Ensemble Contraste - Une prière (2022) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Ernest Bloch’s Suite Hébraïque was the starting point for this programme: ‘This music came as a revelation to us. Its language is overwhelming and tells of the ravages of the twentieth century. The other composers in this programme (Ravel, Bloch, Bruch, Prokofiev, Shostakovich) each in their own way experienced the full force of this tormented century and drew inspiration from the most timeless and universal aspects of folk and sacred repertories, the better to respond to the brutality of the age’, say violist Arnaud Thorette and pianist Johan Farjot, who devised this programme. Johan Farjot has also arranged John Williams’s famous Schindler’s List theme for viola and cello. An intense and poignant experience, also featuring other superb artists: Antoine Pierlot (cello), Pierre Génisson (clarinet), Karine Deshayes (mezzo-soprano), and Sarah and Deborah Nemtanu (violin).

Tracklist:
1. Ensemble Contraste – Suite hébraïque, B. 83: I. Rapsodie (07:15)
2. Ensemble Contraste – 2 Mélodies hébraïque, M.A 22: No. 1, Kaddisch. Lent (Arr. for Cello and Piano by Ensemble Contraste) (05:18)
3. Ensemble Contraste – Schindler's List Theme (Arr. for Viola and Cello by Johan Farjot) (04:24)
4. Ensemble Contraste & Pierre Génisson – 8 Pieces for Clarinet, Viola and Piano, Op. 83: No. 5, Rumänische Melodie (Andante) (05:13)
5. Karine Deshayes, Ensemble Contraste & Pierre Génisson – Morenica (Arr. for Voice and Ensemble by Johan Farjot) (03:58)
6. Ensemble Contraste – From Jewish Life, B. 54: I. Prayer (03:51)
7. Ensemble Contraste – From Jewish Life, B. 54: II. Supplication (02:38)
8. Ensemble Contraste – From Jewish Life, B. 54: III. Jewish Song (02:24)
9. Ensemble Contraste – From Jewish Folk Poetry, Op. 79: No. 9, A Good Life (Arr. for Alto and Piano by Ensemble Contraste) (03:10)
10. Pierre Génisson & Johan Farjot – Sholem-Alekhem, Feidman! (04:36)
11. Ensemble Contraste – Kol Nidrei, Op. 47 (Arr. for Viola and Piano by Orfeo Mandozzi) (09:14)
12. Pierre Génisson, Sarah Nemtanu, Deborah Nemtanu & Ensemble Contraste – Overture on Hebrew Themes, Op. 34 (08:44)


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