Norgard: Out Of Cradle/ Will O Wisps In Town
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The Will-o'-the-Wisps in Town is an extraordinary fairy tale cantata created by the Danish composer Per Norgard and his close friend, author Suzanne Brogger, on the basis of a little known fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen. This world premiere recording of the chamber version focuses on the charismatic Marsh Witch", sung by mezzo-soprano Helene Gjerris who also premiered the work in Birmingham at 200th anniversary of Hans Christian Andersen's birth.The CD is accompanied by the half-hour documentary "A Journey in Fairy Tales and Music" following Norgard, Brogger, Gjerris and the Athelas Sinfonietta Copenhagen's work with The Will-o'-the-Wisps produced by a Danish national TV station."
Tracklisting
Ensemble Midtvest
Jose Valente
Ars Nova Copenhagen; Arhus Sinfonietta; Mathias Skaarup Sorensen; Mathias Skaarup Sorensen
viibra
Musica Ficta; Bo Holten
Marie-Luise Bodendorff; Xenia Frederiksen
Rafaell Altino; Odense Symphonye Orchestra; Pierre Bleuse; David Danzmayr
Niels Ronsholdt
The Tallis Scholars; Peter Phillips
Shem Guibbory; Steve Reich Ensemble; George Manahan
Gidon Kremer; Geneva Lewis; Andrei Pushkarev; Kremerata Baltica
Richard Cook, St Edmundsbury Cathedral Choir, Claudia Grinnell
Mvsica Perdvta
Iker Munduate
Gunta Smirnova, Mikayel Balyan
Young Artists of the Rome Chamber Music Festival/Flavio Emilio Scogna