Paul Éluard

Per Nørgård (b. 1932) is regarded by many as Denmark's greatest living composer, with some of his music being hard edged and difficult to approach. This music on this disc will not suit everyone, it is quite difficult to understand where the composer is going at times, and in the case of the "Plutonian Ode", which is for soprano and solo cello, I found little to like, perhaps it is because the first two sections are for recitation, but I found it just grates with me! This is not to say that there isn't anything to like here, on the contrary, the disc opens with his "Two Recitatives Op. 16" which sets texts by the Swedish poet, playwright and novelist, Pär Fabian Lagerkvist.

Le bonheur se cache là où on ne l’attend pas !
"Des évènements qui surgissent au moment où nous en avons précisément besoin, en réponse à nos pensées les plus profondes, à nos interrogations existentielles, comme des signes pour nous indiquer la route à prendre… Des retrouvailles pleines de sens semblant orchestrées par l’Univers qui nous emplissent d’émerveillement, de gratitude…