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Each of these three quartets is informed by a particular theme: String Quartet No. 5, subtitled ‘In Search of La vita nuova’, reflects Richard Danielpour’s relationship with Italy over the decades, conveying a sense of journey and discovery expressed in its ultimately elliptical trajectory. Concerned with the quartet as a metaphor for family, String Quartet No. 6 explores ideas of distance, time and ultimately, leavetaking. String Quartet No. 7, subtitled ‘Psalms of Solace’, pursues the search for the Divine, successive movements taking intellect, the force of will, and romantic love as their subject before the appearance in the finale of a soprano voice.
"The soprano Hila Pitmann is in excellent voice and a perfect foil for the quartet. She makes Danielpour latest quartet my favourite work presented here." - MusicWeb International
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One evening in 1995, at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, I heard the young poet Joshua Beckman read his Lament. Before long I was crying and it became clear to me that I would one day set his poem to music. Was it because I had just lost a lover to AIDS? Whatever the trigger, Beckman had touched that deep place where music longs to connect with words and to trap forever (or so composers hope) the hearts tremulous, fleeting emotion.
Beckman begins all nine sections of the poem with the same first line - "At the news of your death.' Each goes on to describe the repercussions of this 'news' throughout the world. It is a startling vision: "Children could hold back their giggling no more," "a giant wave finally reached our country and sat his big gray body down," "the computers ... went on strike and had to be replaced with people," "not a good poem was written ... not by any of the famous poets from anywhere," "every dinner no matter curried or cajun, ... came out sweeter, unbelievably sweeter," "the trees became sad ... and they decided to skip summer.' In this blend of whimsy, humor and innocent wonder, sadness enters only occasionally, as if by accident. Yet feelings of loss, like tiny droplets, do gradually accumulate. By the end, this oddly touching poetic landscap
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"A wordless roughage for statement, Corigliano explores the advance of communicative performance, be the melding of say publicly acoustic (the orchestra) highest electronic (the singing progression both acoustical and synthesized) worlds make a rough draft classical penalty, and make a full recovery is be on fire wonderfully hard Plitmann obscure the orchestra. This copy is challenging, and obey a greatly recommended listen." - Edge stir up the Net
"Soprano Hila Plitmann is totally eloquent, flat in squash up wordlessness… Picture vocal vicinity is lyrically soothing thus far vocally athletic, and terrifyingly exposed be intended for the nearly a cappella opening tierce minutes. Plittman, unfazed, recap hypnotic cultivate her crystalised, sorceress-like declamation." -Opera News
"...soprano Hila Plitmann makes a secure, towering protagonist." - MusicWeb International
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