Ferneyhough - La Terre est un Homme
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Label: NMC Recordings
Cat No: NMCD231
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Release Date: 16th March 2018
Contents
Artists
Olivia Robinson (soprano)Jennifer Adams-Barbaro (soprano)
Cherith Millburn-Fryer (alto)
ensemble recherche
EXAUDI
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Conductors
James WeeksMartyn Brabbins
Works
La Terre est un HommeLiber Scintillarum
Missa Brevis
Plotzlichkeit
Artists
Olivia Robinson (soprano)Jennifer Adams-Barbaro (soprano)
Cherith Millburn-Fryer (alto)
ensemble recherche
EXAUDI
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Conductors
James WeeksMartyn Brabbins
About
The monolithic La Terre est un Homme, with its 4-foot-tall score and written for an orchestra of eighty-eight, each of whom at times becomes a soloist with their own individual stave, caused a scandal at its 1979 premiere and has scarcely been heard since. The title comes from a painting from 1942 by Roberto Matta, which reminded Ferneyhough of a dream he had experienced: ‘I dreamt of a strange and alien planet traversed by a pitilessly hot sun. It was basically a desert landscape. The remarkable thing was, I seemed to be seeing every single grain of sand separately, not only in its spatial dimensions but also – somehow – in its individual weight. All was in slow, ineluctable motion. Between sharply contoured rocks scuttled tiny, scorpion-like creatures. One senses the extreme complexity but inevitability of this strange combination of leaden, slowly-moving sand and sudden flashes of intensely coloured movement.’
The second giant orchestral work on this album is Plötzlichkeit which includes three female singers, whose vocalise blends with the orchestra like a modern-day Debussy’s Sirènes. The BBC Symphony Orchestra under conductor Martyn Brabbin’s direction throw themselves fearlessly into this demanding and densely notated music.
Brian Ferneyhough was just 26 when he composed Missa Brevis. Written for 12 voices and divided into three four-part choirs, it is superbly performed on this album by EXAUDI. The most recent work is Liber Scintillarum, commissioned by ensemble recherche and premiered at Darmstadt in 2012.
‘A day submerged in Ferneyhough's music leaves one's ears quite reborn’ – The Guardian
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