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“It would be hard not to be deeply moved by the very subject and the text of the book of this oratorio. [...] It must be said that these
texts, regardless of whether they may be the personal work of Arielle Augry or signed among others by Blaise Cendrars, Henri Bataille, Guillaume Apollinaire, Ernst Jünger, Jean Cocteau, Louis-Ferdinand
Céline, Benjamin Perret or Romain Rolland, are of such beauty that they bring a lump to your throat. The composer Isabelle Aboulker just gives free reign to her emotions [...]. Soloists, French, English
and German children’s choir, with orchestra under the firmly assertive direction of Edmon Colomer translate this public recording of 1918 l’Homme qui titubait dans la guerre with the language of the
heart”.
Jean Hamon, Repertoire - November 1999
“This oratorio by Isabelle Aboulker, commissioned by the state to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the armistice, based on a booklet
by Arielle Augry, is written in an inspired and highly refined tonal language. [...] The all-important violin and piano parts (played by the composer in person) are superbly played and Edmon Colomer
leads the orchestra with the right degree of liveliness and violence. He handles these sounds, at times rich, at times stripped bare, with a great sense of legato and dynamic evolution, thereby
conferring on the work a nobility that can be both grandiose and profoundly moving”.
Karol Beffa, Classica - November 1999
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