"Karine Deshayes, one of today’s most remarkable interpreters of Mozart, had yet to record his music. But that is remedied here! Together with the vocal and instrumental ensemble Les Paladins, she gives an outstanding performance in this programme of sacred and secular works, in which the motet Exsultate, jubilate! forms the centrepiece. Her rich, full-bodied voice taps directly into the roots of this highly virtuosic piece, originally written for a powerful, resonant soprano castrato tessitura.
Conducted by Jérôme Correas, the musicians complete the programme with a selection of early pieces by Mozart: several of his (unjustly underrated) Church Sonatas, his Symphony no. 17, a poetic Agnus Dei from the Vespers, and excerpts from the all too rarely heard Davide penintente and La Betulia liberata. Through his attention to contrast and his concern for expressivity, the conductor reveals the underlying theatricality of these works, unparalleled in their dramatic power."
"Si Karine Deshayes est aujourd’hui l’une des interprètes les plus remarquables de Mozart, jamais encore n’avait-elle enregistré sa musique. C’est désormais chose faite ! Aux côtés des Paladins, elle s’illustre dans un enregistrement mêlant sacré et profane, dont le motet Exsultate, jubilate constitue la pièce maîtresse. Sa voix, charnue, ronde, va directement puiser aux racines de cette œuvre virtuosissime, composée pour une tessiture, puissante, de castrat.
Sous la direction de Jérôme Correas, les musiciens complètent ce panorama d’un Mozart de jeunesse avec plusieurs des mésestimées Sonates d’église, la dix-septième symphonie, un extrait des poétiques Vêpres, et de trop rares extraits du Davide Penitente et de La Betulia Liberata. Dans le souci des contrastes et le soin apporté à l’expressivité insufflés par le chef se révèle, en filigrane, la personnalité du jeune Mozart, fougueux et déjà lyrique, sa maturation fulgurante et son sens du théâtre inégalé."
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released October 27, 2023
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Karine Deshayes: soprano
Les Paladins
Jérôme Correas: conductor
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