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Larmes de Résurrection (Collection Château de Versailles)

2/23/2018, 21 Tracks, 1:17:16

Featuring

  • Georges Abdallah
  • Simon-Pierre Bestion
  • La Tempête
  • Heinrich Schütz
  • Johann Hermann Schein

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Composer's Artistic Vision

Johann Hermann Schein, in his 'Founts of Israel', intentionally wrote his pieces 'in the manner of a madrigal' to emphasize important words with contrasts and dissonances.

Source: Booklet

Interpretation

The album director, Simon-Pierre Bestion, made significant changes to the instrumentation of both works, adding trombones, violins, cornetts, and a contrabass to Schütz's score.

Source: Booklet

Interpretation

The album director, Simon-Pierre Bestion, chose to use an Evangelist from the Byzantine tradition, Georges Abdallah, as the narrator for Heinrich Schütz's 'Narrative of the Resurrection'.

Source: Booklet

Recording & Production

This recording was made in September 2017 at the Chapelle Royale du Château de Versailles, a historic chapel inaugurated by Louis XIV.

Source: Booklet

Album & Artwork

The album cover features a photo of Brice di Bartolo, an ex-dancer who became an Ethiopian Orthodox monk, whose gaze struck the album's director, Simon-Pierre Bestion, in the metro.

Source: Booklet

Compositional Technique

In Schütz's 'Narrative of the Resurrection', all characters are represented by two simultaneous voices, a unique feature showing Italian influence.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Both Heinrich Schütz's 'Narrative of the Resurrection' and Johann Hermann Schein's 'Founts of Israel' were composed in the same year, 1623.

Source: Booklet

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