Robin de Raaff: Atlantis

Współczesna Muzyka Klasyczna / Kameralistyka
premiera polska: 2021-02-12
opakowanie: plastikowe etui
opis:
Editor's info:
Robin de Raaff completed Atlantis in the summer of 2016. The work is one that predominantly seems to progress from light to dark, with voice and instruments frequently melding into an overall sonority. That said, where the text is of major significance, De Raaff uses the voice as a lyrical element to let it soar above the orchestral timbres. To a large extent, Atlantis is based on "Atlantis", the final poem in Hart Crane's collection Bridges. Boulez, the last surviving giant of post-War modernism, passed away while De Raaff was working on Atlantis. "Boulez was the great proponent of modernism. The island that modernism actually was simply disappeared when he died. This is why I felt a homage would be appropriate." As De Raaff has the tonal focus descend more or less chromatically for each stanza, a feeling arises of a sinking movement. He also makes the feeling of sinking away below the mirror surface of the ocean musically understandable by using ever darker sounding instruments. The oratorio Atlantis is not just an argument for the use of contemporary vocal skills as an element of the entire history of music, but also and primarily a warning about stewardship of water and the future of our planet.

muzycy:
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra / Netherlands Radio Choir / Markus Stenz: conductor

utwory:
1. Atlantis, Oratorio for soprano, bariton, 2 harps solo, large mixed choir, and large orchestra Introduction 01:24
2. Atlantis, Oratorio for soprano, bariton, 2 harps solo, large mixed choir, and large orchestra “Through the bound cable strands...” 03:12
3. Atlantis, Oratorio for soprano, bariton, 2 harps solo, large mixed choir, and large orchestra Orchestral Interlude I, “And through that cordage...” 02:30
4. Atlantis, Oratorio for soprano, bariton, 2 harps solo, large mixed choir, and large orchestra “Make thy love sure...” 02:57
5. Atlantis, Oratorio for soprano, bariton, 2 harps solo, large mixed choir, and large orchestra “And on, obliquely up bright carrier bars...” 03:55
6. Atlantis, Oratorio for soprano, bariton, 2 harps solo, large mixed choir, and large orchestra “O arching strands of song!” 04:33
7. Atlantis, Oratorio for soprano, bariton, 2 harps solo, large mixed choir, and large orchestra “Like hails, farewells—up planet-sequined heights...” 03:16
8. Atlantis, Oratorio for soprano, bariton, 2 harps solo, large mixed choir, and large orchestra “From gulfs unfolding, terrible of drums...” 01:14
9. Atlantis, Oratorio for soprano, bariton, 2 harps solo, large mixed choir, and large orchestra “O Choir, translating time...” 04:40
10. Atlantis, Oratorio for soprano, bariton, 2 harps solo, large mixed choir, and large orchestra “In single chrysalis the many twain...” 01:38
11. Atlantis, Oratorio for soprano, bariton, 2 harps solo, large mixed choir, and large orchestra Orchestral Interlude II, “Swift peal of secular light...” 06:54
12. Atlantis, Oratorio for soprano, bariton, 2 harps solo, large mixed choir, and large orchestra “Unspeakable Thou Bridge to Thee, O Love.” 04:39
13. Atlantis, Oratorio for soprano, bariton, 2 harps solo, large mixed choir, and large orchestra “One Song, one Bridge of Fire!” 02:20
14. Atlantis, Oratorio for soprano, bariton, 2 harps solo, large mixed choir, and large orchestra Conclusion, “Soon, in one violent surge it was gone.” 04:41

wydano: 2020-10
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