COMPOSERS: Daniel-Lesur/Messiaen
LABELS: ASV
WORKS: Le cantique des cantiques; In paradisum; La vie intérieure; Messe du jubilé; O sacrum convivium
PERFORMER: BBC Symphony Chorus/Stephen Jackson; Jeremy Filsell (organ)
CATALOGUE NO: CD DCA 900 DDD
Daniel-Lesur is best known as a co-founder, with Messiaen, of the ‘Jeune France’ group promoting the ‘human’ in music as opposed to Stravinskian neoclassicism. Although he did not develop such an adventurous or personal style as Messiaen, his music retains a warmth and joyfulness, as heard in these choral and organ pieces. The BBC Symphony Chorus gives an incisive account of the unaccompanied Song of Songs, with its strong polyphonic lines and glowing chords. William Humphreys-Jones
Daniel-Lesur/Messiaen
Daniel-Lesur is best known as a co-founder, with Messiaen, of the ‘Jeune France’ group promoting the ‘human’ in music as opposed to Stravinskian neoclassicism. Although he did not develop such an adventurous or personal style as Messiaen, his music retains a warmth and joyfulness, as heard in these choral and organ pieces. The BBC Symphony Chorus gives an incisive account of the unaccompanied Song of Songs, with its strong polyphonic lines and glowing chords. William Humphreys-Jones
Published: January 20, 2012 at 2:32 pm