Susan Narucki. Donald Berman. Curtis Macomber. Nicholas Toll
Release Date: 02 August 2019
Label: Avie
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 822252240825
Genres: Classical Contemporary Classical
Description
"The Edge of Silence" finds American soprano and contemporary music specialist Susan Narucki firmly in her element performing iconoclastic vocal works by Hungarian composer Gyorgy Kurtag.
American soprano and Latin Grammy-nominee Susan Narucki, one of today's most committed advocates of the music of our time, has a deep and lasting working relationship with Hungarian composer Gyorgy Kurtag which dates back to 1986. Susan's luminous tone and distinctive artistry and Kurtag's idiosyncratic fusion of poetry and music come together in this quintessential recorded collection of some of the composer's most iconoclastic vocal works. In Susan's words, "I have spent much of my life immersed in this repertoire, and it has become essential to the way I understand music; it is the heart of my practice as a musician." Equally appreciative, Kurtag acknowledges Susan, "who sang so warmly, purely, so 'integer' these songs – with thanks and love."
ARTISTS Susan Narucki, soprano with Donald Berman, piano Curtis Macomber, violin Nicholas Tolle, cimbalom Kathryn Schulmeister, double bass
CRITICAL ACCLAIM FOR SUSAN NARUCKI
"vivid, profound and totally compelling...committed, expressive and profound" -Andrew Clements, The Guardian, August 2019
"fearless and expressive" – Gramophone
Soprano Susan Narucki Enchants In An Evening Of Kurtag's Miniatures: "With their gripping and enchanting performance, they made a case for Scenes from a Novel as a late 20th-century miniaturist masterpiece, proof that good things — no, GREAT things — can come in small packages." – San Diego Union Tribune
Tracklisting
The Orchestra Now; Leon Botstein
Donald Berman
Lauren Scott
East of the River
Sebastian Bohren, Sergei Bolkhovets, Munchener Kammerorchester
Cantata Collective; Nicholas McGegan
Yoshika Masuda, HyeJin Kim
Vincent Larderet
Gavin Bryars
Ilse Eerens, Tomoko Kasai, Mayumi Miyata, Masanori Oishi, Saori Oya, Naoko Yoshino
L'Itineraire, Leo Margue
Hashtag Ensemble
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins, Andrew Davis
Joel-Francois Durand
Elisabeth Harnik
Kristine Tjogersen
