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Berio: Coro & Cries of London / Pedersen, Norwegian Radio Orchestra & Soloists Choir

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Details

Composer
BERIO, LUCIANO
Artist
Pedersen
Format
SACD
Label
BIS
Released
Mar 06, 2020
Catalog #
BIS-2391
UPC
7318599923918

About

Luciano Berio’s Coro has been described as the work that ‘exemplifies all the qualities that made him one of the leading composers of our time’. The work’s full title is ‘Coro for voices and instruments’, and the 40 voices and 44 instrumentalists do indeed make up a single choir – instrumentalists and singers sit together, with each singer paired with a particular player, and used both as soloists and combined in mass effects. Composed in 1976, Coro is also a strikingly ‘global’ work: Berio’s use of texts (mainly translations of folk poetry) attributed to peoples – ‘Peruvian’, ‘Croatian’, ‘Sioux’ – turns the work into a chorus of cultures. The texts are laid out in 31 separate sections of varying length, but the overall effect is cumulative, not episodic. The only named author is the Chilean poet Pablo Neruda, who became a powerful posthumous voice following his death in 1973 in the wake of General Pinochet’s military coup. Along with other text fragments, his words ‘Come and see the blood in the streets’ keep returning during the course of the work, and the sense emerges of human individuals needing to be alerted to social and political developments demanding a collective response. Under its artistic director Grete Pedersen the Norwegian Soloists’ Choir has made acclaimed recordings of music ranging from Norwegian folk songs and Hildegard of Bingen to Bach, Brahms and Xenakis. Joined by the Norwegian Radio Orchestra it now takes on one of the major choral works of the past 50 years. The album closes with Berio’s smaller scale Cries of London, performed by members of the choir.

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REVIEW:

Luciano Berio is quite rightly viewed as one of the most interesting and adventurous composers of his time. More so than many of his works from the 1960s, Coro struck me as being closer in style and spirit to some of the work of György Ligeti, particularly Ligeti at his best. It is the massed choral sound — and the astonishingly brash, almost metallic sound of the instrumental ensemble — that strikes one the most and stays in the mind. Needless to say, this is exactly the sort of work for which Bis’s SACD sonics are ideal.

– Art Music Lounge (Lynn René Bayley)

Tracklist 38 tracks

  1. 1 No. 1. Today is mine - Wake up woman rise up woman 05:07
    Track
    1
    Title
    No. 1. Today is mine - Wake up woman rise up woman
    Duration
    05:07
    Composer
    Luciano Berio
    Ensemble
    The Norwegian Soloists' Choir, Norwegian Radio Orchestra
    Conductor
    Grete Pedersen
  2. 2 No. 2. Venid a ver 02:04
    Track
    2
    Title
    No. 2. Venid a ver
    Duration
    02:04
    Composer
    Luciano Berio
    Ensemble
    The Norwegian Soloists' Choir, Norwegian Radio Orchestra
    Conductor
    Grete Pedersen
  3. 3 No. 3. Your eyes are red 00:28
    Track
    3
    Title
    No. 3. Your eyes are red
    Duration
    00:28
    Composer
    Luciano Berio
    Ensemble
    The Norwegian Soloists' Choir, Norwegian Radio Orchestra
    Conductor
    Grete Pedersen
  4. 4 No. 4. Venid a ver 00:05
    Track
    4
    Title
    No. 4. Venid a ver
    Duration
    00:05
    Composer
    Luciano Berio
    Ensemble
    The Norwegian Soloists' Choir, Norwegian Radio Orchestra
    Conductor
    Grete Pedersen
  5. 5 No. 5. Your eyes are red - Stand up 01:10
    Track
    5
    Title
    No. 5. Your eyes are red - Stand up
    Duration
    01:10
    Composer
    Luciano Berio
    Ensemble
    The Norwegian Soloists' Choir, Norwegian Radio Orchestra
    Conductor
    Grete Pedersen
  6. 6 No. 6. Venid a ver la sangre por las calles 00:26
    Track
    6
    Title
    No. 6. Venid a ver la sangre por las calles
    Duration
    00:26
    Composer
    Luciano Berio
    Ensemble
    The Norwegian Soloists' Choir, Norwegian Radio Orchestra
    Conductor
    Grete Pedersen
  7. 7 No. 7. Wake up, woman, rise up, woman 01:38
    Track
    7
    Title
    No. 7. Wake up, woman, rise up, woman
    Duration
    01:38
    Composer
    Luciano Berio
    Ensemble
    The Norwegian Soloists' Choir, Norwegian Radio Orchestra
    Conductor
    Grete Pedersen
  8. 8 No. 8. Venid a ver la sangre por las calles 04:43
    Track
    8
    Title
    No. 8. Venid a ver la sangre por las calles
    Duration
    04:43
    Composer
    Luciano Berio
    Ensemble
    The Norwegian Soloists' Choir, Norwegian Radio Orchestra
    Conductor
    Grete Pedersen
  9. 9 No. 9. I have made a song 01:02
    Track
    9
    Title
    No. 9. I have made a song
    Duration
    01:02
    Composer
    Luciano Berio
    Ensemble
    The Norwegian Soloists' Choir, Norwegian Radio Orchestra
    Conductor
    Grete Pedersen
  10. 10 No. 10. Venid a ver la sangre por las calles 00:30
    Track
    10
    Title
    No. 10. Venid a ver la sangre por las calles
    Duration
    00:30
    Composer
    Luciano Berio
    Ensemble
    The Norwegian Soloists' Choir, Norwegian Radio Orchestra
    Conductor
    Grete Pedersen
  11. 11 No. 11. I have made a song 02:18
    Track
    11
    Title
    No. 11. I have made a song
    Duration
    02:18
    Composer
    Luciano Berio
    Ensemble
    The Norwegian Soloists' Choir, Norwegian Radio Orchestra
    Conductor
    Grete Pedersen
  12. 12 No. 12. Venid a ver la sangre 00:20
    Track
    12
    Title
    No. 12. Venid a ver la sangre
    Duration
    00:20
    Composer
    Luciano Berio
    Ensemble
    The Norwegian Soloists' Choir, Norwegian Radio Orchestra
    Conductor
    Grete Pedersen
  13. 13 No. 13. Wake up, woman, rise up, woman 01:38
    Track
    13
    Title
    No. 13. Wake up, woman, rise up, woman
    Duration
    01:38
    Composer
    Luciano Berio
    Ensemble
    The Norwegian Soloists' Choir, Norwegian Radio Orchestra
    Conductor
    Grete Pedersen
  14. 14 No. 14. Venid a ver la sangre 00:36
    Track
    14
    Title
    No. 14. Venid a ver la sangre
    Duration
    00:36
    Composer
    Luciano Berio
    Ensemble
    The Norwegian Soloists' Choir, Norwegian Radio Orchestra
    Conductor
    Grete Pedersen
  15. 15 No. 15. Komm in meine Nähe 00:50
    Track
    15
    Title
    No. 15. Komm in meine Nähe
    Duration
    00:50
    Composer
    Luciano Berio
    Ensemble
    The Norwegian Soloists' Choir, Norwegian Radio Orchestra
    Conductor
    Grete Pedersen
  16. 16 No. 16. Today is mine 01:40
    Track
    16
    Title
    No. 16. Today is mine
    Duration
    01:40
    Composer
    Luciano Berio
    Ensemble
    The Norwegian Soloists' Choir, Norwegian Radio Orchestra
    Conductor
    Grete Pedersen
  17. 17 No. 17. Pousse l'herbe e fleurit la fleur 01:02
    Track
    17
    Title
    No. 17. Pousse l'herbe e fleurit la fleur
    Duration
    01:02
    Composer
    Luciano Berio
    Ensemble
    The Norwegian Soloists' Choir, Norwegian Radio Orchestra
    Conductor
    Grete Pedersen
  18. 18 No. 18. Go my strong charm - Venid a ver 00:41
    Track
    18
    Title
    No. 18. Go my strong charm - Venid a ver
    Duration
    00:41
    Composer
    Luciano Berio
    Ensemble
    The Norwegian Soloists' Choir, Norwegian Radio Orchestra
    Conductor
    Grete Pedersen
  19. 19 No. 19. It is so nice 01:25
    Track
    19
    Title
    No. 19. It is so nice
    Duration
    01:25
    Composer
    Luciano Berio
    Ensemble
    The Norwegian Soloists' Choir, Norwegian Radio Orchestra
    Conductor
    Grete Pedersen
  20. 20 No. 20. Your eyes are red - El día pálido se asoma 01:53
    Track
    20
    Title
    No. 20. Your eyes are red - El día pálido se asoma
    Duration
    01:53
    Composer
    Luciano Berio
    Ensemble
    The Norwegian Soloists' Choir, Norwegian Radio Orchestra
    Conductor
    Grete Pedersen
  21. 21 No. 21. Mirad mi casa muerta 03:35
    Track
    21
    Title
    No. 21. Mirad mi casa muerta
    Duration
    03:35
    Composer
    Luciano Berio
    Ensemble
    The Norwegian Soloists' Choir, Norwegian Radio Orchestra
    Conductor
    Grete Pedersen
  22. 22 No. 22. Je m'en vais où ma pensée s'en va 01:46
    Track
    22
    Title
    No. 22. Je m'en vais où ma pensée s'en va
    Duration
    01:46
    Composer
    Luciano Berio
    Ensemble
    The Norwegian Soloists' Choir, Norwegian Radio Orchestra
    Conductor
    Grete Pedersen
  23. 23 No. 23. Pousse l'herbe et fleurit la fleur 01:04
    Track
    23
    Title
    No. 23. Pousse l'herbe et fleurit la fleur
    Duration
    01:04
    Composer
    Luciano Berio
    Ensemble
    The Norwegian Soloists' Choir, Norwegian Radio Orchestra
    Conductor
    Grete Pedersen
  24. 24 No. 24. Oh issa - Ich sehe Tautropfen - Your eyes are red 01:13
    Track
    24
    Title
    No. 24. Oh issa - Ich sehe Tautropfen - Your eyes are red
    Duration
    01:13
    Composer
    Luciano Berio
    Ensemble
    The Norwegian Soloists' Choir, Norwegian Radio Orchestra
    Conductor
    Grete Pedersen
  25. 25 No. 25. Oh issa lo in alto - Komm in meine Nähe 00:33
    Track
    25
    Title
    No. 25. Oh issa lo in alto - Komm in meine Nähe
    Duration
    00:33
    Composer
    Luciano Berio
    Ensemble
    The Norwegian Soloists' Choir, Norwegian Radio Orchestra
    Conductor
    Grete Pedersen
  26. 26 No. 26. Come ascend the ladder 01:04
    Track
    26
    Title
    No. 26. Come ascend the ladder
    Duration
    01:04
    Composer
    Luciano Berio
    Ensemble
    The Norwegian Soloists' Choir, Norwegian Radio Orchestra
    Conductor
    Grete Pedersen
  27. 27 No. 27. When we came to this world 02:04
    Track
    27
    Title
    No. 27. When we came to this world
    Duration
    02:04
    Composer
    Luciano Berio
    Ensemble
    The Norwegian Soloists' Choir, Norwegian Radio Orchestra
    Conductor
    Grete Pedersen
  28. 28 No. 28. El día oscila rodeado 03:49
    Track
    28
    Title
    No. 28. El día oscila rodeado
    Duration
    03:49
    Composer
    Luciano Berio
    Ensemble
    The Norwegian Soloists' Choir, Norwegian Radio Orchestra
    Conductor
    Grete Pedersen
  29. 29 No. 29. Hinach yafà raayatí 02:16
    Track
    29
    Title
    No. 29. Hinach yafà raayatí
    Duration
    02:16
    Composer
    Luciano Berio
    Ensemble
    The Norwegian Soloists' Choir, Norwegian Radio Orchestra
    Conductor
    Grete Pedersen
  30. 30 No. 30. El día pálido se asoma 05:16
    Track
    30
    Title
    No. 30. El día pálido se asoma
    Duration
    05:16
    Composer
    Luciano Berio
    Ensemble
    The Norwegian Soloists' Choir, Norwegian Radio Orchestra
    Conductor
    Grete Pedersen
  31. 31 No. 31. Spin, colours, spin - El día pálido se asoma 05:56
    Track
    31
    Title
    No. 31. Spin, colours, spin - El día pálido se asoma
    Duration
    05:56
    Composer
    Luciano Berio
    Ensemble
    The Norwegian Soloists' Choir, Norwegian Radio Orchestra
    Conductor
    Grete Pedersen
  32. 32 No. 1. These are the cries of London town 01:12
    Track
    32
    Title
    No. 1. These are the cries of London town
    Duration
    01:12
    Composer
    Luciano Berio
    Ensemble
    The Norwegian Soloists' Choir
    Conductor
    Grete Pedersen
  33. 33 No. 2. Where are ye fair maids that have need of our trades 01:25
    Track
    33
    Title
    No. 2. Where are ye fair maids that have need of our trades
    Duration
    01:25
    Composer
    Luciano Berio
    Ensemble
    The Norwegian Soloists' Choir
    Conductor
    Grete Pedersen
  34. 34 No. 3. Garlic, good garlic 01:07
    Track
    34
    Title
    No. 3. Garlic, good garlic
    Duration
    01:07
    Composer
    Luciano Berio
    Ensemble
    The Norwegian Soloists' Choir
    Conductor
    Grete Pedersen
  35. 35 No. 4. These are the cries of London town 02:05
    Track
    35
    Title
    No. 4. These are the cries of London town
    Duration
    02:05
    Composer
    Luciano Berio
    Ensemble
    The Norwegian Soloists' Choir
    Conductor
    Grete Pedersen
  36. 36 No. 5. These are the cries of London town 01:12
    Track
    36
    Title
    No. 5. These are the cries of London town
    Duration
    01:12
    Composer
    Luciano Berio
    Ensemble
    The Norwegian Soloists' Choir
    Conductor
    Grete Pedersen
  37. 37 No. 6. Money, penny come to me 03:19
    Track
    37
    Title
    No. 6. Money, penny come to me
    Duration
    03:19
    Composer
    Luciano Berio
    Ensemble
    The Norwegian Soloists' Choir
    Conductor
    Grete Pedersen
  38. 38 No. 7. Cry of Cries: Come money to me 03:22
    Track
    38
    Title
    No. 7. Cry of Cries: Come money to me
    Duration
    03:22
    Composer
    Luciano Berio
    Ensemble
    The Norwegian Soloists' Choir
    Conductor
    Grete Pedersen