4 F - In the acoustical setting of the Royaumont Abbey, Les Métaboles bring to life an a cappella repertoire of famous Englishmen, from Henry Purcell to Jonathan Harvey

In the acoustical setting of the Royaumont Abbey, Les Métaboles bring to life an a cappella repertoire of famous Englishmen, from Henry Purcell to Jonathan Harvey.

Supple, clear, and warm, the voices of Les Métaboles are just as capable of intervening as soloists and ensuring the clarity of the vocal lines as they are of blending into the choral polyphony. They are marvelous in this agelessly modern repertoire, which plays with a Gregorian plainchant coated in a vocal mist and traversed by turbulence (Plainsongs for Peace and Light), sculpting the sound with bewitching harmonic sequences (I love the Lord), and finally taking us into another dimension (The Angels), with a floating and strangely comforting beauty.