Anders Hillborg – Sirens
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Label: BIS
Cat No: BIS2114
Format: Hybrid SACD
Number of Discs: 1
Release Date: 4th January 2016
Contents
Artists
Ida Falk Winland (soprano)Hannah Holgersson (soprano)
Eric Ericson Chamber Choir
Swedish Radio Choir
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductors
Sakari OramoDavid Zinman
Esa-Pekka Salonen
Works
Beast SamplerCold Heat
O dessa ogon
Sirens
Artists
Ida Falk Winland (soprano)Hannah Holgersson (soprano)
Eric Ericson Chamber Choir
Swedish Radio Choir
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductors
Sakari OramoDavid Zinman
Esa-Pekka Salonen
About
The works recorded here testify to the widespread international interest in the music of the Swedish composer Anders Hillborg. Two purely orchestral works, Beast Sampler and Cold Heat, frame the brief and emotionally concentrated song O dessa ögon for soprano and strings, and demonstrate Hillborg's expert handling of the forces of the large symphony orchestra, often described by him as a 'sound animal'.
Sirens, the closing and culminating work on this disc, is also Hillborg’s largest work to date in terms of both scoring and duration, and its emotional depth is unmatched in his output. Inspired by the dangerous yet alluring sirens in Homer's Odyssey, Hillborg has constructed a score and libretto in which the sirens – two soprano soloists and a large mixed choir – with increasing desperation attempt to manipulate Ulysses.
Performing this colourful programme is the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, joined by the sopranos Ida Falk Winland and Hannah Holgersson and two of Sweden's foremost choirs, the Eric Ericson Chamber Choir and the Swedish Radio Choir.
The performances are led by three different conductors: the eminent trio of Sakari Oramo, David Zinman and Esa-Pekka Salonen, dedicatees of the works they conduct here.
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