Two incandescent works meet in a programme of ardent passion and doomed desire. Janáček’s Zápisník zmizelého (The Diary of One Who Disappeared), here in Laurent Cuniot’s arrangement, stages the feverish confession of a young peasant enthralled by a gypsy; Manuel de Falla’s El amor brujo (1915 version) conjures Andalusian rites, flamenco rhythms and orchestral heat. Isabelle Druet and tenor Petr Nekoranec lead the vocal drama, with the Orchestre de Chambre de Genève in a co-production marking de Falla’s 150th anniversary.
