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Songs of Solitude
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Songs of Solitude
Composers
Aho, Kalevi
Bach, Johann Sebastian
Doderer, Johanna
Gardella, Federico
Hosokawa, Toshio
Mansurian, Tigran
Oshima, Michiru
Powell, John
Prokofiev, Gabriel
Samuel, Rhian
Serebrier, José
Spinei, Cristina
Genres
Solo instrument
Performers
Togawa, Hiyoli
Instruments
Viola
Periods
Baroque
Contemporary
Label
BIS
Catalogue number
BIS-2533 SACD
Release date
2021-03-05
Discs
1
Orig. sample rate
96000Hz
Total time
78:54
Songs of Solitude was conceived by the violist Hiyoli Togawa at a time when a virus was forcing people across the world into isolation and she herself needed to find a new rhythm of life as concert after concert was being cancelled. As she relates in the booklet to the disc, playing Bach – music that combines powerful emotions with a crystal-clear structure – became part of her daily routine, along with walks along the empty streets of Berlin. During these, the importance of remaining creative became even clearer to her, along with the idea to offer people the opportunity through music to reflect upon the difficulties of living through a pandemic. Having recently collaborated with the composer Kalevi Aho, she came upon the idea of asking him and a number of other composers to write for her – pieces that would ‘reflect life and work in the time of the coronavirus and that distil isolation in music’.
The result is Songs of Solitude – works for solo viola commissioned from 11 different composers and interwoven with sarabandes from Bach’s cello suites. The individual pieces range from the meditative (Toshio Hosokawa reminiscing in his version of the traditional Sakura) to the defiant (Johanna Doderer’s Shadows). Some of them even provided Hiyoli with musical company – Aho’s Am Horizont requires her to play two parts on the viola while singing a third, and the piece by John Powell is written for nine voices, recorded in multitrack. The album was recorded in Berlin during three periods, June to October 2020, as the various pieces arrived and the restrictions in place at the time permitted.
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Composer: Hosokawa, Toshio
01
Sakura / Solitude
03:42
$ 0.89
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Composer: Bach, Johann Sebastian
Cello Suite No. 4 in E flat major, BWV 1010
02
Sarabande
04:16
$ 1.02
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Composer: Doderer, Johanna
03
Shadows
04:09
$ 1.00
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Composer: Serebrier, José
04
Nostalgia
04:03
$ 0.97
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Composer: Bach, Johann Sebastian
Cello Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007
05
Sarabande
02:30
$ 0.60
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Composer: Mansurian, Tigran
06
Ode an die Stille
03:00
$ 0.72
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Composer: Oshima, Michiru
07
Silence
03:51
$ 0.92
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Composer: Bach, Johann Sebastian
Cello Suite No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009
08
Sarabande
03:28
$ 0.83
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Composer: Aho, Kalevi
09
Am Horizont
05:23
$ 1.29
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Composer: Powell, John
10
Perfect Time for a Spring Cleaning
03:47
$ 0.91
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Composer: Bach, Johann Sebastian
Cello Suite No. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011
11
Sarabande
03:31
$ 0.84
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Composer: Spinei, Cristina
12
Keep Moving
02:40
$ 0.64
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Composer: Samuel, Rhian
13
Salve Nos
05:24
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Composer: Bach, Johann Sebastian
Cello Suite No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008
14
Sarabande
04:20
$ 1.04
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Composer: Prokofiev, Gabriel
Five Impressions of Self-Isolation
11:58
15
Calling Out…
03:09
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16
Wine for One
03:33
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17
Only Birds in the Sky
01:23
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18
How Many Weeks...?
02:16
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19
Back to the English Garden
01:37
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Composer: Bach, Johann Sebastian
Cello Suite No. 6 in D major, BWV 1012
20
Sarabande
04:46
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Composer: Gardella, Federico
21
Consolation
05:28
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Album total
78:54
Composer
Aho, Kalevi
Bach, Johann Sebastian
Doderer, Johanna
Gardella, Federico
Hosokawa, Toshio
Mansurian, Tigran
Oshima, Michiru
Powell, John
Prokofiev, Gabriel
Samuel, Rhian
Serebrier, José
Spinei, Cristina
Viola
Togawa, Hiyoli
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