Saariaho: Passion de Simone
Dawn Upshaw, soprano
Tapiola Chamber Choir
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Ondine ODE12175 / 2013
Reviews:
"It's worked through so successfully in no small part because of the way musical components blend… soloists, speaker, orchestra, choir, electronics. It's a format that also facilitates well Saariaho's interest in the essences of sound qua sound. The present production and recording support this admirably. And, given the many different aspects of Weil's life and preoccupations, the work requires a musical unity and wholeness that Salonen elicits almost without apparent effort in the concert performance(s) from which this recording is taken."