Elisabeth Holmertz, Tora Augestad, Ivan Ludlow, Silje Aker Johnsen, Cikada Ensemble, Christian Eggen - Hellstenius: Ophelias: Death by Water Singing (2016) [Hi-Res]
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BAND/ARTIST: Elisabeth Holmertz, Tora Augestad, Ivan Ludlow, Silje Aker Johnsen, Cikada Ensemble, Christian Eggen
- Title: Hellstenius: Ophelias: Death by Water Singing
- Year Of Release: 2016
- Label: Lawo Classics
- Genre: Classical
- Quality: flac 24bits - 48.0kHz +Booklet
- Total Time: 01:17:53
- Total Size: 737 mb
- WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist
01. Intro
02. Scene 1: Let's be hopeless
03. Scene 2: Already a river
04. Scene 3: Hi, Ophelia!
05. Scene 4: I am a mouse
06. Scene 5: Rainbows
07. Scene 6: The drip of blood
08. Scene 7: On a windy day
09. Scene 8: The Black Prince is back
10. Scene 9: I tremble and listen
11. Scene10: Where are you?
12. Scene 11: Murder and waiting
13. Scene 12: To get bigger eyes
14. Scene 13: I'm a little happy
With this work, librettist Cecilie Løveid has taken the Danish myth of Hamlet and the Shakespeare play of the same name and virtually removed most of the men. She has also done away with many of the words. Shakespeare's deep and strongly expressive brooder has become a rather stuttering figure, with a fragility that is underscored in the music. Hamlet is in a borderline state, perhaps between adolescence and adulthood, perhaps between the parts of his consciousness.
Composer Henrik Hellstenius provides Hamlet with a wide scope of vocal articulation. The Prince’s voice traverses the full range, with rapid shifts from child-like melodies through to recitatives and booming, resonant timbres. This also renders him unstable. With Hamlet’s words fewer and his vocal register broader, it reduces and it complicates the character even further. Such a connection between words and sounds can be seen as an extension of both forms of expression, neither emphasising nor confirming each other.
01. Intro
02. Scene 1: Let's be hopeless
03. Scene 2: Already a river
04. Scene 3: Hi, Ophelia!
05. Scene 4: I am a mouse
06. Scene 5: Rainbows
07. Scene 6: The drip of blood
08. Scene 7: On a windy day
09. Scene 8: The Black Prince is back
10. Scene 9: I tremble and listen
11. Scene10: Where are you?
12. Scene 11: Murder and waiting
13. Scene 12: To get bigger eyes
14. Scene 13: I'm a little happy
With this work, librettist Cecilie Løveid has taken the Danish myth of Hamlet and the Shakespeare play of the same name and virtually removed most of the men. She has also done away with many of the words. Shakespeare's deep and strongly expressive brooder has become a rather stuttering figure, with a fragility that is underscored in the music. Hamlet is in a borderline state, perhaps between adolescence and adulthood, perhaps between the parts of his consciousness.
Composer Henrik Hellstenius provides Hamlet with a wide scope of vocal articulation. The Prince’s voice traverses the full range, with rapid shifts from child-like melodies through to recitatives and booming, resonant timbres. This also renders him unstable. With Hamlet’s words fewer and his vocal register broader, it reduces and it complicates the character even further. Such a connection between words and sounds can be seen as an extension of both forms of expression, neither emphasising nor confirming each other.
Year 2016 | Classical | FLAC / APE | HD & Vinyl
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