ALAIN ALTINOGLU, Conductor
VÉRONIQUE GENS, Soprano
NORA GUBISCH, Mezzo-Soprano
LÉO VERMOT-DESROCHES, Tenor
STÉPHANE DEGOUT, Baritone
LAURENT NAOURI, Bass
PHILHARMONISCHER CHOR MÜNCHEN
MÜNCHNER PHILHARMONIKER
Frank Martin’s oratorio »In terra pax« is a fervent appeal for peace, composed in the final months before the end of the Second World War and premiered the day after the unconditional surrender of the German Wehrmacht was signed. His work is about liberation and hope, about forgiveness and love and about the vision of a new world that knows no more suffering and tears. Although it was commissioned for a specific occasion, the work’s message is still more relevant today than ever before: »The problems posed by war and peace are eternal« wrote the Swiss composer about his work, »and is peace not a constant longing of our souls?«
A digital release from the MPHIL label, recorded in April 2025 at the Isarphilharmonie.
