Elena Ruehr: Averno

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The scoring is a marvel of delicacy and brought to mind the fleeting lightness of John Williams's score for Catch me if you can...Of the two soloists, Stephen Salters gives the more searingly... — Gramophone Magazine, November 2012 More…

Release Date: 24th Sep 2012
Catalogue No: AV2263
Label: Avie
Length: 67 minutes

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Ruehr: Averno

Work length43:07

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Marguerite Krull (soloist), Stephen Salters (soloist), Marguerite Krull (soprano), Stephen Salters (baritone)
The Trinity Choir, Novus NY
Julian Wachner

The Night Migrations

Track length1:29

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October

Track length2:55

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The Evening Star

Track length2:44

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Landscape (3)

Track length2:34

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Landscape (4)

Track length5:48

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Landscape (5)

Track length3:35

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Averno

Track length3:46

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Omens

Track length1:38

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Telescope

Track length2:23

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Thrush

Track length2:25

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Persephone the Wanderer

Track length13:50

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Ruehr: Cricket, Spider, Bee

Work length7:58

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Marguerite Krull (soloist), Stephen Salters (soloist), Marguerite Krull (soprano), Stephen Salters (baritone)
The Trinity Choir, Novus NY
Julian Wachner

The Cricket Sang

Track length2:08

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A Spider Sowed at Night

Track length2:33

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To Make a Prairie

Track length3:17

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Ruehr: Gospel Cha Cha

Work length16:14

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Stephen Salters (soloist), Marguerite Krull (soloist), Marguerite Krull (soprano), Stephen Salters (baritone)
The Trinity Choir, Novus NY
Julian Wachner

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On Averno, composer Elena Ruehr assembles vocal and choral works inspired by three American poets - Louise Glück, Emily Dickinson and Langston Hughes - given dynamic performances by The Trinity Choir, Novus NY, soprano Marguerite Krull, baritone Stephen Salters under director Julian Wachner.

Composer Elena Ruehr’s first release for Avie assembles vocal and choral works inspired by three distinct American poets - Louise Glück, Emily Dickinson and Langston Hughes. The title work, Averno, is a cantata that sets 11 poems of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Glück’s collection of the same name, which is a retelling of the story of Demeter, goddess of the earth, and her daughter Persephone. Ruehr’s score deftly conjures ancient themes in a modern idiom. The miniatures Cricket, Spider, Bee paint a vivid, aural picture of Dickinson’s scenic natural world. The large scale Gospel Cha Cha sets Langston Hughes’ expansive and socially critical late poetry, evoking African dances and drumming, and the Harlem Renaissance of the 1960s with improvisatory flair. The works are performed by acclaimed New York-based Trinity Choir under their dynamic Music Director Julian Wachner, and Trinity’s new music ensemble Novus NY. The superb soloists are soprano Marguerite Krull and baritone Stephen Salters.

Elena Ruehr studied at the University of Michigan and The Juilliard School. She composed Averno while a fellow at Harvard’s Radcliffe Institute. She was composer-in-residence of The Boston Modern Orchestra Project. He oeuvre includes works for chamber ensemble, orchestra, chorus, wind ensemble, instrumental solo, opera, dance and silent film. Since 1991, Dr. Ruehr has taught at MIT.

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November 2012

The scoring is a marvel of delicacy and brought to mind the fleeting lightness of John Williams's score for Catch me if you can...Of the two soloists, Stephen Salters gives the more searingly satisfying performance. Marguerite Krull's vibrato, recorded at close quarters, can become wearing. Otherwise the singing, playing and production are all first-class.

Elena Ruehr: Averno

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