Italia: Verdi, Scelsi, Nono, Pizzetti, Petrassi: Discovering Italy’s Historical Choir Tradition

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These recordings – made over nine years and in a variety of acoustics – offer as good a survey [of 19th/20th century Italian choral music] as one might hope for, and exhibit impeccable singing... — Gramophone Magazine, June 2015 More…

Release Date: 2nd Mar 2015
Catalogue No: 93329
Label: Hänssler
Length: 71 minutes

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Excerpt, Verdi: Quattro Pezzi Sacri

Work length11:35

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SWR Vokalensemble
Marcus Creed

No. 1, Ave Maria

Track length5:40

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No. 3, Laudi alla Vergine Maria

Track length5:55

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Scelsi: 3 Latin Prayers

Work length6:53

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Eva-Maria Schappé, Johanna Zimmer, Wiebke Wighardt, Judith Hilger
SWR Vokalensemble
Marcus Creed

No. 3, Yliam

Track length6:53

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Verdi: Pater noster

Work length7:02

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SWR Vokalensemble
Marcus Creed

Nono: Sarà dolce tacere

Work length7:22

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Kerstin Steube-Konig, Eva-Maria Schappé, Maria van Eldik, Ulrike Becker, Alexander Yudenkov, Julius Pfeifer, Torsten Müller, Mikhail Nikiforov
Marcus Creed

Pizzetti: 3 Composizioni corali

Work length19:48

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SWR Vokalensemble
Marcus Creed

No. 1, Cade la sera

Track length3:31

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No. 2, Ululate

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No. 3, Recordare, Domine

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Scelsi: TKRDG for 6 male voices, 3 percussionists and electrically amplified guitar

Work length11:27

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Hubert Steiner, Boris Müller, Martin Homann, Adam Weisman
SWR Vokalensemble
Marcus Creed

No. 1, —

Track length4:39

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No. 2, —

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No. 3, —

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Petrassi: Nonsense

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SWR Vokalensemble
Marcus Creed

No. 1, C'era una signorina

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No. 2, C'era un vecchio musicale

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No. 3, C'era un vecchio di Rovigo

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No. 4, C'era una signorina di Pozzillo

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No. 5, C'era una vecchia di Polla

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In this latest installment of recordings focusing on the choral traditions of different country’s choral music traditions launched last year by the Vokalensemble Stuttgart des SWR, we now arrive in sunny Italy, a country said to have no native choral tradition.

Giuseppe Verdi of course used choirs in his operas, but apart from that there are only a few choral works that have sustained any place in the repertoire, some of the finest of which are presented here. With the beginning of the 20th century, however, one encounters composer‘s that are less well known, but whom have certainly composed some very exciting music for choir, including Pizzetti, Giacinto Scelsi, Luigi Nono and Goffredo Petrassi.

They all offer poignant, poetic, funny, mysterious, ironic choral works that are original and always interesting in their structure. They show an Italy away from the operatic bel canto, but certainly not lacking in beautiful melodies. This is a most worthy addition to their on-going “country” series.

The Vokalensemble Stuttgart des SWR is one of the most internationally acclaimed choirs. Their scholarship, adventurous programming, wide range of styles and impeccable vocal performances are their trademarks. For many years, the Vokalensemble has been considered one of the top ensembles for contemporary music and has, throughout its 65 year history, presented more world premieres than any other professional choir.

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June 2015

These recordings – made over nine years and in a variety of acoustics – offer as good a survey [of 19th/20th century Italian choral music] as one might hope for, and exhibit impeccable singing of total passion, wearing for the esoteric to the sublime.

Italia: Verdi, Scelsi, Nono, Pizzetti, Petrassi

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