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Abel: The Cave of Wondrous Voice
Delos

Abel: The Cave of Wondrous Voice

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Details

Composer
ABEL, MARK
Artist
Various
Format
CD
Label
Delos
Released
May 01, 2020
Catalog #
DE 3570
UPC
013491357027

About

The music in this album sings and dances, in Abel’s “colorful blend of styles that serve the emotional nature of each work to bracing and poignant effect” (Gramophone). It further clarifies why Abel is “one of the most interesting figures in American contemporary music” (Pizzicato). Composer Mark Abel has been based in California for the past three decades. Abel’s idiom eludes easy pigeon-holing. It includes chamber music and vocal works, whose contours extend from art song to larger forms with orchestra to a 103-minute chamber opera, Home Is a Harbor. This is Mark’s fifth release on Delos. The incomparable David Shifrin begins the program with Intuition’s Dance, a combination of frolic and dreamy ruminations in which he is joined by pianist Carol Rosenberger. (This is the first time Shifrin and Rosenberger have recorded together since their memorable albums in 1984!) Next comes the remarkable Hila Plitmann singing the powerfully moving Four Poems of Marina Tsvetaeva — the first-ever setting of Tsvetaeva’s poetry in English translation. She is joined by Rosenberger and English hornist Sarah Beck. Colorful and haunting, The Elastic Hours are brought to life with virtuosity by Sabrina-Vivian Höpcker and Dominic Cheli. This is Sabrina’s first Delos recording since her success with the Brahms Hungarian Dances in 2018 (DE 3558). In the richly lyrical Clarinet Trio, Shifrin and Rosenberger are joined by Fred Sherry for a musical journey beginning with “The Unfolding,” moving to “Taking Flight,” and finally ending with a peaceful and tender “In Good Time.”

Tracklist 10 tracks

  1. 1 Intuition's Dance 09:53
    Track
    1
    Title
    Intuition's Dance
    Duration
    09:53
    Composer
    Mark Abel
    Performer
    David Shifrin, Carol Rosenberger
  2. 2 No. 1. The Sibyl 06:38
    Track
    2
    Title
    No. 1. The Sibyl
    Duration
    06:38
    Composer
    Mark Abel
    Performer
    Hila Plitmann, Sarah Beck, Carol Rosenberger
  3. 3 No. 2. Two trees desire to come together 02:58
    Track
    3
    Title
    No. 2. Two trees desire to come together
    Duration
    02:58
    Composer
    Mark Abel
    Performer
    Hila Plitmann, Sarah Beck, Carol Rosenberger
  4. 4 No. 3. O sorrow floods my eyes! 03:13
    Track
    4
    Title
    No. 3. O sorrow floods my eyes!
    Duration
    03:13
    Composer
    Mark Abel
    Performer
    Hila Plitmann, Sarah Beck, Carol Rosenberger
  5. 5 No. 4. God bent under 01:22
    Track
    5
    Title
    No. 4. God bent under
    Duration
    01:22
    Composer
    Mark Abel
    Performer
    Hila Plitmann, Sarah Beck, Carol Rosenberger
  6. 6 I. What Friday Brought 10:55
    Track
    6
    Title
    I. What Friday Brought
    Duration
    10:55
    Composer
    Mark Abel
    Performer
    Sabrina-Vivian Höpcker, Dominic Cheli
  7. 7 II. Saturday's Circumference 09:44
    Track
    7
    Title
    II. Saturday's Circumference
    Duration
    09:44
    Composer
    Mark Abel
    Performer
    Sabrina-Vivian Höpcker, Dominic Cheli
  8. 8 I. The Unfolding 10:19
    Track
    8
    Title
    I. The Unfolding
    Duration
    10:19
    Composer
    Mark Abel
    Performer
    David Shifrin, Fred Sherry, Carol Rosenberger
  9. 9 II. Taking Flight 05:58
    Track
    9
    Title
    II. Taking Flight
    Duration
    05:58
    Composer
    Mark Abel
    Performer
    David Shifrin, Fred Sherry, Carol Rosenberger
  10. 10 III. In Good Time 07:07
    Track
    10
    Title
    III. In Good Time
    Duration
    07:07
    Composer
    Mark Abel
    Performer
    David Shifrin, Fred Sherry, Carol Rosenberger