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caregivers supported by a "Symphony for Life"

5/17/2020, 5:41:03 PM


In full confinement, 23 soloists recorded the album in the studio without crossing paths. Tale of a technical and vocal puzzle.

Record a college album, in full confinement! It is the crazy bet that 23 classical musicians have launched with the disc Symphony for Life . Released in digital on May 8 (in the bins on June 12), the latter (whose cover is signed Plantu) was produced in support of caregivers, and its profits will go to the Hôpital de Paris-Hôpitaux de France Foundation. Gautier Capuçon, Yvan Cassar, Bertrand Chamayou, Karine Deshayes, Thomas Enhco, Philippe Jaroussky, Edgar Moreau, Nemanja Radulovic, Alexandre Tharaud…

From April 7 to 11, all followed one another, without crossing each other and following an extremely strict sanitary protocol, in the studios of La Seine musicale. Everyone coming to make their contribution, classic or sometimes in an unexpected style. "It was a completely impromptu process ," says Natalie Dessay. But when Gautier (Capuçon, Editor's note) called me to tell me about this idea, we were confined to five musicians at home. We immediately said yes,

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