Henri Dutilleux: Correspondances (2013)

French composer Henri Dutilleux has had impressive creative longevity, continuing to issue new works well into his nineties. The lead item on this release, Correspondances, was composed in 2003, when he was a mere 87. It is an orchestral song cycle, a genre that Dutilleux had not yet taken up until that time. The work was written for soprano Dawn Upshaw, who sang the premiere but was unable to record it. Dutilleux heard a performance of the work by the present forces and suggested to conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen that he make ... Read More

French composer Henri Dutilleux has had impressive creative longevity, continuing to issue new works well into his nineties. The lead item on this release, Correspondances, was composed in 2003, when he was a mere 87. It is an orchestral song cycle, a genre that Dutilleux had not yet taken up until that time. The work was written for soprano Dawn Upshaw, who sang the premiere but was unable to record it. Dutilleux heard a performance of the work by the present forces and suggested to conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen that he make a recording, even writing a new finale for soprano Barbara Hannigan. So you can be reasonably sure you're getting the composer's vision of the music here. Salonen has been a major champion of Dutilleux's free brand of serialism, which may prove a tough slog for general listeners even though his work is more linked to extramusical content than is the case for most other composers in the serial orbit. The Shadows of Time (1997) includes three boy soloists in a chilling third movement... Read Less

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2013, Deutsche Grammophon UPC: 028947911807 CD See All