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Release Date: 21 June 2024
Label: ECM New Series
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 028948758753
Genres: Classical
Description
Named after a lyric from the first piece in Schumann's Frauenliebe und Leben song cycle, the Delian Quartett's programme of Im wachen Traume combines said cycle - in a new arrangement for soprano and string quartet by the late Aribert Reimann - with music by Renaissance composer William Byrd and Baroque composer Henry Purcell. Most of the music appears in world premiere recordings here. The earlier English repertory bookends the album, framing Frauenliebe und Leben in a thematic embrace and, as the quartet's violinist Andreas Moscho puts it, "in dazzling harmonies, that colour the musical span from the bliss of the moment to the end of things". Claudia Barainsky, one of the foremost interpreters of Reimann's music, is a striking presence throughout the programme and especially expressive in the Schumann cycle, delivering the music with conviction and a keen sense for the text's emotional delivery. The majority of the Byrd and Purcell pieces appear in reworked versions by Italian composer Stefano Pierini.
Delian Quartett:
Adrian Pinzaru, Andreas Moscho: violin
Lara Albesano: viola
Hendrik Blumenroth: cello
Claudia Barainsky: soprano
Mikhail Timoshenko: baritone
Matthias Lingenfelder: viola 2
Andreas Arndt: cello 2
Tracklisting
Delian Quartett
Anna Gourari, Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana & Markus Poschner
Gidon Kremer, Kremerata Baltica & Vida Mikneviciute
Arvo Part
Thomas Larcher
John Holloway Ensemble
Heinz Holliger & Anton Kernjak
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra & Tonu Kaljuste
Theo Plath, Armand Djikoloum, Olivier Stankiewicz, Sakoto Doi, Jordi Carrasco Hjelm
Roeland Hendrikx, Jan Michiels, Brussels Philharmonic, Il Novecento, Robert Groslot
Tomasz Zagorski, Jacek Kortus
Novi Piano Duo
Ensemble Jerycho, Bartosz Izbicki
Maria Shetty, Monika Wilinska-Tarcholik
Adam Kostecki, Polish Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Hannover Chamber Orchestra, Carsten Petermann
Roberta Invernizzi, Accademia Strumentale Italiana, Alberto Rasi
