Format Details:
Release Date: 01 April 2022
Label: Avie
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 0822252250220
Genres: Classical Contemporary Classical
Description
Composer Elena Ruehr adds to her extensive discography with Icarus, an album of chamber music infused with hints of history, legendary literature and close collaborations.
Elena's String Quartet No 7, "A Thousand Cranes", evokes experiences and resilience of children in wartime, including the internment of Japanese in American camps, and her own father's escape from Nazi Germany. Her playful String Quartet No. 8, "Insect Dances" – "written for listeners of all ages" – finds a diverse family of bugs engaged in an impish dinner party. Inspired by T. S. Eliot, The Worlds Revolve, for piano and string quartet, conjures elements both ancient and prescient. The title track, for clarinet and string quartet, centres on the Greek mythological character's excitement as he builds his wings of wax and dares to fly, rather than his dark demise as he flies too close to the sun.
Throughout, history elides with the present day, and Elena's sumptuous and evocative compositional voice shines through.
CRITICAL ACCLAIM FOR ELENA RUEHR
"exemplary performances, captured in fine sound … Recommended." - Gramophone
"sumptuously scored and full of soaring melodies" - The New York Times
music that is "unspeakably gorgeous" - Gramophone
Tracklisting
Christoph Croise; Andrey Baranov; Alexander Panfilov
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
Sarah Hennies
Uusinta Ensemble, Eija Kankaanranta, Maria Puusaari, Olga Heikkila, Kamus Quartet
Elizabeth Knatt, David Clements, Rachel Barnes, Scott Taylor
Robert M. Helmschrott
Robert M. Helmschrott
Kevin Juillerat, Cedric Pecia
Kaya Han
Helene Breschand, Laurence Bancaud, David Joignaux, Wilhem Latchoumia, Christelle Sery, Fanny Vicens, Wang Ying-Chieh, Ensemble Cairn, L'arsenale
