Marius Atherton also accompanies the two cello voices of Couperin's Third Leçon on electric guitar, which Sonia Wieder-Atherton describes as creating "a bridge leading to the light of the present day."
Interpretation
Cellist Sonia Wieder-Atherton conceived this recording as a series of "freeze-frames" or "incursions into time," where each musical image creates its own light.
Recording & Production
The track "Le jugement 2e version ou Le bruit du monde" features percussionist Mahut, whose "imaginative universe of sound presents the noisy din of a world that comes face to face with the cellos."
Recording & Production
Marius Atherton, a musician, accompanies the first Couperin Leçon on an MS20 monophonic synthesizer, creating a sound Sonia Wieder-Atherton described as coming "out of the mist."
Recording & Production
This album was recorded in September 2022 at the Abbaye de Noirlac, a historical abbey.
Interpretation
For the Vivaldi pieces, cellist Sonia Wieder-Atherton uses a polyphony of cellos to accompany the solo parts, aiming for the "gravity of a choir" and the "rhythmics of pizzicati."
Interpretation
For Couperin's Third Leçon, Sonia Wieder-Atherton recorded both cello voices herself, aiming for a 'twinned' sound by blending into and anticipating the first voice.
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