Release Date: 03 July 2020
Label: Willowhayne Records - Cd / Willowhayne Records
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 2
Barcode: 8033776712503
Genres: Classical Chamber Music
Composer/Series: Geoffrey ?lvarez
Description
The German Romantic poet Friedrich Hölderlin spent most of his life in isolation in a tower on the banks of the Neckar river, following a mental illness. His poems have long fascinated composers. 2020 marks the 250th anniversary of his birth. The Nicaraguan-British composer Geoffrey Álvarez’s monumental song cycle, “Hölderlinfenster” imagines the poet through a “frame” of Schubert’s “Schwanengesang”. Poet and composer never met in real life but perhaps here their spirits do. Álvarez writes music of great intensity and intimate drama on a sometimes epic scale. His highly personal tonal language defies easy categorisation but conveys a “Hölderlin river journey” with admirable expressiveness.
Cyprien Katsaris
Mailley-Smith
Konstantin Lifschitz
Fredrick/Viale
Douglas Stevens
The Pleyel Ensemble
The Pleyel Ensemble
The Pleyel Ensemble
