Hodgkinson, Frank, Mendelssohn, Weir & Wheeler: Songs for a New Century

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Navona
Release Date
May 3, 2024
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Randall Hodgkinson, Gabriela Lena Frank, Felix Mendelssohn, Judith Weir, Scott Wheeler
    • PERFORMER
      Jonathan Miller, Lucia Lin, Marc Ryser
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      May 03, 2024
    • UPC
      808857161772
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      NV6623
    • LABEL
      Navona
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic
    Works ⌄

    1. Lied ohne Worte (Song without Words), Op. 109, MWV Q34

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Performer: Jonathan Miller, Marc Ryser

    2. Lieder ohne Worte (Songs without Words), Book 3, Op. 38: No. 13 in E-Flat Major, Op. 38, No. 1, MWV U121 (arr. A. Piatti for cello and piano)

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Performer: Jonathan Miller, Marc Ryser

    3. Lieder ohne Worte (Songs without Words), Book 5, Op. 62: No. 25 in G Major, Op. 62, No. 1, MWV U185 (arr. A. Piatti for cello and piano)

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Performer: Jonathan Miller, Marc Ryser

    4. Lieder ohne Worte (Songs without Words), Book 7, Op. 85: No. 37 in F Major, Op. 85, No. 1, MWV U189 (arr. A. Piatti for cello and piano)

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Performer: Jonathan Miller, Marc Ryser

    5. Lieder ohne Worte (Songs without Words), Book 1, Op. 19b: No. 1 in E Major, Op. 19b, No. 1, MWV U86 (arr. A. Piatti for cello and piano)

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Performer: Jonathan Miller, Marc Ryser

    6. Lieder ohne Worte (Songs without Words), Book 2, Op. 30: No. 9 in E Major, Op. 30, No. 3, MWV U104 (arr. A. Piatti for cello and piano)

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Performer: Jonathan Miller, Marc Ryser

    7. I. Prologue: Semplice, calling

      Composer: Gabriela Lena Frank

      Performer: Lucia Lin, Jonathan Miller

    8. II. Aria I: Moody

      Composer: Gabriela Lena Frank

      Performer: Lucia Lin, Jonathan Miller

    9. III. Recitativo

      Composer: Gabriela Lena Frank

      Performer: Lucia Lin, Jonathan Miller

    10. IV. Aria II

      Composer: Gabriela Lena Frank

      Performer: Lucia Lin, Jonathan Miller

    11. V. Finale: Hue and Cry: Vivo

      Composer: Gabriela Lena Frank

      Performer: Lucia Lin, Jonathan Miller

    12. No. 1. Angels Bending Near the Earth

      Composer: Judith Weir

      Performer: Jonathan Miller, Randall Hodgkinson

    13. No. 2. In Death's Dark Vale

      Composer: Judith Weir

      Performer: Jonathan Miller, Randall Hodgkinson

    14. No. 3. O Sapienta

      Composer: Judith Weir

      Performer: Jonathan Miller, Randall Hodgkinson

    15. I. Among the trees

      Composer: Scott Wheeler

      Performer: Jonathan Miller, Marc Ryser

    16. II. Forest at night

      Composer: Scott Wheeler

      Performer: Jonathan Miller, Marc Ryser

    17. III. Barcarolle

      Composer: Scott Wheeler

      Performer: Jonathan Miller, Marc Ryser


The singing quality of string instruments ties together "SONGS FOR A NEW CENTURY," a program featuring both world premiere recordings of new music commissioned for the artists and world premiere recordings of masterpieces by Mendelssohn.

The program opens with a set of Mendelssohn’s Songs Without Words, beginning with the Opus 109 written by the composer for cello and piano. It continues with a set of arrangements for cello and piano, some recorded for the first time, by the 19th-century cellist Alfredo Piatti, a personal friend of Mendelssohn’s upon whose cello Jonathan Miller plays. Gabriela Lena Frank’s Operetta for violin and cello, the composer writes, expands upon Mendelssohn’s concept of the “song without words,” creating opera without words that evokes scenes and characters through singing music for the duo of violin (Lucia Lin) and cello. Scott Wheeler’s second cello sonata, Songs Without Words, was inspired by Miller’s singing cello tone. Finally, Judith Weir’s Three Chorales for cello and piano meditate on religious poetry, departing from hymn texts –– and in the third Chorale, a melody from Hildegard of Bingen –– in a triptych that evokes the human condition.

"Operetta," "Three Chorales," and "Cello Sonata #2: Songs Without Words" were commissioned by Jonathan Miller and Diane Fassino for the Boston Artists Ensemble.