George Benjamin - Into the Little Hill
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Label: Nimbus
Cat No: NI5828
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Release Date: 28th July 2008
Contents
Works
BenjaminInto the Little Hill (2006)
Benjamin
Dance Figures (2004)
Benjamin
Sometime Voices (1996)
Artists
Anu KomsiHilary Summers
Ensemble Modern
Bbc Symphony Orchestra
Dietrich Henschel
Deutsches Symphonie Orchester Berlin
Rundfunkchor Berlin
Conductors
Frank OlluOliver Knussen
Kent Nagano
Works
BenjaminInto the Little Hill (2006)
Benjamin
Dance Figures (2004)
Benjamin
Sometime Voices (1996)
Artists
Anu KomsiHilary Summers
Ensemble Modern
Bbc Symphony Orchestra
Dietrich Henschel
Deutsches Symphonie Orchester Berlin
Rundfunkchor Berlin
Conductors
Frank OlluOliver Knussen
Kent Nagano
About
‘In my critical career, I’ve witnessed the birth of several fine new operas – notably those by Adams, Adès and Turnage – that have jolted me out of my underlying pessimism about the genre’s long-term future. But in all that time I have never heard or seen anything so startlingly or brilliantly original as Into the Little Hill. “Masterpiece” is not a word to fling about, but I’m tempted. Into the Little Hill specifies itself as “a lyrical tale”; “dramatic cantata” might also serve. Its duration is about 40 minutes. George Benjamin’s score is a miracle. Fifteen are used to create a hyperintense sound world. Not a note is wasted or superfluous – Benjamin’s ear is unerringly precise, and the sonorities he conjures up by combining conventional instruments with basset-horn, flugelhorn and cimbalom are quite ravishing. But this isn’t an orchestral showpiece. The vocal lines are the driving force, and although the writing is often angular and abrupt, it is also richly expressive and alluring… You may not like it – the effect is more unsettling than charming – but if you have any serious interest in opera, you simply must hear it.’ Daily Telegraph (Rupert Christiansen), 18 June 2007
INTO THE LITTLE HILL (2006)
A lyric tale in two parts for soprano, contralto and ensemble of 15 players
Text by Martin Crimp
Anu Komsi
Hilary Summers
Ensemble Modern conducted by Frank Ollu
DANCE FIGURES (2004)
Nine Choreographic scenes for orchestra
BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Oliver Knussen
SOMETIME VOICES (1996)
Dietrich Henschel, baritone
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Rundfunkchor Berlin conducted by Kent Nagano
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