Dusapin’s catalogue of works also includes several concertos, including Aufgang and À quia for violin and piano respectively.

Soloists on this recording are Natascha Petrinsky, who sang the role of Penthesilea at the première production of the opera, and Carolin Widmann and Nicolas Hodges, both highly respected interpreters in the field of contemporary music. They are supported by l’Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire and Pascal Rophé, a team well acquainted with the composer and his music: Dusapin and Rophé have collaborated since the early 1990s and during 2014–16 he was the orchestra’s composer-in-residence.