Christian Gerhaher – Heinz Holliger – Lunea (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:42:11 minutes | 955 MBGenre: Classical
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Heinz Holliger’s “dream opera” Lunea which was premiered, to great acclaim, at Opernhaus Zurich, interweaves strands from the life and mind of Nikolaus Franz Niembsch (1802-1850), the Hungarian-born Austrian poet who wrote under the name Nikolaus Lenau. Lenau’s last, fragmentary writings have fired Holliger’s imagination and led to the creation of an intricately inventive work with a marvellously evocative lead role for baritone Christian Gerhaher. Neue Zürcher Zeitung: “Here Gerhaher can display his full sensitivity in dealing with the finest nuances of language and bring to bear his almost unlimited spectrum of tonal-dynamic gradations in the intonation. The poet Lenau speaks most directly from the sounds and notes…”
Tracklist:
1-01. Christian Gerhaher – Einklang (01:45)
1-02. Ivan Ludlow – Erstes Blatt (03:04)
1-03. Juliane Banse – Zweites Blatt (03:38)
1-04. Ivan Ludlow – Drittes Blatt (03:59)
1-05. Juliane Banse – Viertes Blatt (03:11)
1-06. Juliane Banse – Fünftes Blatt (03:39)
1-07. Juliane Banse – Sechstes Blatt (04:34)
1-08. Juliane Banse – Siebtes Blatt (02:41)
1-09. Juliane Banse – Achtes Blatt (07:05)
1-10. Juliane Banse – Neuntes Blatt (04:53)
1-11. Christian Gerhaher – Zehntes Blatt (03:27)
1-12. Juliane Banse – Elftes Blatt (08:07)
1-13. Juliane Banse – Zwölftes Blatt (03:57)
1-14. Ivan Ludlow – Dreizehntes Blatt (04:21)
1-15. Juliane Banse – Vierzehntes Blatt (08:45)
1-16. Juliane Banse – Fünfzehntes Blatt (04:49)
1-17. Juliane Banse – Sechzehntes Blatt (05:51)
1-18. Juliane Banse – Siebzehntes Blatt (04:42)
1-19. Sarah Maria Sun – Achzehntes Blatt (02:57)
1-20. Juliane Banse – Neunzehntes Blatt (03:40)
1-21. Juliane Banse – Zwanzigstes Blatt (03:13)
1-22. Juliane Banse – Einundzwanzigstes Blatt (01:23)
1-23. Christian Gerhaher – Zweiundzwanzigstes Blatt (03:08)
1-24. Basle Madrigalists – Dreiundzwanzigstes Blatt (05:08)
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