Composer(s): Body, Jack
Conductor(s): Young, Kenneth
Label: Naxos
Genre: Concerto; Orchestral; Vocal
Period: 20th Century
Catalogue No: 8.573198
Barcode: 747313319879
Release Date: 03/2014

BODY, J.: Palaran: Songs of Love and War / Meditations on Michelangelo / Poems of Solitary Delights (New Zealand Symphony, K. Young)

Jack Body is one of New Zealand’s leading composers. His fascination with Asian traditional music has had a profound impact on music which often tells ‘dark stories of repression and unjust political imprisonment’ (New Zealand Listener). Body’s opera Alley tells the extraordinary life of Rewi Alley, whose powerful experiences in China are reflected in these specially orchestrated arias. Palaran: Poems of Love and War draws on the subtleties of Javanese gamelan and traditional vocal styles, while Poems of Solitary Delight gives a musical context to Japanese poet Tachibana Akemi’s light-hearted meditations on solitary pleasures. In contrast My Name is Mok Bhon references Cambodian traditional music to express the trauma and anguish of the Khmer Rouge years.

Tracklist

Body, Jack
Chapple, Geoff - Lyricist
Greco, David (tenor)
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Young, Kenneth (Conductor)
1Two eyes03:18
Greco, David (tenor)
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Young, Kenneth (Conductor)
2Men at work06:01
Greco, David (tenor)
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Young, Kenneth (Conductor)
3Night04:27
Greco, David (tenor)
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Young, Kenneth (Conductor)
Body, Jack
Ouk, Somara (vocals)
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Young, Kenneth (Conductor)
4My Name is Mok Bhon12:30
Ouk, Somara (vocals)
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Young, Kenneth (Conductor)
Body, Jack
Traditional - Lyricist
Putra, Budi Surasa (vocals)
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Young, Kenneth (Conductor)
5Palaran: Songs of Love and War16:26
Putra, Budi Surasa (vocals)
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Young, Kenneth (Conductor)
Body, Jack
Riseley, Martin (violin)
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Young, Kenneth (Conductor)
6Sonnet No. 32: S'un casto amor, s'una pieta superna03:00
Riseley, Martin (violin)
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Young, Kenneth (Conductor)
7Sonnet No. 57: Passa per gli occhi al core in un momento03:31
Riseley, Martin (violin)
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Young, Kenneth (Conductor)
8Sonnet No. 21: D'altrui pietoso e sol di se spietato02:29
Riseley, Martin (violin)
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Young, Kenneth (Conductor)
9Sonnet No. 54: Veggio nel bel viso, signor mio02:51
Riseley, Martin (violin)
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Young, Kenneth (Conductor)
10Sonnet No. 27: Non posso altra figura immaginarmi01:47
Riseley, Martin (violin)
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Young, Kenneth (Conductor)
11Sonnet No. 26: Se da' prim' anni aperto un lento e poco02:49
Riseley, Martin (violin)
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Young, Kenneth (Conductor)
12Sonnet No. 78: Caro m'e il sonno, e più l'esser di sasso02:46
Riseley, Martin (violin)
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Young, Kenneth (Conductor)
Body, Jack
Thwaite, Anthony - Lyricist
Bownas, Geoffrey - Lyricist
Akemi, Tachibana - Lyricist
Easting, Robert (narrator)
Pati, Amitai (tenor)
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Young, Kenneth (Conductor)
13Poems of Solitary Delights13:07
Easting, Robert (narrator)
Pati, Amitai (tenor)
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Young, Kenneth (Conductor)

Total Playing Time: 01:15:02