Clerambault/ Vialle/ Roussel - Visages d'Orphee AEC Music there is something satisfying and

there is something satisfying and comforting in concluding with the Adagio

as was his insistence on the need to understand clearly the character of each piece in order to appreciate to the full the composer's intentions

purity and beauty' (ffff Telerama)

Bohuslav Martinu and Zdenek Lukáš

Clerambault/ Vialle/ Roussel - Visages d'Orphee AEC Music there is something satisfying andBehold Orpheus, the singing shepherd who braved the Underworld to bring back Eurydice. The only human to conquer death, this famous Thracian bard is the hero of the French cantatas that flourished between 1710 and 1730. They paint a picture of the faithful husband's burning ardour and pleas, his hypnotic song that won over the King of Darkness, his furtive glance that would forever rob him of his beloved; these are miniature operas, their intense