AS DREAMS: Nørgård, Janson, Saariaho, Lachenmann, Xenakis (2016)
Norwegian Soloists' Choir; Oslo Sinfonietta; Grete Pedersen, conductor
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 264 Mb | Artwork included | 01:01:09
Classical, Contemporary, Choral | Label: BIS | # BIS-SACD-2139
The works that make up this adventurous release are all, to quote Shakespeare, "such stuff as dreams are made on". In various ways these recordings refer to night and dreams, to the distant past or to an uncertain future. With composers from Denmark, Norway, Finland, Germany and Greece, and texts ranging from fragments of ancient Assyrian and Sumerian and 8th-century Wessobrunner Prayer to many other places, the concept of "here and now" become blurred and dreamlike.