Alice Rossi & Stefan Asbury - Sir Harrison Birtwistle: Songs 1970-2006 (2015)

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Artist: Alice Rossi & Stefan Asbury
Title: Sir Harrison Birtwistle: Songs 1970-2006
Year Of Release: 2015
Label: Toccata Classics
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (image + .cue, log, artwork)
Total Time: 60:43 min
Total Size: 196 MB
WebSite: Album Preview

Tracklist:

[1] Nenia: The Death of Orpheus (1970)
[2]-[9] Orpheus Elegies (2004)
[10] Fantasia III (1996)
[11]-[19] Nine Settings of Lorine Niedecker (2000)
[20] Frieze I (1991)
[21] Lullaby (2006)
[22]-[26] Songs by Myself (1984)
[27] Interview
[28] Cantus Iambeus (2004)

Performers:

Alice Rossi soprano ([1], [22]-[26])
Doga Sacilik oboe ([2]-[9])
Jasmin-Isabel Kühne harp ([2]-[9])
Johannes Euler countertenor ([4], [6], [9])
Kuss Quartet ([10], [20])
Sophia Körber soprano ([11]-[19], [21])
Sarah Lewark soprano ([21])
Aram Yagubian cello ([11]-[19])
Das Neue Ensemble ([1], [22]-[26], [28])
Stefan Asbury conductor ([1], [22]-[26], [28])
Sir Harrison Birtwistle ([27])
Stephan Meier ([27])

Instrumental and vocal techniques are intertwined in the music of Harrison Birtwistle: he often treats the voice instrumentally and his instrumental writing has vocal characteristics. Many of his works for small ensembles, with or without voices, occupy this common ground, his highly individual style juxtaposing the static and the violently dynamic and intersecting with his fondness for ritual and myth – not least a recurrent concern with the figure of Orpheus. This recording presents some of these relatively neglected pieces, recorded live in the presence of the composer, who also talks about his songs in interview.

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