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Prague Philharmonic Choir, Czech Philharmonic, Lukáš Vasilek
Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher
Arthur Honegger’s dramatic oratorio Jeanne d’Arc au bûcher (1935/1944) in a new recording by Lukáš Vasilek conducting the Czech Philharmonic, Prague Philharmonic Choir and the Prague Philharmonic Children’s Choir. The cast is led by Audrey Bonnet as Jeanne d’Arc and Sébastien Dutrieux as Frère Dominique. This is the first recording since 1975 of Jeanne d’Arc au bûcher made with the same orchestra and two choirs. The cast is completed by actors Jean-Baptiste Le Vaillant, Thomas Gendronneau and Anna John Schmidtmajerová, and singers Susanne Bernhard, Veronika Rovná, Anna Goryachova, Kyle van Schoonhoven, Dovlet Nurgeldiyev and Zachary Altman. The CD comes out with an extensive trilingual booklet.
2026
ANI 153
21,00 €
Prologue
(Arthur Honegger / Paul Claudel)
Scene I. The Voices from Heaven
(Arthur Honegger / Paul Claudel)
Scene II. The Book
(Arthur Honegger / Paul Claudel)
Scene III. The Voices of the Earth
(Arthur Honegger / Paul Claudel)
Scene IV. Joan given up to the Beasts
(Arthur Honegger / Paul Claudel)
Scene V. Joan at the Place of Execution
(Arthur Honegger / Paul Claudel)
Scene VI. The Kings, or the Invention of the Card Game
(Arthur Honegger / Paul Claudel)
Scene VII. Catherine and Margaret
(Arthur Honegger / Paul Claudel)
Scene VIII. The King sets out for Reims
(Arthur Honegger / Paul Claudel)
Scene IX. Joan's Sword
(Arthur Honegger / Paul Claudel)
Scene X. Trimazô
(Arthur Honegger / Paul Claudel)
Scene XI. The Burning of Joan of Arc
(Arthur Honegger / Paul Claudel)
Personnel and sound:
Audrey Bonnet – Joan of Arc
Sébastien Dutrieux – Brother Dominic
Susanne Bernhard (soprano) – The Virgin
Veronika Rovná (soprano) – Margaret
Anna Goryachova (mezzo-soprano) – Catherine
Kyle van Schoonhoven (tenor) – Porcus
Dovlet Nurgeldiyev (tenor) – Herald I, The Cleric
Zachary Altman (bass) – Herald II
Jean-Baptiste Le Vaillant – various spoken roles
Thomas Gendronneau – various spoken roles
Anna John Schmidtmajerová – Mother of Barrels
Prague Philharmonic Choir
Czech Philharmonic
Lukáš Vasilek – conductor and choirmaster
Prague Philharmonic Children's Choir
Jiří Chvála, Petr Louženský – choirmasters
Recodring producer: Markéta Janáčková
Sound engineer, mixing, mastering: Jakub Hadraba
Cover painting © Věra Nováková (heirs) – "Hanka" (1953)
Artists' photos © Václav Jirásek
Design © Marek Pistora
Liner notes © Huguette Calmel / © Natália Ostrouchova
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