Nørgård: The Will-o'-the-Wisps in Town
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Nørgård: The Will-o'-the-Wisps in Town
Helene Gjerris (mezzo soprano) / Athelas Sinfonietta Copenhagen
[ Dacapo / 2 CD ]
Release Date: Monday 30 July 2012
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CD with free bonus DVD
The Will-o'-the-Wisps in Town is an extraordinary fairy tale cantata created by the Danish composer Per Nørgård and his close friend, author Suzanne Brøgger, on the basis of a little known fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen. This world première recording of the chamber version focuses on the charismatic "Marsh Witch", sung by mezzo-soprano Helene Gjerris who also premiered the work in Birmingham at 200th anniversary of Hans Christian Andersen's birth.
The CD is accompanied by the half-hour documentary "A Journey in Fairy Tales and Music" following Nørgård, Brøgger, Gjerris and the Athelas Sinfonietta Copenhagen's work with The Will-o'-the-Wisps produced by a Danish national TV station.
"[Will-o'-the-Wisps's] appeal grows with repetition and, as a bold statement by one of today's leading composers, it clearly earns its place on the specialist collector's shelves. [Out of the Cradle gives] the impression of a stream of musical imagination emerging at full pressure, which still eludes me in parts of the Andersen cantata. Superb performances" (Gramophone)
"It's a fascinatingly approachable piece, sometimes recalling Pierrot Lunaire or The Soldier's Tale, but more often conjuring up its own, rather quirky fairytale world, full of typical Nørgård gestures and slithering harmonic allusions." (Guardian)
Tracks:
The Will-o'-the-Wisps are in Town (chamber version)
Out of the Cradle Endlessy Rocking
