Everything Ravel wrote for unaccompanied choir fits into Trois chansons, which Léo Warynski’s vocal ensemble had already recorded in 2019 and which they revisit here with the fever of live performance, offering the audience a Nicolette sketched with a gourmand relish for the text, Trois beaux oiseaux du Paradis whose flight is deftly traced with a subtle slow‑motion effect, and finally a virtuosic, intoxicating Ronde.
Dedicating an entire programme to the composer — as in this concert recorded at the Cité de la Musique on 10 March 2025 — therefore requires turning to transcription. […] For Boléro, the transcriber chose to forgo the addition of a text, which would no doubt have seemed superfluous, even decorative: for nearly fifteen minutes (no shortcuts!), the voice displays an endlessly varied instrumental aesthetic, at times surprisingly overtone‑rich, mischievous yet never ridiculous. An impressive feat that attests to the level of excellence the ensemble has achieved.