Ensemble Vocale Polimnia, Claudio Fenoglio & Chiara Cassin - Roseti del mare (2025) [Official Digital Download]

Two metaphors intertwine in the Roseti del mare (Rose gardens of the sea). The rose garden is the shared place, the multifaceted, multicoloured, thorny and delicate project that well embodies the evolutionary drive of the young performers of Polimnia. The enigmatic vastness of the sea provides the setting in the consolidated repertoire of many great composers. It's presence is manifest in Robert Schumann's Romanzen fur Frauenstimmen (Meerfey, Der Wassermann, In Meeres Mitten), and it recurs in the choices of numerous French composers (for example, in C. Debussy's La Mer), a trait that clearly re-sonates in the fluid and elegant writing of Gabriel Faure featured here. Across it's surface, the sea incarnates the spontaneity, luminosity, and immediacy of Faure's invention, while in it's depths resides the Schumannian style, introspective and severe, directing it's gaze towards Reflection and the layering of Thought. With the Polimnia vocal ensemble, I chose to work on a challenging project, far removed from easy transcriptions or more straightforward choral adaptations. For all of us, it was like going out into the open sea, with no footholds or furrows of well-trodden routes. A treacherous journey, devoid of certainties yet full of opportunities for a totally shared research into the meanings and sounds expressed by the young performers already rich in their own time, ranging from 17 to 25 years of age. The fact that young is not an adjective to be equated with superficial is the conviction I have matured in my long experience as director of the children's choir from which the Polimnia Ensemble almost entirely originates. The result we have achieved is the impetus that moves us towards new challenges, new future projects.

Tracklist:
01. 6 Romanzen, Op. 69: No. 1, Tamburinschlägerin
02. 6 Romanzen, Op. 69: No. 2, Waldmädchen
03. 6 Romanzen, Op. 69: No. 3, Klosterfräulein
04. 6 Romanzen, Op. 69: No. 4, Soldatenbraut
05. 6 Romanzen, Op. 69: No. 5, Meerfeÿ
06. 6 Romanzen, Op. 69: No. 6, Die Capelle
07. 6 Romanzen, Op. 91: No. 1, Rosmarien
08. 6 Romanzen, Op. 91: No. 2, Jäger Wohlgemuth
09. 6 Romanzen, Op. 91: No. 3, Der Wassermann
10. 6 Romanzen, Op. 91: No. 4, Das verlassene Mägdlein
11. 6 Romanzen, Op. 91: No. 5, Der Bleicherin Nachtlied
12. 6 Romanzen, Op. 91: No. 6, In Meeres Mitten
13. Messe basse: I. Kyrie eleison
14. Messe basse: II. Sanctus
15. Messe basse: III. Benedictus
16. Messe basse: IV. Agnus Dei
17. Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11
18. 2 Songs, Op. 47: No. 2, Maria, Mater gratiae (Arr. for Choir & Organ by Anonymous)
19. 2 Motets, Op. 65: No. 1, Ave verum corpus
20. 2 Motets, Op. 65: No. 2, Tantum ergo sacramentum
21. 2 Songs, Op. 67 (Arr. for Voice, Choir & Organ by Anonymous): No. 1, Salve Regina
22. 2 Songs, Op. 67 (Arr. for Voice, Choir & Organ by Anonymous): No. 2, Ave Maria
23. Ave Maria, Op. 93 (Arr. for 2 Voices, Choir & Organ by Anonymous)


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