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Dansa
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Dansa

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Composer
BACH HENRYSON SANDSTROM
Artist
Willemark, Zilliacus
Format
SACD
Label
BIS
Released
Dec 09, 2016
Catalog #
BIS-2159
UPC
7318599921594

About

Two of Sweden's most highly respected musicians, each in their own field, join forces on this very special disc. Classical violinist Cecilia Zilliacus has won acclaim for her recordings in magazines such as The Strad and Gramophone (Editor’s Choice), and folk musician Lena Willemark is a fixture on the Scandinavian folk and world music scene. The two open their highly original programme with Bach’s Partita in D minor in a version for voice and violin. This duo version is based on the research of the musicologist Helga Thoene, who has proposed that the celebrated Chaconne which closes the partita was written in response to the death of the composer’s first wife. Woven into Bach’s violin part are numerous quotations from various chorales, from which Willemark has devised a vocal part which she performs drawing on the strong tradition of chorale singing in Swedish folk music. Together with Cecilia Zilliacus’s violin, the clear attacks and straight-toned and direct style of singing form a final farewell, by turns dramatic and serene, to a loved companion. In order to expand their common repertoire, the two musicians approached the composer Sven-David Sandström in 2011. The result was Dansa (‘Dance’), a scene in seven sections to a text by the poet Maria Wine. Having collaborated previously with both performers, Sandström includes improvisatory passages and provides rich opportunities for the folk musician Lena Willemark to make her imprint on the music, including asking her to change over to the fiddle in one of the sections. Between these two works Cecilia Zilliacus performs a solo sonata written for her by Svante Henryson. In the course of seven movements the piece reflects the versatility of its composer, with a background in jazz, classical music and heavy metal, and allows Zilliacus to display the many facets of her own musicianship.

Tracklist 21 tracks

  1. 1 Violin Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004: I. Allemande 04:57
    Track
    1
    Title
    Violin Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004: I. Allemande
    Duration
    04:57
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Cecilia Zilliacus
  2. 2 Befiehl du deine Wege 01:11
    Track
    2
    Title
    Befiehl du deine Wege
    Duration
    01:11
    Composer
    Johannes Crüger
    Performer
    Cecilia Zilliacus
  3. 3 Violin Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004: II. Courante 02:35
    Track
    3
    Title
    Violin Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004: II. Courante
    Duration
    02:35
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Cecilia Zilliacus
  4. 4 Wo soll ich fliehen hin 00:46
    Track
    4
    Title
    Wo soll ich fliehen hin
    Duration
    00:46
    Composer
    Jacob Regnart
    Performer
    Cecilia Zilliacus
  5. 5 III. Sarabande 03:47
    Track
    5
    Title
    III. Sarabande
    Duration
    03:47
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Cecilia Zilliacus
  6. 6 IV. Giga 04:21
    Track
    6
    Title
    IV. Giga
    Duration
    04:21
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Cecilia Zilliacus
  7. 7 Violin Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004: V. Ciaccona (arr. H. Thoene for voice and violin) 14:35
    Track
    7
    Title
    Violin Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004: V. Ciaccona (arr. H. Thoene for voice and violin)
    Duration
    14:35
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Lena Willemark, Cecilia Zilliacus
  8. 8 I. Lento 01:41
    Track
    8
    Title
    I. Lento
    Duration
    01:41
    Composer
    Svante Henryson
    Performer
    Cecilia Zilliacus
  9. 9 II. Andante largo 03:25
    Track
    9
    Title
    II. Andante largo
    Duration
    03:25
    Composer
    Svante Henryson
    Performer
    Cecilia Zilliacus
  10. 10 III. Moderato misterioso 03:34
    Track
    10
    Title
    III. Moderato misterioso
    Duration
    03:34
    Composer
    Svante Henryson
    Performer
    Cecilia Zilliacus
  11. 11 IV. The Three-Headed Ostrich: Allegro moderato 03:19
    Track
    11
    Title
    IV. The Three-Headed Ostrich: Allegro moderato
    Duration
    03:19
    Composer
    Svante Henryson
    Performer
    Cecilia Zilliacus
  12. 12 V. Siciliano 02:49
    Track
    12
    Title
    V. Siciliano
    Duration
    02:49
    Composer
    Svante Henryson
    Performer
    Cecilia Zilliacus
  13. 13 VI. Presto 02:59
    Track
    13
    Title
    VI. Presto
    Duration
    02:59
    Composer
    Svante Henryson
    Performer
    Cecilia Zilliacus
  14. 14 VII. Lento 02:33
    Track
    14
    Title
    VII. Lento
    Duration
    02:33
    Composer
    Svante Henryson
    Performer
    Cecilia Zilliacus
  15. 15 No. 1. Fore (Before) 05:22
    Track
    15
    Title
    No. 1. Fore (Before)
    Duration
    05:22
    Composer
    Sven-David Sandström
    Performer
    Lena Willemark, Cecilia Zilliacus
  16. 16 No. 2. Dansa (Dance) 03:35
    Track
    16
    Title
    No. 2. Dansa (Dance)
    Duration
    03:35
    Composer
    Sven-David Sandström
    Performer
    Lena Willemark, Cecilia Zilliacus
  17. 17 No. 3. Mellan I (Between I) 02:22
    Track
    17
    Title
    No. 3. Mellan I (Between I)
    Duration
    02:22
    Composer
    Sven-David Sandström
    Performer
    Lena Willemark, Cecilia Zilliacus
  18. 18 No. 4. O dansa (Oh Dance) 03:33
    Track
    18
    Title
    No. 4. O dansa (Oh Dance)
    Duration
    03:33
    Composer
    Sven-David Sandström
    Performer
    Lena Willemark, Cecilia Zilliacus
  19. 19 No. 5. Mellan II (Between II) 03:39
    Track
    19
    Title
    No. 5. Mellan II (Between II)
    Duration
    03:39
    Composer
    Sven-David Sandström
    Performer
    Lena Willemark, Cecilia Zilliacus
  20. 20 No. 6. Dansa grymheten (Dance Cruelty) 03:11
    Track
    20
    Title
    No. 6. Dansa grymheten (Dance Cruelty)
    Duration
    03:11
    Composer
    Sven-David Sandström
    Performer
    Lena Willemark, Cecilia Zilliacus
  21. 21 No. 7. Efter (after) 01:45
    Track
    21
    Title
    No. 7. Efter (after)
    Duration
    01:45
    Composer
    Sven-David Sandström
    Performer
    Lena Willemark, Cecilia Zilliacus