3 December 2016

Gérard Grisey - Quatre chants pour franchir le seuil


There seems to have been a good reaction, in number of downloads at least, to Grisey's Les Espaces Acoustiques posted here a few weeks ago, and I hope that posting music like this here is not only of interest to regular visitors, but also attracts others who may become equally interested in some of the other music posted here.

So here is Gérard Grisey's most famous piece, Quatre chants pour franchir le seuil (1997-8), a meditation through four songs - from Christian, Egyptian, Greek and Mesopotamian cultures - on the passing from life to death. I don't hear any morbidity here, or sentimentality, instead a beautiful, rarefied contemplation, on the cusp of Liebestod.

I recorded this from France Musique earlier this year, and it is a remarkably assured performance. Don't hesitate if you get the chance to see this in concert!

Gérard Grisey

Quatre chants pour franchir le seuil, pour soprano et grand ensemble

Barbara Hannigan : soprano 


Ensemble Intercontemporain

Conductor : Susanna Mälkki

2008 Agora Festival, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
7th June, 2008
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25 comments:

  1. Tantris21 November 2008 at 19:45:00 CET

    FLAC

    http://rapidshare.com/files/165862583/Quatre_Chants_pour_franchir_le_seuil.zip

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  2. david_grundy22 November 2008 at 12:42:00 CET

    I like.

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  3. Anonymous29 November 2008 at 13:05:00 CET

    Hello,

    the link doesn't work.
    I am very curious to hear the music.
    If there is any problem to public the link, please, can you send me the link to my email address?
    Thank you very much!

    All the best from Berlin

    Wiebke Hoogklimmer

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  4. Tantris29 November 2008 at 13:20:00 CET

    Hi Wiebke - it may be that you haven't copied all of the above link into your browser. Here is a tiny url which should also work;

    http://tinyurl.com/6bvymw

    I hope this works, and do let us know what you think of the music.

    (The 'download of the week' link below certainly doesn't seem to work, but that's not my link).

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  5. Ben.H4 December 2008 at 01:39:00 CET

    Just heard this piece live in London on the weekend. Extraordinary music - thanks for sharing this recording.

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  6. lc5 December 2008 at 09:05:00 CET

    neat!
    what's next?
    Luigi Nono and the "Nacht" that was dedicated to his work some time ago?
    that'd be swell.
    in any case, thanks for the Grisey fest!

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  7. Tantris7 December 2008 at 12:22:00 CET

    I did record SWR2's 9 hour Luigi Nono marathon, and very good it is too. One piece from 1983, 'Guai ai gelidi mostri' struck me as particularly outstanding. An early piece from 1960, 'Sarà dolce tacere' was also remarkable for the way it seemed to prefigure much of the later work.

    However I'm not sure now much of the material is already commercially available. 'Prometeo', for example, and some of the other pieces, are certainly available on the col legno label, and hence I won't upload those. Is there a particular piece that you are interested in that isn't available commercially?

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  8. lc9 December 2008 at 09:19:00 CET

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  9. lc9 December 2008 at 09:20:00 CET

    thanks for your response, Tantris.
    it turns out that I don't know much about Nono's work.
    I thought that after discovering some Berio's (the SEQUENZAS and SOLO WORKS boxset), I would turn to other Italian composers from the same generation, namely Maderna and Nono.
    I actually tried to record the marathon but my old iMac provoked so many "skippings" that I finally gave up on it.
    anything you are able and willing to share (I perfectly understand your self-restrictions) will be most welcome.
    thanks again.

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  10. Tantris10 December 2008 at 16:01:00 CET

    Hi lc,
    The piece I mentioned above, 'Guai ai gelidi mostri', is available on the Neos label, alongside another superb piece, 'Quando stanno morendo';

    https://neos-music.com/

    Cheers, T

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  11. carlipops1 April 2009 at 20:42:00 CEST

    Hi Tantris,

    I was at the general rehearsal for this concert and it was absolutely shattering. But I couldn't get to the concert itself...

    I would like so much to hear this recording but rapidshare is telling me the download limit has been reached.

    Any chance you could upload it again?

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  12. Bodhi Amol9 April 2009 at 16:21:00 CEST

    Hello,the link is expired,please let me hear it -maybe at megaupload,it seems to last longer...

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  13. carlipops4 May 2009 at 01:21:00 CEST

    ...one more go maybe - any chance you could upload it again? It would mean a lot. (Yes, really!)

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  14. Wiebke Hoogklimmer2 June 2009 at 12:37:00 CEST

    Hi Tantris,

    it is very pity. Till yet I couldn't hear the music. There is a message, that the download limit has been reached.....

    All the best

    Wiebke

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  15. Yours Truly4 September 2010 at 07:26:00 CEST

    Hi,

    is there any chance to get the quatre chants reposted again? I missed out on this performace. Woudl you be so kind as to post this performance again?
    Thanks a million!

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  16. GGG6 April 2011 at 17:33:00 CEST

    HI,
    I hsve been trying to get the score of this wonderful piece.. but with no success - do you have any idea on how to get it?

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  17. Ernst Grgo Nebhuth6 April 2011 at 22:07:00 CEST

    I know someone who is working for a company which edits scores.
    I'll ask him during the next few weeks.

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  18. Tantris3 December 2016 at 16:10:00 CET

    I finally found the CDR with this recording, at the bottom of a box that has been in storage for several years. Here is a new rip & link;

    Grisey_4Chants_2008

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  19. Anonymous4 December 2016 at 00:51:00 CET

    merci a zillion for this. msj

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  20. chrisc4 December 2016 at 19:36:00 CET

    Thank you very much for ressurecting this post Tantris. Is there any chance that you might do the same for the "espaces acoustiques" post ?

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  21. Ernst Grgo Nebhuth4 December 2016 at 19:55:00 CET

    Thank you, Tantris.
    This time I'll dl this version of this wonderful Grisey composition.

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  22. Tantris4 December 2016 at 22:37:00 CET

    Chris - I've also uploaded the recording of Les Espaces Acoustiques again.

    Ernst - I hope you enjoy this - Barbara Hannigan is one of the great singers & musicians of our time, and I think this is amongst her best recordings - surprising it has not been released commercially.

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  23. Unknown23 October 2018 at 06:11:00 CEST

    Is there still a working link to listen to this composition?
    Thank you very much!

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  24. Ernst Grgo Nebhuth11 December 2018 at 13:39:00 CET

    1fichier

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  25. francisco santos13 December 2018 at 01:07:00 CET

    BIG THX!...

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