ABCD 453 Trasparente

Duration: 51:49

19,00 

SKU: ABCD 453 Categories: , , , ,

Tracks:

  • Mäenpää, Ilmari (b.1971)

1Trasparente7:48FIABA2000036
  • Lunt, Beverly Julie (b.1963)

2Sophia-Hokma6:16FIABA2000037
  • Van Vugt, Jean (b.1958)

Three William Blake Songs
3Infant Joy1:12FIABA2000038
4My Pretty Rose Tree1:54FIABA2000039
5The Fly1:48FIABA2000040
  • Pulkkis, Uljas (b.1975)

6Riddle5:11FIABA2000041
  • Bach, Johann Sebastian

7Preludium2:36FIABA2000042
  • Holst, Gustav (1874-1934)

Four Songs for Voice and Violin Op. 35
8Infant Joy2:29FIABA2000043
9My soul has nought but fire and ice1:03FIABA2000044
10I syng of a mayden1:17FIABA2000045
11My Leman is so true1:40FIABA2000046
  • Trad.

12Vanha virsi Taalainmaalta3:20FIABA2000047
  • Österman, Harri (b.1964)

13Salotiellä3:21FIABA2000048
14Doch alles, was uns ahnru?hrst…4:19FIABA2000049
  • Niles, John Jacob (1892-1980)

15I wonder as I wander3:18FIABA2000050
  • Lunt, Beverly Julie (b.1963)

16On Home4:09FIABA2000051

Reviews

American Record Guide

Here is something decidedly different—a mezzo-soprano in a recital of works for voice and violin where she not only sings, but plays the violin. Virpi Raisanen has a rich, warm mezzo-soprano, steady and even from top to bottom. She’d be a pleasure to hear in anything. She is also a first-rate violinist and combines her two skills in a beautiful recital, programmed with unusual works and a few more familiar pieces. The notes tell us that the recording was inspired by Gustav Holst’s Four Songs for Voice and Violin, Op. 35, a piece originally intended to be performed by one person, a violinist-singer. All of the music here was recorded with Ms Raisanen at the Renswoude Church in the Netherlands. She explains that Ilmari Maenpaa’s ‘Trasparente’ was composed as a collaboration between her and the composer. With film director Tapani Launonen the song was turned into a music video in 2010. It is a shimmering, haunting work that I listened to three times in a row. Raisanen also sings Jean van Vugt’s setting of Three William Blake Songs, Beverley Lunt’s ‘Sophia-Hokma’, and several arrangements of folk songs including ‘I Wonder as I Wander’ by John Jacob Niles. Notes on all the works are included in the slim booklet as well as texts and translations. The sound captures the unique glow of Raisanen’s voice and violin well. This is a very intimate, revealing recital, one that I shall return to often when needing reassurance in these turbulent times.

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