VA - Sous la pluie de feu – Funérailles (Les musiciens et la Grande Guerre, Vol. 36) (2019) [Hi-Res]

From his discharge onward Lucien Durosoir had constantly in mind the millions of casualties to whom he dedicated his vast score Funérailles, compelling and anguished. One hundred years later Philippe Hersant in turn, with his double concerto for violin and cello, evokes the widespread massacre, the barbarity out of which emerge the three figures inspiring Sous la pluie de feu: Lucien Durosoir and Maurice Maréchal, and the writer André Pézard from whom its title is borrowed.

Taurida International Symphony Orchestra
Hélène Collerette, violon
Mikhail Golikov, direction
Nadine Pierre, violoncelle
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
Pascal Rophé, direction