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BR Klassik

Liza Lim: A Sutured World; Mary; The Compass

Contemporary Dramatic Exotic Spiritual Dark
$19.99

Details

Composer
Liza Lim
Artist
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Nicolas Altstaedt, Carin Levine, William Barton
Format
CD
Label
BR Klassik
Released
Jul 25, 2025
Catalog #
BRK900647
UPC
4035719006476

About

The music of the composer, educator and musicologist Liza Lim, who was born in Perth, Australia in 1966, has a collaborative and transcultural focus. Her recent works have explored beauty, anger and noise, ecological issues, and women's spiritual traditions. Liza Lim has received commissions from leading orchestras and institutions worldwide, and her works continue to be performed at prestigious festivals. In 2024, she was named "Composer of the Year" by OPUS KLASSIK. Liza Lim is Professor of Composition and Australian Music at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. As part of a Laureate Fellowship from the Australian Research Council, she will lead a five-year program starting in 2025 to promote the exploration of pressing climate and social issues through music. Her gender equity initiatives through Sydney Con's Composing Women have had a significant impact on commissioning, performance and next-generation leadership in Australian music. A Sutured World for cello and orchestra was commissioned in 2024 by musica viva of the Bayerischer Rundfunk, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, the Cello Biennale Amsterdam, the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and the Casa da Musica Porto. The world premiere recorded on this CD took place in the Herkulessaal of the Munich Residenz on October 25, 2024, with Nicolas Altstaedt (cello) and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Edward Gardner. The orchestral work Mary - Transcendence after Trauma was commissioned by musica viva of the Bayerischer Rundfunk in 2020/21. The world premiere of the work at musica viva, originally scheduled for January 28, 2022, had to be cancelled due to the Covid pandemic. In the meantime, the triptych was premiered at the Cologne Philharmonie on April 29, 2022 as part of "Musik der Zeit" with the WDR Symphony Orchestra conducted by Cristian Macelaru. This CD features the musica viva recording of May 12, 2023 in Munich's Herkulessaal by the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra under Franck Ollu. The Compass for flute, didgeridoo and large orchestra was commissioned by musica viva of the Bayerischer Rundfunk and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra in 2005/06. The premiere took place at the Sydney Opera House on August 23, 2006 with Rosamund Plummer (flute), William Barton (didgeridoo) and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra conducted by Alexander Briger. This CD features the musica viva recording of the European premiere of the work on January 12, 2007 in Munich's Herkulessaal, with Carin Levine (flute), William Barton (didgeridoo) and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Christoph Poppen. ? The main work on the CD is Liza Lim's latest composition: a live recording of the world premiere of the cello concerto "A Sutured World" (2024) as part of the musica viva concert series by the Bayerischer Rundfunk from the Herkulessaal of the Munich Residenz - with the famous cellist Nicolas Altstaedt ? The CD also features Liza Lim's compositions "Mary - Transcendence after Trauma" (2020/21) and "The Compass" (2005/06) as live recordings from the musica viva concert series ? Performed and conducted by renowned musicians, all of them experts in contemporary music

Tracklist 13 tracks

  1. 1 I. take this broken wing… 02:58
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. take this broken wing…
    Duration
    02:58
    Composer
    Liza Lim
    Performer
    Nicolas Altstaedt
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Edward Gardner
  2. 2 II. Chrysalis 10:16
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Chrysalis
    Duration
    10:16
    Composer
    Liza Lim
    Performer
    Nicolas Altstaedt
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Edward Gardner
  3. 3 III. Sutra 07:36
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Sutra
    Duration
    07:36
    Composer
    Liza Lim
    Performer
    Nicolas Altstaedt
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Edward Gardner
  4. 4 IV. Simon says: Alle Vögel fliegen hoch 08:04
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Simon says: Alle Vögel fliegen hoch
    Duration
    08:04
    Composer
    Liza Lim
    Performer
    Nicolas Altstaedt
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Edward Gardner
  5. 5 I. Still Life with Foetus and Angel 03:34
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. Still Life with Foetus and Angel
    Duration
    03:34
    Composer
    Liza Lim
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Franck Ollu
  6. 6 IIa. Audi, Pontus (Hear, O Sea) 01:32
    Track
    6
    Title
    IIa. Audi, Pontus (Hear, O Sea)
    Duration
    01:32
    Composer
    Liza Lim
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Franck Ollu
  7. 7 IIb. Audi, Tellus (Hear, O Earth) 01:33
    Track
    7
    Title
    IIb. Audi, Tellus (Hear, O Earth)
    Duration
    01:33
    Composer
    Liza Lim
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Franck Ollu
  8. 8 IIc. Audi maris magni limbus (Hear, O great earth-girdle of the Ocean) 03:01
    Track
    8
    Title
    IIc. Audi maris magni limbus (Hear, O great earth-girdle of the Ocean)
    Duration
    03:01
    Composer
    Liza Lim
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Franck Ollu
  9. 9 III. Her wild consent 02:04
    Track
    9
    Title
    III. Her wild consent
    Duration
    02:04
    Composer
    Liza Lim
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Franck Ollu
  10. 10 IV. Sidera super terram cadent (the Stars fall over the Earth) 01:43
    Track
    10
    Title
    IV. Sidera super terram cadent (the Stars fall over the Earth)
    Duration
    01:43
    Composer
    Liza Lim
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Franck Ollu
  11. 11 V. Mary - Tree of Light 05:59
    Track
    11
    Title
    V. Mary - Tree of Light
    Duration
    05:59
    Composer
    Liza Lim
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Franck Ollu
  12. 12 I. — 08:15
    Track
    12
    Title
    I. —
    Duration
    08:15
    Composer
    Liza Lim
    Performer
    Carin Levine, William Barton
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Christoph Poppen
  13. 13 II. — 12:28
    Track
    13
    Title
    II. —
    Duration
    12:28
    Composer
    Liza Lim
    Performer
    Carin Levine, William Barton
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Christoph Poppen