730706005015

Folk Songs

Ensemble Songs & Sarah Maria Sun

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Format: CD

Cat No: SONGSCD001

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Release Date:  08 December 2023

Label:  Blaser Music

Packaging Type:  Digipak

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  730706005015

Genres:  Classical  Contemporary Classical  

  • Description

    "Folk Songs is an excellent recording, displaying the Ensemble SONGS and Sarah Maria Sun's passion for multilingual traditional vocal repertoires cast for a decidedly contemporary chamber music sound palette The album pays homage to Luciano Berio (1925-2003) and his direct influence to composers of the ensemble, Oscar Strasnoy, who received the 2000 Orpheus Prize for his chamber opera Midea from Berio. The album premieres Samuel Blaser's Worksongs for Soprano and 10 instruments alongside Oscar Strasnoy's Chanzuns Popularas Rumanchas for Soprano and 10 instruments (Swiss Folk Songs in Romansh language), and Luciano Berio's Folk Songs for Mezzo-Soprano and 7 instruments (1964). Each work is a collection of folk-sourced and inspired songs, arranged for voice and masterfully woven for contemporary chamber instrumentation. The quality of the recording arms the multilingual vocal artistry of Sarah Maria Sun (soprano) alongside the SONGS ensemble:" - Peter Fielding



    Songs Ensemble:

    Sarah Maria Sun - soprano

    Oscar Strasnoy - piano and Rhodes

    Samuel Blaser - trombone

    Mathieu Ogier DJ + electronics

    Rebecca Lenton flute and piccolo

    Theo Nabicht clarinet and bass-clarinet

    Kirstin Maria Pientka - alto clarinet

    Cosima Gerhardt Violoncello

    Pascal Viglino & Guillaume Vairet - percussion

    Manon Pierrhumbert - harp


    Recorded in Basel, Switzerland on 15, 16 December 2020, this studio recording serves to build on earlier live performances by the ensemble in 2019

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. It's Alright Honey
      • 2. Sur Le Bord de L'eau
      • 3. Where Did You Sleep Last Night
      • 4. No More, My Lawd
      • 5. I Am Going To Memphis
      • 6. Chanzuns Popularas Rumanchas
      • 7. Black Is The Colour
      • 8. I Wonder As I Wander
      • 9. Loosin Yelav
      • 10. Rossignolet Du Bois
      • 11. A la Femminisca
      • 12. La Donna Ideale
      • 13. Ballo
      • 14. Motettu De Tristura
      • 15. Malurous Qu'o Uno Fenno
      • 16. Lo Fiolaire
      • 17. Azebaijan Love Song