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Peter Lieberson: Songs Of Love And Sorrow - The Six Realms / Lintu, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
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Peter Lieberson: Songs Of Love And Sorrow - The Six Realms / Lintu, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

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Composer
LIEBERSON, PETER
Artist
Finley, Karttunen, Lintu
Format
CD
Label
Ondine
Released
Sep 04, 2020
Catalog #
ODE 1356-2
UPC
0761195135624

About

This new album by the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra and its chief conductor Hannu Lintu is dedicated to works by American composer Peter Lieberson (1946–2011). This album features award-winning bass-baritone Gerald Finley as soloist in Lieberson’s song cycle Songs of Love and Sorrow and Lieberson’s close friend Anssi Karttunen as soloist in The Six Realms for cello and orchestra. Lieberson’s Songs of Love and Sorrow is a deeply personal work. Lieberson had received a commission in 2005 to write a work for his wife, mezzo-soprano Lorraine Hunt Lieberson. This project was interrupted by Lorraine’s death and soon after also the composer was diagnosed with cancer. The news of being awarded the Grawemeyer Award for his earlier song cycle Neruda Songs (2005) encouraged the composer to write another cycle on Neruda’s poetry, Songs of Love and Sorrow. The work was premiered by Gerald Finley in 2010. The composer wrote in his program notes: “I suppose that my life story of the past three years is not dissimilar to many others. The basic truths of love and sorrow are, I think, experiences that all of us understand very well. To have one without the other is not likely, but certainly it is our capacity to love that makes this human life so poignant.” Buddhist religion had played a significant role in Lieberson’s life since the early 1970s. This also had an impact on Lieberson’s compositions. According to Lieberson, “When I started writing music again, my style had changed... There was less sense of struggle... the horizon expanded. It’s as if you had tunnel vision, and then you have panoramic vision. Studying Buddhism also affected my approach to composing [in that] I understand there’s a kind of journey that’s made.”

Tracklist 11 tracks

  1. 1 No. 1. The Sorrow of the World 03:40
    Track
    1
    Title
    No. 1. The Sorrow of the World
    Duration
    03:40
    Composer
    Peter Lieberson
    Performer
    Anssi Karttunen
    Ensemble
    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Hannu Lintu
  2. 2 No. 2. The Hell Realm 04:00
    Track
    2
    Title
    No. 2. The Hell Realm
    Duration
    04:00
    Composer
    Peter Lieberson
    Performer
    Anssi Karttunen
    Ensemble
    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Hannu Lintu
  3. 3 No. 3. The Hungry Ghost Realm 04:52
    Track
    3
    Title
    No. 3. The Hungry Ghost Realm
    Duration
    04:52
    Composer
    Peter Lieberson
    Performer
    Anssi Karttunen
    Ensemble
    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Hannu Lintu
  4. 4 No. 4. The Animal Realm 02:54
    Track
    4
    Title
    No. 4. The Animal Realm
    Duration
    02:54
    Composer
    Peter Lieberson
    Performer
    Anssi Karttunen
    Ensemble
    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Hannu Lintu
  5. 5 No. 5. The Human Realm 02:37
    Track
    5
    Title
    No. 5. The Human Realm
    Duration
    02:37
    Composer
    Peter Lieberson
    Performer
    Anssi Karttunen
    Ensemble
    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Hannu Lintu
  6. 6 No. 6. The God Realm and The Jealous God Realm 04:42
    Track
    6
    Title
    No. 6. The God Realm and The Jealous God Realm
    Duration
    04:42
    Composer
    Peter Lieberson
    Performer
    Anssi Karttunen
    Ensemble
    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Hannu Lintu
  7. 7 No. 1. Sonnet 46: Des las estrellas que admiré 06:03
    Track
    7
    Title
    No. 1. Sonnet 46: Des las estrellas que admiré
    Duration
    06:03
    Composer
    Peter Lieberson
    Performer
    Gerald Finley
    Ensemble
    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Hannu Lintu
  8. 8 No. 2. Sonnet 12: Plena mujer, manzana carnal, luna caliente 04:27
    Track
    8
    Title
    No. 2. Sonnet 12: Plena mujer, manzana carnal, luna caliente
    Duration
    04:27
    Composer
    Peter Lieberson
    Performer
    Gerald Finley
    Ensemble
    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Hannu Lintu
  9. 9 No. 3. Sonnet 52: Cantas y a sol y a cielo con tu canto 04:46
    Track
    9
    Title
    No. 3. Sonnet 52: Cantas y a sol y a cielo con tu canto
    Duration
    04:46
    Composer
    Peter Lieberson
    Performer
    Gerald Finley
    Ensemble
    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Hannu Lintu
  10. 10 No. 4. Sonnet 69: Tal vez no ser es ser sin que tú seas 04:11
    Track
    10
    Title
    No. 4. Sonnet 69: Tal vez no ser es ser sin que tú seas
    Duration
    04:11
    Composer
    Peter Lieberson
    Performer
    Gerald Finley
    Ensemble
    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Hannu Lintu
  11. 11 No. 5. Sonnet 82: Amor mío, al cerrar esta puerta nocturna 06:32
    Track
    11
    Title
    No. 5. Sonnet 82: Amor mío, al cerrar esta puerta nocturna
    Duration
    06:32
    Composer
    Peter Lieberson
    Performer
    Gerald Finley
    Ensemble
    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Hannu Lintu