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Lines Written During a Sleepless Night - Art Songs / Alder, Middleton
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Lines Written During a Sleepless Night - Art Songs / Alder, Middleton

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Composer
VARIOUS
Artist
Alder, Middleton
Format
CD
Label
Chandos
Released
Jan 03, 2020
Catalog #
CHAN 20153
UPC
095115215326

About

The soprano Louise Alder has been described as 'the brightest lyric soprano of the younger generation' (The Arts Desk),'a born actress' (Opera), and as having 'a voice of sparkling beauty' (Gramophone). In this her debut recording for Chandos, she and her pianist, Joseph Middleton, have devised an unusual but rewarding programme that explores the works of six contrasting composers. As she writes in her booklet note: ‘When Joseph suggested making an album of Russian songs, including Russian composers who set poems in other languages, I jumped at the challenge. The more we discussed the repertoire, the more amazed I was to see how well it fitted with my own family history. In 1916 (the same year that Rachmaninoff composed the Opus 38 songs), huge political unrest forced my great-grandparents and family to flee, shutting up the house in Odessa, travelling 1,687 km north by rail to St Petersburg, and then by sleigh into Finland, through Norway, and back to Britain. It is my pleasure to be able to honor my family’s Russian connection with this meandering sleigh ride through Russia, with songs in Russian, French, and German, into Finland, in Swedish, and Norway, in German, back to the UK for a cycle of Britten songs in Russian.’

Tracklist 30 tracks

  1. 1 No. 1. Noch'u v sadu u menya (In my Garden at Night) 01:52
    Track
    1
    Title
    No. 1. Noch'u v sadu u menya (In my Garden at Night)
    Duration
    01:52
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    Louise Alder, Joseph Middleton
  2. 2 No. 2. K ney (To Her) 02:47
    Track
    2
    Title
    No. 2. K ney (To Her)
    Duration
    02:47
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    Louise Alder, Joseph Middleton
  3. 3 No. 3. Margaritki (Daisies) 02:29
    Track
    3
    Title
    No. 3. Margaritki (Daisies)
    Duration
    02:29
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    Louise Alder, Joseph Middleton
  4. 4 No. 4. Krisolov (The Rat-Catcher) 02:42
    Track
    4
    Title
    No. 4. Krisolov (The Rat-Catcher)
    Duration
    02:42
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    Louise Alder, Joseph Middleton
  5. 5 No. 5. Son (A Dream) 03:23
    Track
    5
    Title
    No. 5. Son (A Dream)
    Duration
    03:23
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    Louise Alder, Joseph Middleton
  6. 6 No. 6. A-u! 02:15
    Track
    6
    Title
    No. 6. A-u!
    Duration
    02:15
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    Louise Alder, Joseph Middleton
  7. 7 7 Songs, Op. 13: No. 4. Våren flyktar hastigt (Spring is Flying) (version for voice and piano) 01:35
    Track
    7
    Title
    7 Songs, Op. 13: No. 4. Våren flyktar hastigt (Spring is Flying) (version for voice and piano)
    Duration
    01:35
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Performer
    Louise Alder, Joseph Middleton
  8. 8 6 Songs, Op. 36: No. 4. Säv, säv, susa (Reed, reed, rustle) 02:32
    Track
    8
    Title
    6 Songs, Op. 36: No. 4. Säv, säv, susa (Reed, reed, rustle)
    Duration
    02:32
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Performer
    Louise Alder, Joseph Middleton
  9. 9 No. 5. Flickan kom ifrån sin älsklings möte (The girl returned from meeting her lover) 02:59
    Track
    9
    Title
    No. 5. Flickan kom ifrån sin älsklings möte (The girl returned from meeting her lover)
    Duration
    02:59
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Performer
    Louise Alder, Joseph Middleton
  10. 10 No. 4. Var det en dröm? (Was it a dream?) 02:04
    Track
    10
    Title
    No. 4. Var det en dröm? (Was it a dream?)
    Duration
    02:04
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Performer
    Louise Alder, Joseph Middleton
  11. 11 No. 1. Gruss (Greeting) 01:09
    Track
    11
    Title
    No. 1. Gruss (Greeting)
    Duration
    01:09
    Composer
    Edvard Grieg
    Performer
    Louise Alder, Joseph Middleton
  12. 12 No. 2. Dereinst, Gedanke mein (One day, O heart of mine) 02:43
    Track
    12
    Title
    No. 2. Dereinst, Gedanke mein (One day, O heart of mine)
    Duration
    02:43
    Composer
    Edvard Grieg
    Performer
    Louise Alder, Joseph Middleton
  13. 13 No. 3. Lauf der Welt (The Way of the World) 01:38
    Track
    13
    Title
    No. 3. Lauf der Welt (The Way of the World)
    Duration
    01:38
    Composer
    Edvard Grieg
    Performer
    Louise Alder, Joseph Middleton
  14. 14 No. 4. Die verschwiegene Nachtigall (The Nightingale's Secret) 03:34
    Track
    14
    Title
    No. 4. Die verschwiegene Nachtigall (The Nightingale's Secret)
    Duration
    03:34
    Composer
    Edvard Grieg
    Performer
    Louise Alder, Joseph Middleton
  15. 15 No. 5. Zur Rosenzeit (The Time of Roses) 03:00
    Track
    15
    Title
    No. 5. Zur Rosenzeit (The Time of Roses)
    Duration
    03:00
    Composer
    Edvard Grieg
    Performer
    Louise Alder, Joseph Middleton
  16. 16 No. 6. Ein Traum (A Dream) 02:18
    Track
    16
    Title
    No. 6. Ein Traum (A Dream)
    Duration
    02:18
    Composer
    Edvard Grieg
    Performer
    Louise Alder, Joseph Middleton
  17. 17 No. 1. Sérénade: Où vas-tu, souffle d'aurore 01:45
    Track
    17
    Title
    No. 1. Sérénade: Où vas-tu, souffle d'aurore
    Duration
    01:45
    Composer
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    Performer
    Louise Alder, Joseph Middleton
  18. 18 No. 2. Déception 02:28
    Track
    18
    Title
    No. 2. Déception
    Duration
    02:28
    Composer
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    Performer
    Louise Alder, Joseph Middleton
  19. 19 No. 3. Sérénade: J'aime dans le rayon 02:12
    Track
    19
    Title
    No. 3. Sérénade: J'aime dans le rayon
    Duration
    02:12
    Composer
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    Performer
    Louise Alder, Joseph Middleton
  20. 20 No. 4. Qu'importe que l'hiver 02:30
    Track
    20
    Title
    No. 4. Qu'importe que l'hiver
    Duration
    02:30
    Composer
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    Performer
    Louise Alder, Joseph Middleton
  21. 21 No. 5. Les larmes 03:06
    Track
    21
    Title
    No. 5. Les larmes
    Duration
    03:06
    Composer
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    Performer
    Louise Alder, Joseph Middleton
  22. 22 No. 6. Rondel 01:04
    Track
    22
    Title
    No. 6. Rondel
    Duration
    01:04
    Composer
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    Performer
    Louise Alder, Joseph Middleton
  23. 23 9 Goethe-Lieder, Op. 6: No. 2. Mailied 01:46
    Track
    23
    Title
    9 Goethe-Lieder, Op. 6: No. 2. Mailied
    Duration
    01:46
    Composer
    Nikolai Medtner
    Performer
    Louise Alder, Joseph Middleton
  24. 24 12 Goethe-Lieder, Op. 15: No. 7. Meeresstille 03:05
    Track
    24
    Title
    12 Goethe-Lieder, Op. 15: No. 7. Meeresstille
    Duration
    03:05
    Composer
    Nikolai Medtner
    Performer
    Louise Alder, Joseph Middleton
  25. 25 No. 1. 'Ekho (Echo) 02:58
    Track
    25
    Title
    No. 1. 'Ekho (Echo)
    Duration
    02:58
    Composer
    Benjamin Britten
    Performer
    Louise Alder, Joseph Middleton
  26. 26 No. 2. Ja dumal, serdce pozabylo (My Heart) 01:33
    Track
    26
    Title
    No. 2. Ja dumal, serdce pozabylo (My Heart)
    Duration
    01:33
    Composer
    Benjamin Britten
    Performer
    Louise Alder, Joseph Middleton
  27. 27 No. 3. Angel (Angel) 02:26
    Track
    27
    Title
    No. 3. Angel (Angel)
    Duration
    02:26
    Composer
    Benjamin Britten
    Performer
    Louise Alder, Joseph Middleton
  28. 28 No. 4. Solovej i roza (The Nightingale and the Rose) 03:50
    Track
    28
    Title
    No. 4. Solovej i roza (The Nightingale and the Rose)
    Duration
    03:50
    Composer
    Benjamin Britten
    Performer
    Louise Alder, Joseph Middleton
  29. 29 No. 5. 'Epigramma (Epigram) 00:53
    Track
    29
    Title
    No. 5. 'Epigramma (Epigram)
    Duration
    00:53
    Composer
    Benjamin Britten
    Performer
    Louise Alder, Joseph Middleton
  30. 30 No. 6. Stikhi, sochinennyje noch'ju vo vremja bessonnicy (Lines written during a sleepless night) 03:57
    Track
    30
    Title
    No. 6. Stikhi, sochinennyje noch'ju vo vremja bessonnicy (Lines written during a sleepless night)
    Duration
    03:57
    Composer
    Benjamin Britten
    Performer
    Louise Alder, Joseph Middleton