Guy Van Waas, Les Agrémens - Rodolphe Kreutzer: La mort d'Abel (2012)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 491 Mb | Total time: 55:27+35:48 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Ediciones Singulares | # ES 1008 | Recorded: 2010
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 491 Mb | Total time: 55:27+35:48 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Ediciones Singulares | # ES 1008 | Recorded: 2010
La Mort d’Abel (1810/1825) – halfway between opera and oratorio – presents, in a spectacular fashion, the murder of Abel by his brother Cain consumed by jealousy. Rodolphe Kreutzer deploys therein the grand art of the tragédie lyrique imagined by Gluck whilst adding his own personal touches, which identifies him as being more than the modest violinist dedicatee of Beethoven’s Kreutzer Sonata. As a top ensemble in Belgium and across Northern Europe, Les Agrémens and the Chœur de chambre de Namur have, for a long time, been exploring rare repertories with enthusiasm, creativity and to the highest standards. Assisted by singers from the rising generation (notably tenor Sébastien Droy and baritone Jean-Sébastien Bou), conductor Guy Van Waas ventures triumphantly into music which nobody before him had imagined there existing such quality.