COMPOSERS: Honegger
LABELS: Naxos
WORKS: Le roi David
PERFORMER: Danielle Borst (soprano), Marie-Ange Todorovitch (mezzo-soprano), Gilles Ragon (tenor), Clara Guedj (treble); Choeur Régional Vittoria d’Île-de-France, Orchestre de la Cité/Michel Piquemal
CATALOGUE NO: 8.553649
Clearly influential on Walton’s Belshazzar’s Feast, King David established Honegger’s credentials as a serious composer of considerable talent. Michel Piquemal directs a wonderfully dramatic cast with style and passion in the smaller-scale original version of Honegger’s symphonic psalm. Recommended. Christopher Dingle
Honegger: Le roi David
Clearly influential on Walton’s Belshazzar’s Feast, King David established Honegger’s credentials as a serious composer of considerable talent. Michel Piquemal directs a wonderfully dramatic cast with style and passion in the smaller-scale original version of Honegger’s symphonic psalm. Recommended. Christopher Dingle
Our rating
4
Published: January 20, 2012 at 1:16 pm