Saariaho: La Passion de Simone

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Upshaw's always seems the perfect voice and sensibility for Saariaho's music; and Esa-Pekka Salonen, Saariaho's colleague from their student days, is an intensely engaged and sympathetic director... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2013, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 2nd Apr 2013
Catalogue No: ODE1217-5
Label: Ondine
Length: 65 minutes

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Saariaho: La Passion de Simone

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Dawn Upshaw, Dominique Blanc
Tapiolan Kamarikuoro, Tapiola Chamber Choir, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, The Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen

Station 1, Simone, grande sœur

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Station 2, Simone, grande sœur - Tu as choisi de porter ta croix

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Station 3, Une autre que toi

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Station 4, Attentive à la souffrance des humains

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Station 5, Travailler de tes mains, Simone?

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Station 6, Et puis il y a cette image, Simone

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Station 7, En sortant de l’usine, grande sœur

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Station 8, Dieu se retire pour ne pas être aimé

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Station 9, Savoir aimer - Dieu, pour Lui-même

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Station 10, Se dépouiller - Et tu t’es retrouvée seule

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Station 11, Tu as longtemps cru qu’il fallait

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Station 12, Alors tu as choisi de te sacrifier autrement

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Station 13, Lentement, tu as rendu l’âme

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Station 14, C’était en août quarante-trois

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Final Station, Par ta mort, tout ce que tu avais dit

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Following its successful world première in 2006, Ondine is proud to present Kaija Saariaho’s La Passion de Simone, for soprano solo, choir, orchestra and electronics for the first time on SACD.

Kaija Saariaho considers La Passion de Simone - an oratorio about the life and thoughts of Simone Weil - to be her most important work. This SACD features world class performers including Dawn Upshaw and Esa-Pekka Salonen conducting the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Tapiola Chamber Choir.

Dawn Upshaw has achieved worldwide acclaim for her wide-ranging operatic and concert repertoire. Kaija Saariaho wrote the soprano part in La Passion de Simone and the opera L’Amour de loin for her.

One of the most important artists in contemporary classical music, Esa-Pekka Salonen has become established both as a celebrated conductor and composer.

This release is also a tribute to Kaija Saariaho who turned 60 on 14th of October 2012.

Reviews

July 2013

Upshaw's always seems the perfect voice and sensibility for Saariaho's music; and Esa-Pekka Salonen, Saariaho's colleague from their student days, is an intensely engaged and sympathetic director of his forces and of the score.

July 2013

A guiding idea for the work is the polarity of light and gravity...Upshaw does as much with the demanding vocal lines as anyone could expect of her, and Salonen and his forces keep everything in sharp focus.

June 2013

That the soprano part is tailor-made for Upshaw ensures a smooth elegance in the middle register...The Tapiola Chamber Choir is in command of the diaphanous and often Messiaenic choral writing, with the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra no less responsive under the guidance of Esa-Pekka Salonen. As a present for Saariaho's 60th birthday, this could hardly have been improved upon.

9th May 2013

The playing is formidable.

Saariaho: La Passion de Simone

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