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FRANK MARTIN Golgotha, oratorio (Geneva, 1949) Cappella Amsterdam, Estonian National S.O. & Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Daniel Reuss

1h34
Digital
HMC902056.57
    • Apple Music

    It was Rembrandt’s engraving The Three Crosses (1653) that inspired Frank Martin to conceive his oratorio Golgotha, sweeping aside his reluctance to write music on religious themes. In daring to confront the shadow of the Bach Passions he had always admired, he composed between 1945 and 1958 his own vision of this timeless subject, meditative in spirit and devoid of all dogmatism. A supreme monument of the sacred repertoire.
    It was Rembrandt’s engraving The Three Crosses (1653) that inspired Frank Martin to conceive his oratorio Golgotha, sweeping aside his reluctance to write music on religious themes. In daring to confront the shadow of the Bach Passions he had always admired, he composed between 1945 and 1958 his own vision of this timeless subject, meditative in spirit and devoid of all dogmatism. A supreme monument of the sacred repertoire.

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    Artists

    • Judith Gauthier
      Soprano
    • Marianne Beate Kielland
      Contralto
    • Adrian Thompson
      Tenor
    • Mattijs van de Woerd
      Baritone
    • Konstantin Wolff
      Bass
    • Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
    • Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
    • Conductor

    Contents


    FRANK MARTIN [1890-1974]
    Golgotha
    · Première Partie
    N°1. Chœur d'introduction. "Père ! Père !" (7'45)
    · N°2. Les Rameaux (9'37)
    · N°3. Le discours au temple. "Quand serai-je assez heureuse" (11'39)
    · N°4. La Sainte Cène (5'32)
    · N°5. Gethsémané. "Voici l'Agneau divin" (13'11)


    Golgotha
    · Seconde Partie
    N°6. Méditation. "Que dirai-je ?" (8'43)
    · N°7. Jésus devant le Sanhédrin. "Christ ! Divin Sauveur" (11'09)
    · N°8. Jésus devant Pilate (8'22)
    · N°9. Le Calvaire. "Ô mon Seigneur" (10'24)
    · N°10. La Résurrection. "Ô mort" (8'00)

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