La Fonte Des Neiges (2009)

Les aficionados de S. Tesson comme les amoureux des contrées lointaines heureusement encore habitées de bêtes rares et sauvages - menacées sans doute et bientôt d’extinction- trouveront dans cette œuvre nouvelle encore bien du plaisir et des plages de méditation. …

In the heart of the Tibetan highlands, photographer Vincent Munier brings writer Sylvain Tesson on his quest to find the snow leopard. He introduces him to the subtle art of waiting from a blind spot, tracking animals and finding the patience to catch sight of the beasts. Through their journey in the Tibetan peaks, inhabited by invisible presences, the two men engage in a conversation on our place among the living beings and celebrate the beauty of the world.

Les aficionados de S. Tesson comme les amoureux des contrées lointaines heureusement encore habitées de bêtes rares et sauvages - menacées sans doute et bientôt d’extinction- trouveront dans cette œuvre nouvelle encore bien du plaisir et des plages de méditation.
Prix Renaudot 2019.
Lu par : Loïc Corbery.

Kay et Gerda s'aiment comme un frère et une soeur, et ont pour habitude de jouer près des rosiers. Un méchant sorcier fabrique un miroir maléfique dans lequel tout ce qui se reflète de beau devient laid. Lorsqu'il se brise, un morceau atteint l'oeil de Kay qui commence à détester tout ce qui est beau, surtout les roses.

In this recording entitled Enigma Fortuna, the ensemble La Fonte Musica, directed by Michele Pasotti, aims to shed light on the mysterious and eccentric personality of Antonio Zacara da Teramo (1355-1416). A contemporary of Boccaccio, Donatello and Brunelleschi, this composer from the Abruzzi region could almost be likened to a sort of musical Hieronymus Bosch, for the texts he set to music conjure up a ‘topsy-turvy universe’ where the obscene, the imaginary and the grotesque go hand in hand. In his ballata Amor ne tossa he writes ‘Let him understand me who can, for I understand myself’, foreshadowing the proud egotism of the Romantic artists who were to come 400 years after him. With this four-CD set presenting the world premiere of Zacara’s complete works, La Fonte Musica offers us an initial approach to understanding his music. And thereby, through the timeless character of art, to understanding a so-called ‘renascent’ era that seems as ‘topsy-turvy’ as our own.

In this recording entitled Enigma Fortuna, the ensemble La Fonte Musica, directed by Michele Pasotti, aims to shed light on the mysterious and eccentric personality of Antonio Zacara da Teramo (1355-1416). A contemporary of Boccaccio, Donatello and Brunelleschi, this composer from the Abruzzi region could almost be likened to a sort of musical Hieronymus Bosch, for the texts he set to music conjure up a ‘topsy-turvy universe’ where the obscene, the imaginary and the grotesque go hand in hand. In his ballata Amor ne tossa he writes ‘Let him understand me who can, for I understand myself’, foreshadowing the proud egotism of the Romantic artists who were to come 400 years after him. With this four-CD set presenting the world premiere of Zacara’s complete works, La Fonte Musica offers us an initial approach to understanding his music. And thereby, through the timeless character of art, to understanding a so-called ‘renascent’ era that seems as ‘topsy-turvy’ as our own.