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Lang: Mystery Sonatas / Hadelich
Cantaloupe Music

Lang: Mystery Sonatas / Hadelich

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Details

Composer
LANG, DAVID
Artist
Augustin Hadelich
Format
CD
Label
Cantaloupe Music
Released
Oct 19, 2018
Catalog #
CA21142
UPC
713746314224

About

Back in April 2014 at Carnegie's Zankel Hall, Augustin Hadelich's performance of David Lang's 'mystery sonatas' was praised by the New York Times as a riveting display of “magisterial poise and serene control.” That same magic penetrates this starkly beautiful recording of the work, played by Hadelich on the exquisite 1723 “ex-Kiesewetter” Stradivari, on loan to him by its current owners since 2011. Lang based his 'mystery sonatas' on the famous pieces by Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber, but with a modern twist. “I decided to make my own virtuosic pieces about my most intimate, most spiritual thoughts,” he explains, “[but] mine are not about Jesus, and the violin is not retuned between movements. I did keep one of Biber's distinctions. He divides Jesus's life into three phases—the joyous, the sorrowful, and the glorious. The central pieces of my mystery sonatas are called 'joy,' 'sorrow,' and 'glory,' but these are all quiet, internal, reflective states of being.”

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REVIEW:

The violinist Augustin Hadelich premiered this work in 2014 to considerable acclaim. His warm, commanding tone perfectly matches this open and intensely sincere music. This recording is an instant classic.

– Music for Several Instruments

Tracklist 7 tracks

  1. 1 No. 1. Joy 05:10
    Track
    1
    Title
    No. 1. Joy
    Duration
    05:10
    Composer
    David Lang
    Performer
    Augustin Hadelich
  2. 2 No. 2. After Joy 05:28
    Track
    2
    Title
    No. 2. After Joy
    Duration
    05:28
    Composer
    David Lang
    Performer
    Augustin Hadelich
  3. 3 No. 3. Before Sorrow 06:53
    Track
    3
    Title
    No. 3. Before Sorrow
    Duration
    06:53
    Composer
    David Lang
    Performer
    Augustin Hadelich
  4. 4 No. 4. Sorrow 08:53
    Track
    4
    Title
    No. 4. Sorrow
    Duration
    08:53
    Composer
    David Lang
    Performer
    Augustin Hadelich
  5. 5 No. 5. After Sorrow 04:40
    Track
    5
    Title
    No. 5. After Sorrow
    Duration
    04:40
    Composer
    David Lang
    Performer
    Augustin Hadelich
  6. 6 No. 6. Before Glory 04:00
    Track
    6
    Title
    No. 6. Before Glory
    Duration
    04:00
    Composer
    David Lang
    Performer
    Augustin Hadelich
  7. 7 No. 7. Glory 08:17
    Track
    7
    Title
    No. 7. Glory
    Duration
    08:17
    Composer
    David Lang
    Performer
    Augustin Hadelich