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作曲家: Casulana, Maddalena / Gesualdo, Carlo / Kidane, Daniel / Purcell, Henry / Schoenberg, Arnold / Strauss, Richard
演出者: Beibei Wang (crotales 鐃鈸)
指揮家: Julian Azkoul
樂團: United Strings of Europe
United Strings of Europe/Julian Azkoul, director
Beibei Wang, percussion
For their fourth release with BIS, the United Strings of Europe with their director Julian Azkoul present another innovative programme, dedicated this time to the night, a source of wonder and fascination, rich with metaphorical associations. The ensemble's varied, tailor-made programme features counterpoint, aching dissonance and chromaticism from across a range of styles spanning nearly 500 years, from the Renaissance to the present day.
The album is built around two post-romantic masterpieces: Richard Strauss's Metamorphosen (here in an arrangement by Éric Mouret), a work composed during the final months of the Second World War that evokes destruction, mourning, nostalgia, but also hope for progress and transformation, and Arnold Schoenberg's Verklarte Nacht, based on a poem by Richard Dehmel, which, in a nocturnal dialogue between a man and a woman, shows the power of love that can overcome the greatest challenges. These two major works are joined by arrangements for strings of vocal pieces by Maddelena Casulana, Carlo Gesualdo and Henry Purcell, as well as a new work by Daniel Kidane, Be Still, featuring percussionist Beibei Wang, a reflection on recent years marked by lockdowns during which everyday markers, such as meeting with friends and family, travelling or attending concerts vanished.
SACD曲目:
Through the Night
Richard Strauss (1864—1949), arr. Éric Mouret
1) Metamorphosen (1944—45) WORLD PREMIÈRE RECORDING OF THIS ARRANGEMENT 25'38
Maddalena Casulana (c. 1544—c. 1590), arr. Simon Parkin
2) Morir non puo il mio cuore from Il Desiderio libro primo (1566) 6'26
Daniel Kidane (b. 1986)
3) Be Still for strings and crotales (2020) WORLD PREMIÈRE RECORDING 6'26
Beibei Wang crotales
Carlo Gesualdo (1566—1613), arr. Michi Wiancko
4) Tristis est anima mea (1611) 4'53
Arnold Schoenberg (1874—1951)
5) Verklarte Nacht (1943 version for string orchestra) 29'46
Henry Purcell (1659—95), arr. Leopold Stokowski
6) Dido's Lament from Dido and Aeneas (1689) 3'36
TT: 78'07
