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Clytemnestra / Hughes, Steen, BBC National Orchestra of Wales
BIS

Clytemnestra / Hughes, Steen, BBC National Orchestra of Wales

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Composer
BERG MAHLER SAMUEL
Artist
Hughes, Steen
Format
SACD
Label
BIS
Released
Jan 03, 2020
Catalog #
BIS-2408
UPC
7318599924083

About

In 2015, when Ruby Hughes discovered Clytemnestra by the Welsh composer Rhian Samuel, the work had not been performed since its première some 20 years earlier. Hughes describes the 24-minute score as ‘sun-scorched and luscious’ as well as ‘intensely visceral’, but in it she also heard echoes of Gustav Mahler and Alban Berg, two of Samuel’s influences. For her first album as soloist with orchestra, she has therefore devised a programme which brings together the three composers but which also spans a wide range of emotions and moods. For his Rückert-Lieder, Mahler selected five highly intimate and subtle poems by the great Romantic poet Friedrich Rückert, using his large orchestral forces sparingly in a chamber music style. Ten years later, in 1911, Berg found his texts closer at hand as he set contemporary poems by Peter Altenberg, one of the main proponents of Viennese impressionism. Berg's advanced harmonic language caused a scandal at the first performance in 1913, and the songs were only performed in their entirety in 1952, sixteen years after Berg’s death. For Clytemnestra, finally, Rhian Samuel assembled her own text, based on Aeschylus' tragedy Agamemnon and focusing Clytemnestra’s deep anguish at the death of her daughter and her need for revenge. Bringing this wide spectrum of human emotions to life, Ruby Hughes is supported by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and conductor Jac van Steen.

Tracklist 17 tracks

  1. 1 No. 3. Blicke mir nicht in die Lieder 01:25
    Track
    1
    Title
    No. 3. Blicke mir nicht in die Lieder
    Duration
    01:25
    Composer
    Gustav Mahler
    Performer
    Ruby Hughes
    Ensemble
    BBC National Orchestra of Wales
    Conductor
    Jac van Steen
  2. 2 No. 4. Ich atmet' einen linden Duft 02:33
    Track
    2
    Title
    No. 4. Ich atmet' einen linden Duft
    Duration
    02:33
    Composer
    Gustav Mahler
    Performer
    Ruby Hughes
    Ensemble
    BBC National Orchestra of Wales
    Conductor
    Jac van Steen
  3. 3 No. 5. Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen 06:20
    Track
    3
    Title
    No. 5. Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen
    Duration
    06:20
    Composer
    Gustav Mahler
    Performer
    Ruby Hughes
    Ensemble
    BBC National Orchestra of Wales
    Conductor
    Jac van Steen
  4. 4 No. 6. Um Mitternacht 05:50
    Track
    4
    Title
    No. 6. Um Mitternacht
    Duration
    05:50
    Composer
    Gustav Mahler
    Performer
    Ruby Hughes
    Ensemble
    BBC National Orchestra of Wales
    Conductor
    Jac van Steen
  5. 5 No. 7. Liebst du um Schönheit 02:17
    Track
    5
    Title
    No. 7. Liebst du um Schönheit
    Duration
    02:17
    Composer
    Gustav Mahler
    Performer
    Ruby Hughes
    Ensemble
    BBC National Orchestra of Wales
    Conductor
    Jac van Steen
  6. 6 No. 1. Seele, wie bist du schöner 02:54
    Track
    6
    Title
    No. 1. Seele, wie bist du schöner
    Duration
    02:54
    Composer
    Alban Berg
    Performer
    Ruby Hughes
    Ensemble
    BBC National Orchestra of Wales
    Conductor
    Jac van Steen
  7. 7 No. 2. Sahst du nach dem Gewitterregen den Wald? 01:07
    Track
    7
    Title
    No. 2. Sahst du nach dem Gewitterregen den Wald?
    Duration
    01:07
    Composer
    Alban Berg
    Performer
    Ruby Hughes
    Ensemble
    BBC National Orchestra of Wales
    Conductor
    Jac van Steen
  8. 8 No. 3. Über die Grenzen des All 01:30
    Track
    8
    Title
    No. 3. Über die Grenzen des All
    Duration
    01:30
    Composer
    Alban Berg
    Performer
    Ruby Hughes
    Ensemble
    BBC National Orchestra of Wales
    Conductor
    Jac van Steen
  9. 9 No. 4. Nichts ist gekommen 01:21
    Track
    9
    Title
    No. 4. Nichts ist gekommen
    Duration
    01:21
    Composer
    Alban Berg
    Performer
    Ruby Hughes
    Ensemble
    BBC National Orchestra of Wales
    Conductor
    Jac van Steen
  10. 10 No. 5. Hier ist Friede 03:24
    Track
    10
    Title
    No. 5. Hier ist Friede
    Duration
    03:24
    Composer
    Alban Berg
    Performer
    Ruby Hughes
    Ensemble
    BBC National Orchestra of Wales
    Conductor
    Jac van Steen
  11. 11 I. The Chain of Flame 04:41
    Track
    11
    Title
    I. The Chain of Flame
    Duration
    04:41
    Composer
    Rhian Samuel
    Performer
    Ruby Hughes
    Ensemble
    BBC National Orchestra of Wales
    Conductor
    Jac van Steen
  12. 12 II. Lament for his Absence 04:30
    Track
    12
    Title
    II. Lament for his Absence
    Duration
    04:30
    Composer
    Rhian Samuel
    Performer
    Ruby Hughes
    Ensemble
    BBC National Orchestra of Wales
    Conductor
    Jac van Steen
  13. 13 III. Agamemnon's Return - 04:03
    Track
    13
    Title
    III. Agamemnon's Return -
    Duration
    04:03
    Composer
    Rhian Samuel
    Performer
    Ruby Hughes
    Ensemble
    BBC National Orchestra of Wales
    Conductor
    Jac van Steen
  14. 14 IV. The Deed 01:28
    Track
    14
    Title
    IV. The Deed
    Duration
    01:28
    Composer
    Rhian Samuel
    Performer
    Ruby Hughes
    Ensemble
    BBC National Orchestra of Wales
    Conductor
    Jac van Steen
  15. 15 V. Confession 02:30
    Track
    15
    Title
    V. Confession
    Duration
    02:30
    Composer
    Rhian Samuel
    Performer
    Ruby Hughes
    Ensemble
    BBC National Orchestra of Wales
    Conductor
    Jac van Steen
  16. 16 VI. Defiance 02:33
    Track
    16
    Title
    VI. Defiance
    Duration
    02:33
    Composer
    Rhian Samuel
    Performer
    Ruby Hughes
    Ensemble
    BBC National Orchestra of Wales
    Conductor
    Jac van Steen
  17. 17 VII. Epilogue: Dirge 04:07
    Track
    17
    Title
    VII. Epilogue: Dirge
    Duration
    04:07
    Composer
    Rhian Samuel
    Performer
    Ruby Hughes
    Ensemble
    BBC National Orchestra of Wales
    Conductor
    Jac van Steen