Franck: (Les) Béatitudes, Composer: César Franck François Loup (bass) Daniel Ottevaere (bass) Armin Jordan Conductor David Rendall (tenor) Peter Jeffes (tenor) Marcel Vanaud (bar) Louise Lebrun (soprano) Jane Berbié (mez) Nathalie Stutzmann (cont) French Radio Chorus French Radio New Philharmonic Orchestra. Why, we may wonder, has Les beatitudes failed to take the place in French music corresponding to Elgar's Dream of Gerontius in this country? This performance, though often quite strong and fervent, may provide some kind of an answer. It was recorded at a live occasion in Paris last November, and the acoustic is a good one for soloists, choir and orchestra alike, while the conductor Armin Jordan shows the right kind of sympathy with the style. Yet somehow the overall effect is disappointing, and the spiritual experience that Franck so much desired to convey in this much loved text (the New Testament words here amplified by Madame Colomb, the wife of a teacher at the Lycee de Versailles) is not really achieved.
1 Franck : Les Béatitudes : I Prologue "En Ce Temps-Là, Sur la Terre" [Chorus, Narrator]
2 Franck : Les Béatitudes : II First Beatitude "Bienheureux Les Pauvres D'esprit..." [Chorus, Baritone]
3 Franck : Les Béatitudes : III Second Beatitude "Bienheureux Ceux Qui Sont Doux..." [Chorus, Quintet, Baritone]
4 Franck : Les Béatitudes : IV Third Beatitude "Bienheureux Ceux Qui Pleurent..." [Chorus, Quartet, Baritone]
5 Franck : Les Béatitudes : V Fourth Beatitude "Bienheureux Ceux Qui Ont Faim Et Soif de la Justice..." [Tenor, Baritone]
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1 Franck : Les Béatitudes : VI Fifth Beatitude "Heureux Les Misericordieux..." [Chorus, Tenor, Baritone]
2 Franck : Les Béatitudes : VII Sixth Beatitude "Bienheureux Ceux Qui Ont Le Coeur Pur..." [Chorus, Quartet, Bass, Baritone]
3 Franck : Les Béatitudes : VIII Seventh Beatitude "Bienheureux Les Pacifiques..." [Chorus, Tenor, Baritone, Quintet]
4 Franck : Les Béatitudes : IX Eighth Beatitude "Bienheureux Ceux Qui Souffrent Persécution Pour la Justice..." [Chorus, Mezzo-Soprano, Bass, Baritone]
Franck: (Les) Béatitudes, Composer: César Franck François Loup (bass) Daniel Ottevaere (bass) Armin Jordan Conductor David Rendall (tenor) Peter Jeffes (tenor) Marcel Vanaud (bar) Louise Lebrun (soprano) Jane Berbié (mez) Nathalie Stutzmann (cont) French Radio Chorus French Radio New Philharmonic Orchestra. Why, we may wonder, has Les beatitudes failed to take the place in French music corresponding to Elgar's Dream of Gerontius in this country? This performance, though often quite strong and fervent, may provide some kind of an answer. It was recorded at a live occasion in Paris last November, and the acoustic is a good one for soloists, choir and orchestra alike, while the conductor Armin Jordan shows the right kind of sympathy with the style. Yet somehow the overall effect is disappointing, and the spiritual experience that Franck so much desired to convey in this much loved text (the New Testament words here amplified by Madame Colomb, the wife of a teacher at the Lycee de Versailles) is not really achieved.
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