David Felder: Les Quatre Temps Cardinaux

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The performance by the Boston Modern Orchestra Project is magnificent; it’s as if this were a consensus interpretation arrived at through years of performances. Recorded sound on the CD is excellent—one... — Fanfare, July/August 2020 More…

Release Date: 14th Aug 2020
Catalogue No: COV91916
Label: Coviello
Length: 48 minutes

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Felder: Les Quatre Temps Cardinaux

Work length48:57

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the Slee Sinfonietta, Heather Buck (soloist), Ethan Herschenfeld (vocalist), Ethan Herschenfeld (soloist), Heather Buck (vocalist)
Ensemble Signal
Brad Lubman

I, Preface - Stanza 1a (Daumal)

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II, Stanza 1b (Daumal)

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III, Spring Light (Creeley)

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IV, Stanza 2a (Daumal)

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V, Fragments (from Neruda)

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VI, Stanza 2b (Daumal)

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VII, Stanza 3a (Daumal)

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VIII, Stanza 3b (Daumal)

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IX, Buffalo Evening (Creeley)

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X, Stanza 4a (Daumal)

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XI, Insomnia (Gioia)

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XII, Stanza 4b (Daumal)

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David Felders expressive song cycle Les Quatre Temps Cardinaux, for soprano, bass, orchestra and electronics, is structured around the four stanzas of the eponymous poem by René Daumal (19081944). The piece - presented here in SACD surround sound - begins with a recitation as Daumals poem is electronically diffused around the space, each stanza heard at one of its four cardinal points to form a circle. This, like all the electronics throughout the piece, is based on a spoken recitation of the poem, its phonemes and formants broken up and digitally remoulded into drums, gongs, bells and more. The music, too, mirrors the poetry and stretches from lush and fervent to more fractured and anxious as the piece develops. The piece is herein performed by a joint collection of Ensemble Signal and the Slee Sinfonia, with the extraordinary soloists Heather Buck and Ethan Herschenfeld, and the ultimate contemporary conductor, Brad Lubman.

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July/August 2020

The performance by the Boston Modern Orchestra Project is magnificent; it’s as if this were a consensus interpretation arrived at through years of performances. Recorded sound on the CD is excellent—one thinks one hears everything, in ideal balance. On SACD, surround sound opens up a new world, dazzling and overwhelming.

David Felder: Les Quatre Temps Cardinaux

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