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La Passione / Hannigan, Ludwig Orchestra

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Details

Composer
GRISEY HAYDN NONO
Artist
Hannigan
Format
CD
Label
Alpha
Released
Mar 27, 2020
Catalog #
ALPHA586
UPC
3760014195860

About

The starting point for Barbara Hannigan’s third recording for Alpha is a work by Gérard Grisey (1946-98) that is particularly close to her heart. Grisey wrote: ‘I conceived the Quatre Chants pour franchir le seuil [Four songs for crossing the threshold] as a musical meditation on death in four parts: the death of the angel, the death of civilization, the death of the voice and the death of humanity... The texts chosen belong to four civilizations (Christian, Egyptian, Greek, Mesopotamian) and have in common a fragmentary discourse on the inevitability of death.’ Luigi Nono (1924-90) was a politically engaged composer. His stunning monody Djamila Boupacha, a heart-rending cry for solo soprano, pays tribute to a freedom fighter tortured by French paratroopers during the Algerian war; Picasso also portrayed her in charcoal. Once again Barbara Hannigan both sings and directs this pair of twentieth-century works with her friends of the Ludwig Orchestra. She has chosen to couple them with a Classical symphony by the master of the genre, Joseph Haydn, which also deals with the theme of the Passion. Her interpretation is extremely intense and highly personal.

Tracklist 10 tracks

  1. 1 Canti di vita e d'amore: No. 2. Djamila Boupachà 05:00
    Track
    1
    Title
    Canti di vita e d'amore: No. 2. Djamila Boupachà
    Duration
    05:00
    Composer
    Luigi Nono
    Performer
    Barbara Hannigan
  2. 2 I. Adagio 14:17
    Track
    2
    Title
    I. Adagio
    Duration
    14:17
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Ensemble
    Ludwig Orchestra
    Conductor
    Barbara Hannigan
  3. 3 II. Allegro di molto 06:10
    Track
    3
    Title
    II. Allegro di molto
    Duration
    06:10
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Ensemble
    Ludwig Orchestra
    Conductor
    Barbara Hannigan
  4. 4 III. Minuet and Trio 04:00
    Track
    4
    Title
    III. Minuet and Trio
    Duration
    04:00
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Ensemble
    Ludwig Orchestra
    Conductor
    Barbara Hannigan
  5. 5 IV. Finale: Presto 02:58
    Track
    5
    Title
    IV. Finale: Presto
    Duration
    02:58
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Ensemble
    Ludwig Orchestra
    Conductor
    Barbara Hannigan
  6. 6 I. Prelude: La mort de l'ange 12:26
    Track
    6
    Title
    I. Prelude: La mort de l'ange
    Duration
    12:26
    Composer
    Gérard Grisey
    Performer
    Barbara Hannigan
    Ensemble
    Ludwig Orchestra
    Conductor
    Barbara Hannigan
  7. 7 II. Interlude: La mort de la civilisation 07:04
    Track
    7
    Title
    II. Interlude: La mort de la civilisation
    Duration
    07:04
    Composer
    Gérard Grisey
    Performer
    Barbara Hannigan
    Ensemble
    Ludwig Orchestra
    Conductor
    Barbara Hannigan
  8. 8 III. Interlude: La mort de la voix 04:12
    Track
    8
    Title
    III. Interlude: La mort de la voix
    Duration
    04:12
    Composer
    Gérard Grisey
    Performer
    Barbara Hannigan
    Ensemble
    Ludwig Orchestra
    Conductor
    Barbara Hannigan
  9. 9 IV. Faux Interlude: La mort de l'humanite 11:32
    Track
    9
    Title
    IV. Faux Interlude: La mort de l'humanite
    Duration
    11:32
    Composer
    Gérard Grisey
    Performer
    Barbara Hannigan
    Ensemble
    Ludwig Orchestra
    Conductor
    Barbara Hannigan
  10. 10 Berceuse 04:57
    Track
    10
    Title
    Berceuse
    Duration
    04:57
    Composer
    Gérard Grisey
    Performer
    Barbara Hannigan
    Ensemble
    Ludwig Orchestra
    Conductor
    Barbara Hannigan