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Infinite Voyage

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Catalogue numberALPHA1000
Release date2023-09-08
Discs1
Orig. sample rate96000 Hz

The title of this album evokes not only the life-long journey of all these musicians, but also a lasting friendship between soprano Barbara Hannigan and the Emerson String Quartet. One of the greatest string quartets of the last four decades, the Emersons will disband in October 2023. Barbara and the Emersons were determined to record Schoenberg's Quartet No. 2 since they started performing the work together in 2015. "The sheer sonic scope of this work takes us on a voyage into previously uncharted territory" say the Emerson musicians. "It's like a tall, gnarly tree to climb (all the way to another planet, it seems), yet one with deep and emotional roots", continues Barbara Hannigan. "The soprano's fin-de- siecle primal scream at the end of the 3rd movement, begging to be relieved of love, is a heavy hitter". Melancholie is a rare and intimate work by the young Hindemith, "a gem of a piece" that the Canadian soprano has wanted to explore for many years. The fascinating Quartet Op. 3, composed by Berg in 1909 as he was finishing his apprenticeship with Schoenberg, features the quartet on its own. And to round out the album, pianist Bertrand Chamayou joins Barbara and the Emersons for another deeply moving encounter by way of Chausson's heartbreaking Chanson perpetuelle.
 
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Extra material for download
 
  Melancholie, Op. 13 14:03
01 No. 1, Die Primeln blühn und grüßen... 03:28 $ 0.47 USD
02 No. 2, Nebelweben 02:53 $ 0.39 USD
03 No. 3, Dunkler Tropfe 02:57 $ 0.40 USD
04 No. 4, Traumwald 04:45 $ 0.64 USD
 
  String Quartet, Op. 3 21:29
05 I. Langsam 10:14 $ 1.38 USD
06 II. Mäßige Viertel 11:15 $ 1.52 USD
 
07 Chanson perpétuelle, Op. 37 07:28 $ 1.01 USD
  String Quartet No. 2, Op. 10 29:49
08 I. Mäßig 06:23 $ 0.86 USD
09 II. Sehr rasch 06:47 $ 0.92 USD
10 III. Litanei. Langsam 05:47 $ 0.78 USD
11 IV. Entrückung. Sehr langsam 10:52 $ 1.47 USD
 
  Album total 72:49
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