Ondine new release includes works written in the last decade by one of themost important Finnish contemporary composers, Kaija Saariaho (b. 1958).Two of the works, the orchestral version of Quatre instants and Émilie Suite,feature the award-winning soprano Karen Vourc’h. OrchestrePhilharmonique de Strasbourg is conducted by the orchestra’s new MusicDirector, Marko Letonja.

Émilie Suite is a 25-minute work based on Saariaho’s 80-minute monodramaOpera Émilie. The Opera tells the dramatic story of a true historical character,Marquise Émilie du Châtelet (1706–1749), one of the earliest womanscientists, who was also a mathematician and a physician. The suite includesthree songs and two orchestral interludes from the Opera.