Eudice Shapiro: Brahms: 3 Violin Sonatas/...

This recording presents Kaija Saariahois works for choir, a cappella and with electronics, and displays her virtuosity in the treatment of texts, which she endows with the full range of verbal expression. At least one of these works is also a discographic premiEres. Nuits, adieux, presented here both in its a cappella version and with electronics, could be described as a lullaby, not so much for a sleeping child as for an elderly person sleeping out of our world. Funny and very serious at the same time, Horloge, tais-toi was conceived for a children choir. Écho! deals with the myth of Echo and Narcissus, with the idea of echo being naturally extended with electronics that process and reverb the voices of the singers. Based on poems by German poet Friedrich Hölderlin, Tags des Jahrs display an archaic choral treatment expanded by sounds of the human voices, birds, wind and other natural phenomena. Überzeugung engages with medieval music and treats the contrast between light and dark as a trance-like interplay between past and present. Finally, Reconnaissance can be seen as a escience-fiction madrigali. Nils Schweckendiek and the Helsinki Chamber Choir initially performed this programme in concert in August 2022 as part of the celebrations surrounding Saariahois 70th birthday.

Disc 1
1: I. Vivace Ma Non Troppo
2: II. Adagio
3: III. Allegro Molto Moderato
4: I. Allegro Amabile
5: II. Andante Tranquillo
6: III. Allegretto Grazioso Quasi Andante
7: I. Allegro
8: II. Adagio
9: III. Un Poco Presto E Con Sentimento
10: IV. Presto Agitato
11: Vidui
12: Nigun
13: Simchas Torah

Disc 2
1: Lassú. Moderato
2: Friss. Allegro Moderato
3: Jocul Cu Bata
4: Brâul
5: Pe Loc
6: Buciumeana
7: Poarga Românesca
8: Maruntel
9: Leme
10: Copacabana
11: Ipanema
12: Corcovado
13: Tijuca
14: Sumaré
15: Kaddisch
16: I. Cantilène
17: II. Eclogue I
18: III. Eclogue II
19: IV. Gigue
20: V. Dithyrambe
21: I. Sinfonia
22: II. Danses Suisses
23: III. Scherzo
24: IV. Pas De Deux
25: Stars in My Eyes
26: Intermezzo

Composer: Igor Stravinsky, Johannes Brahms, Ernest Bloch, Bela Bartok, Heinz Provost, Darius Milhaud, Maurice Ravel, Fritz Kreisler

Number of Discs: 2

Orchestra: Paul Weston and his Orchestra

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