Orchestre Musique des Lumières - The Brodsky Album (2023)

Musique des Lumières commissioned five composers to create works based on the enigmatic poems of Joseph Brodsky, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1987, highlighted by the magical voices of soprano Laurence Guillod and baritone Pierre-Yves Pruvot. The resulting programme forms the latest edition of the «Music & Words» series, which commissions works inspired by great literary authors of our time. Following the editions on Julio Cortázar and Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Joseph Brodsky is the third album in this series. After the CD recording in collaboration with the label IBS Classical and the successful premiere in June 2022, Musique des Lumières is now embarking on a tour.

With
Laurence Guillod (soprano), Pierre-Yves Pruvot (baritone), Joël Bardolet (violin), Orchester Musique des Lumières, Facundo Agudin (direction)

Program
Andreas Pflüger (*1941): Christmas Ballad (2022); Pablo Ortiz (*1956): Brodsky, Vivaldi and Stravinsky (2022); Paul Suits (*1956): «The Saints and the Aint’s» (2022); Joan Magrané (*1988): «Barcarolle oubliée» (2022) ; Hinako Takagi (*1989): «A Song» (2022) ; Pablo Ortiz (*1956): «Nativity» (1990)

Tracklist
01. A Song
02. Brodsky, Vivaldi and Stravinsky
03. Christmas Ballad
04. Barcarolle oubliée
05. Nativity
06. Saints and the Aint’s