbly acted…Vuillermoz makes a seductive, insidious Devil, though the great performance comes from Denis Podalydès’s beautifully realised Soldier…The playing is dexterous, svelte, at...
Stravinsky: L'Histoire du Soldat
Denis Podalydès (Le Soldat), Michel Vuillermoz (Le Diable), Didier Sandre (Le Lecteur); Orchestre de Paris, Olivier Charlier
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It’s superbly acted…Vuillermoz makes a seductive, insidious Devil, though the great performance comes from Denis Podalydès’s beautifully realised Soldier…The playing is dexterous, svelte, at...
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‘L’Histoire du Soldat’, premiered in September 1918, pays tribute to all those who died in a war that was drawing to an end. The soldier wagers his soul and his fiddle, which will not save him. The Devil always wins. Inspired by the fine text by Ramuz, Stravinsky’s music evokes parades, the circus, jazz… Three peerless storytellers - Denis Podalydès, Didier Sandre, Michel Vuillermoz - and seven instrumentalists; they too play as if their life depended on it, instilling this recording with an energy as expressive as it is Mephistophelean.
Contents and tracklist
- Michel Vuillermoz (soloist), Didier Sandre (soloist), Denis Podalydès (soloist), Olivier Charlier (soloist)
- Ensemble instrumental
- Jean-Christophe Gayot
- Didier Sandre (soloist), Denis Podalydès (soloist), Michel Vuillermoz (soloist), Olivier Charlier (soloist)
- Ensemble instrumental
- Jean-Christophe Gayot
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Awards and reviews
November 2018
It’s superbly acted…Vuillermoz makes a seductive, insidious Devil, though the great performance comes from Denis Podalydès’s beautifully realised Soldier…The playing is dexterous, svelte, at times flamboyant.
