Artist: Ensemble Aedes & Mathieu Romano Title: Fauré: Requiem - Poulenc: Figure Humaine - Debussy: 3 Chansons Year Of Release: 2019 Label: Aparté Genre: Classical Quality: 24bit-96kHz FLAC (tracks + booklet) Total Time: 59:09 Total Size: 977 MB Tracklist: 1. Requiem, Op. 48: I. Introït - Kyrie (version originale de 1893) 2. Requiem, Op. 48: II. Offertoire (version originale de 1893) 3. Requiem, Op. 48: III. Sanctus (version originale de 1893) 4. Requiem, Op. 48: IV. Pie Jesu (version originale de 1893) 5. Requiem, Op. 48: V. Agnus Dei (version originale de 1893) 6. Requiem, Op. 48: VI. Libera me (version originale de 1893) 7. Requiem, Op. 48: VII. In paradisum (version originale de 1893) 8. Figure humaine, Cantate pour double chœur mixte a cappella, FP. 120: I. De tous les printemps du monde 9. Figure humaine, Cantate pour double chœur mixte a cappella, FP. 120: II. En chantant les servantes s'élancent 10. Figure humaine, Cantate pour double chœur mixte a cappella, FP. 120: III. Aussi bas que le silence 11. Figure humaine, Cantate pour double chœur mixte a cappella, FP. 120: IV. Toi ma patiente 12. Figure humaine, Cantate pour double chœur mixte a cappella, FP. 120: V. Riant du ciel et des planètes 13. Figure humaine, Cantate pour double chœur mixte a cappella, FP. 120: VI. Le jour m'étonne et la nuit me fait peur 14. Figure humaine, Cantate pour double chœur mixte a cappella, FP. 120: VII. La menace sous le ciel rouge 15. Figure humaine, Cantate pour double chœur mixte a cappella, FP. 120: VIII. Liberté 16. Trois chansons de Charles d'Orléans, L. 92: I. Dieu ! qu'il la fait bon regarder ! (1898) 17. Trois chansons de Charles d'Orléans, L. 92: II. Quand j'ai ouy le tabourin (1908) 18. Trois chansons de Charles d'Orléans, L. 92: III. Yver, vous n'estes qu'un villain (1898) Fauré’s Requiem (‘funeral lullaby’) written for enjoyment, as the composer put it, has a unique place in history. Its soft, simple and modest poetry conveys moments of gentle contemplation and moving expressiveness which are entrusted to both the choir and the two soloists. With his Ensemble Aedes and the orchestra Les Siècles, Mathieu Romano is committed to render a Requiem faithful to its first performance. We hear thus the score in its original 1893 orchestration, where the organ plays a great role and where Latin is pronounced in the French way as it used to be. The clearest articulation of the Ensemble Aedes then perfectly fits Éluard’s Figure humaine set to music by Francis Poulenc. We have never heard these sublime poems sung with such intelligibility before! Finally, the three Songs by Debussy elegantly close the album. Here again, the quality and clarity of the voices are stunning. Artistic director and founder of Ensemble Aedes Mathieu Romano has established himself as a magician of voices in a cappella scores and voices ideally melt with the strings of Les Siècles under his baton. A 100% French cast in a 100% French music disc for a triple rediscovery. Essential!" Sébastien Richaud, violin Mathieu Dubroca, baritone Roxane Chalard, soprano Les Siècles, Ensemble Aedes Mathieu Romano, conductor