Conductor(s): Asbury, Stefan
Label: Toccata Classics
Genre: Chamber Music; Interview; Vocal
Period: Contemporary
Catalogue No: TOCC0281
Barcode: 5060113442819
Release Date: 01/2015

BIRTWISTLE, H.: Songs (1970-2006) (Alice, Euler, Körber, Lewark)

Tracklist

Birtwistle, Harrison
Zinovieff, Peter - Lyricist
Rossi, Alice (soprano)
Das Neue Ensemble (Ensemble)
Asbury, Stefan (Conductor)
1 Nenia: The Death of Orpheus 12:45
Rossi, Alice (soprano)
Das Neue Ensemble (Ensemble)
Asbury, Stefan (Conductor)
Birtwistle, Harrison
Rilke, Rainer Maria - Lyricist
Sacilik, Doga (oboe)
Kuhne, Jasmin-Isabel (harp)
Euler, Johannes (counter-tenor)
2 No. 1. — 02:07
Sacilik, Doga (oboe)
Kuhne, Jasmin-Isabel (harp)
3 No. 2. — 00:59
Sacilik, Doga (oboe)
Kuhne, Jasmin-Isabel (harp)
4 No. 11. Sonnet I 02:46
Euler, Johannes (counter-tenor)
Sacilik, Doga (oboe)
Kuhne, Jasmin-Isabel (harp)
5 No. 5. — 01:07
Sacilik, Doga (oboe)
Kuhne, Jasmin-Isabel (harp)
6 No. 14. Sonnet III 01:30
Euler, Johannes (counter-tenor)
Sacilik, Doga (oboe)
Kuhne, Jasmin-Isabel (harp)
7 No. 12. — 00:36
Sacilik, Doga (oboe)
Kuhne, Jasmin-Isabel (harp)
8 No. 25. — 00:44
Sacilik, Doga (oboe)
Kuhne, Jasmin-Isabel (harp)
9 No. 20. Sonnet V 01:55
Euler, Johannes (counter-tenor)
Sacilik, Doga (oboe)
Kuhne, Jasmin-Isabel (harp)
Birtwistle, Harrison
Kuss Quartet (Ensemble)
10 Fantasia III 01:51
Kuss Quartet (Ensemble)
Birtwistle, Harrison
Niedecker, Lorine - Lyricist
Körber, Sophia (soprano)
Yagubian, Aram (cello)
11 I. There's a better shine 00:42
Körber, Sophia (soprano)
Yagubian, Aram (cello)
12 II. My friend tree 00:35
Körber, Sophia (soprano)
Yagubian, Aram (cello)
13 III. Along the river 01:08
Körber, Sophia (soprano)
Yagubian, Aram (cello)
14 IV. Hear where the snow-grave is 00:48
Körber, Sophia (soprano)
Yagubian, Aram (cello)
15 V. How white the gulls 01:29
Körber, Sophia (soprano)
Yagubian, Aram (cello)
16 VI. My life by water 02:09
Körber, Sophia (soprano)
Yagubian, Aram (cello)
17 VII. Paul when the leaves fall 01:06
Körber, Sophia (soprano)
Yagubian, Aram (cello)
18 VIII. O late fall marsh 00:36
Körber, Sophia (soprano)
Yagubian, Aram (cello)
19 IX. Sleep's dream 01:23
Körber, Sophia (soprano)
Yagubian, Aram (cello)
Birtwistle, Harrison
Kuss Quartet (Ensemble)
20 Frieze I 03:50
Kuss Quartet (Ensemble)
Birtwistle, Harrison
James, John - Lyricist
Wedderburn, Robert - Lyricist
Lewark, Sarah (soprano)
Körber, Sophia (soprano)
21 Lullaby 01:50
Lewark, Sarah (soprano)
Körber, Sophia (soprano)
Birtwistle, Harrison
Birtwistle, Harrison - Lyricist
Rossi, Alice (soprano)
Das Neue Ensemble (Ensemble)
Asbury, Stefan (Conductor)
22 I. O Light set the flame in amber 00:57
Rossi, Alice (soprano)
Das Neue Ensemble (Ensemble)
Asbury, Stefan (Conductor)
23 II. I lean against a shade 01:29
Rossi, Alice (soprano)
Das Neue Ensemble (Ensemble)
Asbury, Stefan (Conductor)
24 III. Cold statements 01:36
Rossi, Alice (soprano)
Das Neue Ensemble (Ensemble)
Asbury, Stefan (Conductor)
25 IV. Steps 01:30
Rossi, Alice (soprano)
Das Neue Ensemble (Ensemble)
Asbury, Stefan (Conductor)
26 V. The silence before light 02:14
Rossi, Alice (soprano)
Das Neue Ensemble (Ensemble)
Asbury, Stefan (Conductor)
not applicable
Birtwistle, Harrison (narrator)
Meier, Stephan (narrator)
27 Interview 03:09
Birtwistle, Harrison (narrator)
Meier, Stephan (narrator)
Birtwistle, Harrison
Das Neue Ensemble (Ensemble)
Asbury, Stefan (Conductor)
28 Cantus Iambeus 06:20
Das Neue Ensemble (Ensemble)
Asbury, Stefan (Conductor)

Total Playing Time: 59:11