With an evocative title and assumed polysemy, Jacques Lenot's 'Propos recueillis' forms a cycle of twelve pieces for an instrumental ensemble of twelve musicians.
The composer proposes an attempt at transcription and orchestration of a booklet of lieder for alto voice and piano, three pieces for piano, and another booklet for violin and piano.
Often dark and exalted poems by Else Lasker-Schüler, a prominent figure of early 20th-century German expressionism, have inspired the majority of the pieces, as well as those of Hölderlin and Faulkner. Each 'Propos,' like a song without words, develops a universe of great interiority and strong concentration, through the composer's precise writing.
Sturm und Klang, which ensured the creation of the cycle, is happy and proud to present you with this recording, with this historical nod: Else Lasker-Schüler was closely associated with the Berlin magazine 'Der Sturm,' as evidenced by the title page of the magazine, where Franz Marc drew inspiration for this woodcut from the poet's poem 'Versöhnung'.
