Release Date: 01 March 2019
Label: Bridge Records
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 090404951527
Composer/Series: Pauline García Viardot
Description
One hundred fifty years ago, the great mezzo-soprano, composer, and pedagogue Pauline García Viardot created the salon opera Le dernier sorcier ('The Last Sorcerer') in collaboration with the acclaimed Russian novelist Ivan Turgenev. The piece centered on themes of power and progress, gender and equality, and the restoration of natural order in an ever-changing world. A chamber opera in two acts, Le dernier sorcier revolves around Krakamiche, a once-powerful sorcerer whose presence in the great woods has upset the fairies, the forest’s rightful inhabitants, and disturbed the harmony of the land. Through the combined efforts of the fairy folk and their queen, the sorcerer's daughter and her prince, and a hapless valet, Krakamiche ultimately learns key truths about humility, love, and living in harmony with the natural world. Viardot's original manuscript, scored for solo voices, treble chorus, and piano, was held in a private collection for over a century, and as such, the work essentially vanished. Recently, the original piano-vocal score was acquired by Harvard University’s Houghton Library, which has granted permission to produce this world premiere recording.""
Tracklisting
Danish National Symphony Orchestra; Odense Symphony Orchestra; Flemming Dreisig; Leif Segerstam; Mi
Partch Ensemble
Zeltsman
Yang:Odense So:Lazarev
Weiss/Orchestra Now/Botstein
Watkins:Van Steen:Bbc Now
Vassily Primakov:Odense So
Vassily Primakov
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