Le miroir de Jésus

Featuring

Gudrun Schröfel
Teresa Zimmermann
Esther Choi
Esther Bertram
Il Gioco col suono
Mädchenchor Hannover

André Caplet

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Composition History

Caplet's masterpiece, Le Miroir de Jésus, was composed in just three weeks in 1923, and he conducted its premiere in Paris on May 1, 1924.

Performer Biography

Gudrun Schröfel, the conductor, has led the Mädchenchor Hannover to win many national and international competitions and received the Niedersächsische Kunstpreis für Musik.

Performer Biography

Teresa Zimmermann, the harpist, is a laureate of several renowned harp competitions, including Tel Aviv, Genoa, Cardiff, and Munich.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Caplet, a devout Catholic, consciously opposed the 19th-century French church music tradition that often copied the dialogic structures of German church music.

Composer Biography

André Caplet, a friend and student of Claude Debussy, was considered one of the most promising French conductors of his generation.

Recording & Production

This recording with the Mädchenchor Hannover is the first to use the same number of instrumentalists as the work's 1924 premiere.

Compositional Technique

The harp, one of Caplet's favorite instruments, is used in Le Miroir de Jésus not for ornamental purposes, but for its individual sound and virtuosic scales.