Jean-Pierre Cassel - Ulysse - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Jean-Pierre Cassel - De La Brievete De La Vie Seneque [COMPACT DISCS] date 07/31/2007

Mátyás Seiber's body of work is distinguished by a natural versatility, and by the wide range and eclecticism of his musical interests. It incorporates the successful pop song InchBy the Fountains of RomeInch (1956), which hit the Top 10 on the charts; his score for the animated film Animal Farm (1954); and numerous examples of incidental music for radio and television. Born in Budapest on May 4, 1905, Mátyás Seiber began to learn the cello at the age of ten. He studied composition at the Budapest Academy of Music under Kodály from 1919 to 1924, and in 1925 he entered his Serenade for Wind Sextet in a Budapest competition. When it failed to win the prize, Bartók resigned from the jury in protest! On September 24, 1960 - at the age of 55 - Seiber was killed in a car crash in South Africa during a lecturing tour of the country's universities. At the time of his tragically early death, he was one of the most respected composition teachers in Britain. Album Tracks 1. Mátyás Seiber, Ulysses Cantata for Tenor Solo, Chorus and Orchestra - Alexander Young/Bbc Chorus/London Symphony Orchestra 2. Mátyás Seiber, Elegy for Solo Viola and Small Orchestra - Alexander Young/Bbc Chorus/London Symphony Orchestra 3. Mátyás Seiber, Three Fragments from a Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man - Alexander Young/Bbc Chorus/London Symphony Orchestra

Joachim Du Bellay (1522-1560) stormed onto the Parisian literary scene with the resounding avant-garde manifesto Défense et illustration de la langue française. Ronsard and Du Bellay are the great French poets of the sixteenth century, but while the former has been set to music hundreds of times, Du Bellay inspired only about thirty compositions. Denis Raisin Dadre and his ensemble Doulce Mémoire celebrate the Angevin poet on the occasion of his 500th anniversary with works by the leading composers of the period, among them Arcadelt (who set nine chansons to his texts, including Je ne puis dissimuler a year before Du Bellay's death), Lassus, Chardavoine and Verdonck. It was also established practice at the time to declaim poems accompanied by a musician who improvised on the lyre, an instrument and usage imported from Italy (recitare a la lira). Denis Raisin Dadre has decided to pay tribute to these sixteenth-century 'slammers' by asking a modern equivalent, Kwal, to 'slam' some of Du Bellay's sonnets, including the famous Heureux qui, comme Ulysse. Album Tracks 1. Qui Prestera la Parole 2. Heureux Qui, Comme Ulysse 3. Du Temps Que J'Estois Amoureux 4. Du Temps Que J'Estois Amoureux 5. Nuit Froyde et Sombre 6. O Foible Esprit 7. On Peut Faindre par le Cizeau 8. Hors Envyeux 9. Si Vous Regardez, Ma Dame 10. Work(s)~Si Vous Regardez, Ma Dame / Bransles / Si Vous Regardez, Ma Dame 11. En Ce Moys Delicieux 12. En Ce Moys Delicieux 13. En Ce Moys Delicieux 14. Seul et Pensif 15. Nuit M'Est Courte 16. Nuit M'Est Courte 17. Homme Vertueux Est Riche 18. Pavane 19. Cet' Humeur Vient de Mon Œil 20. Marcher D'Un Grave Pas 21. Je Te Souhaite pour T'Ebatre 22. Si Le Bien Qui Au Plus Grand Bien 23. Qui Voudra Voir 24. Je Ne Puis Dissimuler 25. Vieille Plus Vieille Que le Monde