Ruby Hughes, BBC National Orchestra of Wales & Jac van Steen - Clytemnestra: Orchestral Songs (2020)
Ruby Hughes, BBC National Orchestra of Wales & Jac van Steen - Clytemnestra: Orchestral Songs (2020)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 182 MB | Tracks: 17 | 54:38 min
Style: Classical | Label: BIS
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 182 MB | Tracks: 17 | 54:38 min
Style: Classical | Label: BIS
In 2015, when Ruby Hughes discovered Clytemnestra by the Welsh composer Rhian Samuel, the work had not been performed since its première some 20 years earlier. Hughes describes the 24-minute score as ‘sun-scorched and luscious’ as well as ‘intensely visceral’, but in it she also heard echoes of Gustav Mahler and Alban Berg, two of Samuel’s influences. For her first album as soloist with orchestra, she has therefore devised a programme which brings together the three composers but which also spans a wide range of emotions and moods. For his Rückert-Lieder, Mahler selected five highly intimate and subtle poems by the great Romantic poet Friedrich Rückert, using his large orchestral forces sparingly in a chamber music style. Ten years later, in 1911, Berg found his texts closer at hand as he set contemporary poems by Peter Altenberg, one of the main proponents of Viennese impressionism. Berg's advanced harmonic language caused a scandal at the first performance in 1913, and the songs were only performed in their entirety in 1952, sixteen years after Berg’s death. For Clytemnestra, finally, Rhian Samuel assembled her own text, based on Aeschylus' tragedy Agamemnon and focusing Clytemnestra’s deep anguish at the death of her daughter and her need for revenge. Bringing this wide spectrum of human emotions to life, Ruby Hughes is supported by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and conductor Jac van Steen.
Ruby Hughes (soprano)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Jac van Steen (conductor)
Tracklist:
01. 5 Rückert-Lieder: No. 1, Blicke mir nicht in die Lieder! (1:33)
02. 5 Rückert-Lieder: No. 2, Ich atmet' einen linden Duft! (2:41)
03. 5 Rückert-Lieder: No. 3, Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen (6:28)
04. 5 Rückert-Lieder: No. 4, Um Mitternacht (5:59)
05. 5 Rückert-Lieder: No. 5, Liebst du um Schönheit (2:31)
06. Altenberg Lieder, Op. 4: No. 1, Seele, wie bist du schöner (3:00)
07. Altenberg Lieder, Op. 4: No. 2, Sahst du nach dem Gewitterregen den Wald? (1:11)
08. Altenberg Lieder, Op. 4: No. 3, Über die Grenzen des All (1:35)
09. Altenberg Lieder, Op. 4: No. 4, Nichts ist gekommen (1:27)
10. Altenberg Lieder, Op. 4: No. 5, Hier ist Friede (Passacaglia) (3:40)
11. Clytemnestra: No. 1, The Chain of Flame (4:45)
12. Clytemnestra: No. 2, Lament for His Absence (4:33)
13. Clytemnestra: No. 3, Agamemnon's Return (4:05)
14. Clytemnestra: No. 4, The Deed (1:28)
15. Clytemnestra: No. 5, Confession (2:34)
16. Clytemnestra: No. 6, Defiance (2:38)
17. Clytemnestra: No. 7, Epilogue. Dirge (4:39)
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FILE: 04. 5 Rückert-Lieder No. 4, Um Mitternacht.flac
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FILE: 10. Altenberg Lieder, Op. 4 No. 5, Hier ist Friede (Passacaglia).flac
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FILE: 11. Clytemnestra No. 1, The Chain of Flame.flac
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FILE: 13. Clytemnestra No. 3, Agamemnon's Return.flac
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FILE: 14. Clytemnestra No. 4, The Deed.flac
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FILE: 15. Clytemnestra No. 5, Confession.flac
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FILE: 16. Clytemnestra No. 6, Defiance.flac
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FILE: 17. Clytemnestra No. 7, Epilogue. Dirge.flac
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