Into the Little Hill / Dance Figures / Sometime Voices
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GEORGE BENJAMIN
Into the Little Hill / Dance Figures / Sometime Voices
Anu Komsi / Hilary Summers / Ensemble Modern / Ensemble Modern Orchestra / George Benjamin, Oliver Knussen, conductors
[ Nimbus / CD ]
Release Date: Saturday 20 September 2008
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"A stunning performance, which, in combination with the other works heard here, makes this CD."
(MusicWeb Feb 2009)
"That music can work so convincingly in these different strata is testament to Benjamin's compositional genius. Although this is a short work it is a major composition in terms of its far-reaching emotional impact. The climactic moment is truly breathtaking, surpassed only by the impact of the sudden return of the solo baritone for the final line of the text. A stunning performance, which, in combination with the other works heard here, makes this CD."
(MusicWeb Feb 2009)
Into the Little Hill -
"It is an exquisite piece, full of beguiling sounds, and retains all that magic in this recording"
Dance Figures -
"A single movement lasting just over a quarter of an hour, it is structured as a series of sharply contrasted episodes, each individually titled, almost like musical vignettes, but building into a coherent whole. The performance under Oliver Knussen is wonderfully incisive too; all in all, this is a remarkable disc."
Tracks:
Into the Little Hill
A lyric tale in two parts for soprano, contralto and ensemble of 15 players
Dance Figures
Nine Choreographic scenes for orchestra
Sometime Voices (1996)
(with Dietrich Henschel, baritone)
