Félicien César David: Le Désert

Wokalna Muzyka Klasyczna
premiera polska: 2009-03-20
kontynent: Europa
opakowanie: Digipackowe etui
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Editor's info:
'During the times of Louis XIV one ought to be a Hellenist, now one has to be an Orientalist', wrote Victor Hugo in 1829 in the foreword of his collection of 'Les Orientales'. In this way, he characterized a prevailing mood of the French intellectuals in the middle of the 19th century. The Orient was 'en vogue '. It was the place of marvelous, forbidden, erotic and sensual feelings. The orient was the projection of all fantasies that morals forbade. In 1844, Félicien David composed the symphonic ode 'Le Désert' ('The Desert') after his return from an expedition to Egypt. The surprise in this works comes up in the third movement. After a rather simple structure, depicting the sunrise over the desert, the tenor soloist intonates the muezzin's call. This must have been the first Mohammedan prayer call ever to be performed on a European stage.

muzycy:
Olivier Pascalin
Bruno Lazzaretti
Choir of St. Hedwig's Cathedral Berlin
Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Guido Maria Guida

wydano: 2009
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