Saariaho: La Passion de Simone

This is a hybrid Super Audio CD playable on both regular and Super Audio CD players. 3712640.az_SAARIAHO_La_Passion_Simone.html SAARIAHO La Passion de Simone • Esa-Pekka Salonen, cond; Dawn Upshaw (sop); Tapiola CCh; Finnish RSO • ONDINE 1217 (SACD: 66:32 Text and Translation) Live: Helsinki 10/19–20/2012 La passion de Simone is a one-person oratorio by Kaija Saariaho based on the writings of philosopher Simone Weil (1909-1943). Unlike many assimilated Jews from Europe, Weil was lucky enough to be able to escape Nazi-occupied France and left for New York. Later she moved to London, where she worked from across the channel with the French Resistance, but died of tuberculosis in 1943, largely by refusing food or treatment. Although Weil was a German Jew, the text of this work is in French. The text, though including quotes from Weil, is as much a commentary on her life and work written for the composer by Armin Maalout. I was deeply impressed with b