Boris Yoffe - Song of Songs
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Label: ECM New Series
Cat No: 4764426
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Vocal/Choral
Release Date: 3rd October 2011
Contents
Works
I sleep, but my heart wakethI sought him but I found him not
My head is filled with dew, my locks with drops of the night
My own vineyard I did not keep
My soul went forth when he spoke
Artists
Rosamunde QuartetHilliard Ensemble
Works
I sleep, but my heart wakethI sought him but I found him not
My head is filled with dew, my locks with drops of the night
My own vineyard I did not keep
My soul went forth when he spoke
Artists
Rosamunde QuartetHilliard Ensemble
About
Born in St Petersburg (in 1968), Yoffe emigrated to Israel in 1990 and then to Germany in 1997. He describes himself as a Jewish (rather than Russian or Israeli) composer, creating work influenced by German music, Russian literature and Far Eastern philosophy. “His music has great beauty” says leading German composer Wolfgang Rihm.
The coming together of the Rosamunde Quartet and the Hilliard Ensemble is a special event, with both ensembles delivering inspired performances as they enter the spirit of Yoffe’s music. Yoffe’s writing leaves open (as challenges for the performer) many questions of tempo, dynamics and articulation. For the Rosamunde players it was a particular pleasure to work with interpretive freedoms of this kind.
The album was recorded in St Gerold in the Austrian Alps in 2009, just a few months after the Hilliard’s recording of the hugely successful Officium Novum.
The Hilliard Ensemble, formed in 1974, is widely revered for its exemplary performances of old and new music. Several of the group’s discs have been international best-sellers, including all three ‘Officium’ recordings with Jan Garbarek and ‘Morimur’ (music of Bach, with Christoph Poppen). The group’s extensive ECM discography includes music of Perotin, Machaut, Tallis, Gesualdo, Lassus, Pärt, Schnittke, Kancheli and Bryars.
The Rosamunde Quartet was formed in Munich in 1992 – its ECM releases include music of Othmar Schoeck, Thomas Larcher, Tigran Mansurian, Valentin Silvestrov, Haydn, Shostakovich and Dino Saluzzi. The ensemble disbanded in 2010, making 'Song of Songs' their final recording.
Rosamunde Quartet:
- Andreas Reiner, Diane Pascal (violin)
- Helmut Nicolai (viola)
- Anja Lechner (cello)
Hilliard Ensemble:
- David James (countertenor)
- Rogers Covey-Crump, Steven Harrold (tenor)
- Gordon Jones (baritone)
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