Gubaidulina: The Deceitful Face of Hope and of Despair & Sieben Worte

'Every interval,' Gubaidulina explains, 'creates a summation tone and a difference tone: an interval in the lowest register creates a difference tone which we recognise not as a tone but a pulsation.'... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Release Date: 2nd May 2006
Catalogue No: BISSACD1449
Label: BIS
Length: 78 minutes

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Gubaidulina: The Deceitful Face of Hope and of Despair - Concerto for flute and large orchestra

Work length26:42

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Sharon Bezaly (flute)
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Mario Venzago
Recorded: May 2005
Recording Venue: Gothenburg Concert Hall, Sweden

Gubaidulina: Sieben Worte for cello, bayan and strings

Work length51:26

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Torleif Thedéen (cello), Mie Miki (accordion)
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Mario Venzago
Recorded: August 2004
Recording Venue: Gothenburg Concert Hall, Sweden

I. Vater, vergib ihnen, denn sie wissen nicht, was sie tun

Track length5:57

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II. Weib, siehe, das ist dein Sohn. - Siehe, das ist deine Mutter

Track length6:34

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III. Wahrlich, ich sage dir: Heute wirst du mit mir im Paradiese sein

Track length8:50

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IV. Mein Gott, mein Gott, warum hast du mich verlassen?

Track length8:40

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V. Mich durstet

Track length9:10

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VI. Es ist vollbracht

Track length7:50

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VII. Vater, ich befehle meinen Geist in deine Hande

Track length4:25

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'Every interval,' Gubaidulina explains, 'creates a summation tone and a difference tone: an interval in the lowest register creates a difference tone which we recognise not as a tone but a pulsation.' At higher registers we 'hear the pulsation of the difference tone simultaneously with the original interval'. Gubaidulina sees this transition from pulse to tone and back (and, eventually, the loss of even the pulse) as a metaphor for hope and despair. The Deceitful Face Concerto exploits and explores this acoustical phenomenon and the emotional process of struggling against despair. As the piece unfolds, quiet passages inhabited by the flute soloist and other individual instruments are brutally invaded by outbursts from larger groupings. The flute part, impressively realised by Sharon Bezaly, finally gives way to the terrifying pulsing of the bass drum from which the piece first welled up.
Seven Last Words (1982) is a kind of companion piece to In Croce (1979), in which cello and bajan (Russian accordion) moved towards an explosive meeting from their extreme registers. Again, the crossing of lines is among the structural devices used to symbolise crucifixion. As is her custom, Gubaidulina asks her soloists to venture beyond the standard techniques of their instruments but, as ever, she does so in the service of expressiveness, not novelty. Her thorough command of instrumental colour (and, indeed, temperature) is put to brilliant use in evoking the contradictory emotions associated with Good Friday, from the pain and despair of the participants to the implicit hope of believers.

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