Karol Beffa – Into the dark – Karol Beffa, Karine Deshayes, Arnaud Thorette, Emmanuel Ceysson, Ensemble Contraste, Johan Farjot (2015) [Qobuz FLAC 24bit/88,2kHz]

Karol Beffa – Into the dark – Karol Beffa, Karine Deshayes, Arnaud Thorette, Emmanuel Ceysson, Ensemble Contraste, Johan Farjot (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 01:13:05 minutes | 1,14 GB | Genre: Classical
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Recorded: 31 janvier, 1er février et 14 février 2013 au Temple Saint Marcel, Paris

The music of contemporary French composer Karol Beffa takes us through the mirror into a dream world that is at once strange and intimately familiar. It invites us to explore inner harmony and rhythm. This new recording includes ‘Into the Dark’, ‘Rainbow’, ‘Dédales’ for piano and string orchestra and ‘Nuit obscure’ for string orchestra and voice. Gorgeously executed by Ensemble Contraste under the direction of Johan Farjot, this recording features mezzo-soprano Karine Deshayes, harpist Emmanuel Ceysson, violist Arnaud Thorette and the composer on piano. Pianist and improviser, Karol Beffa is a composer whose works have been performed in France Germany, Italy, Great Britain, Russia, the United States and Japan by such well-known ensembles as A Sei Voci, Maîtrise de Radio France, Cambridge Voices, and the leading orchestras (Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Orchestre National de l’Opéra de Lyon, Saint Petersburg Philharmonic, London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre de Paris, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen…). As composer-in-residence of the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse (2006-09), Karol Beffa wrote Paradis artificiels (2007), a Violin Concerto, premiered by Renaud Capuçon (2008), and a Piano Concerto, first performed by Boris Berezovsky (2009). In addition, he has composed two incidental scores as well as the music for 15 films.

Tracklist:

Karol Beffa (b. 1973)
Concerto pour alto et orchestre à cordes
1. Solennel 10’04
2. Vif 10’40
3. Concerto pour harpe et orchestre à cordes 08’41
« Dark » pour piano et orchestre à cordes
4. Solennel, sans rigueur 03’50
5. Flottant 06’23

Karol Beffa (b. 1973), Saint Jean de la Croix (1542-1591)
« Nuit obscure » pour voix et orchestre à cordes
6. Un pastorcico solo 02’21
7. Del Verbo divino 04’38
8. Sin arrimo y con arrimo 05’15
9. ¡Oh llama de amor viva 06’23

Karol Beffa (b. 1973)
10. « Dédale » pour orchestre à cordes (et harpe ad lib.) 12’44
11. « Rainbow » pour piano et orchestre à chordes 06’57

Personnel:
Karol Beffa, piano
Karine Deshayes, mezzo-soprano
Arnaud Thorette, violin, viola
Emmanuel Ceysson, harp
Ensemble Contraste
Johan Farjot, conductor

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