Heinz Holliger Lunea

Christian Gerhaher - Heinz Holliger: Lunea (2022)  Music

Posted by delpotro at April 21, 2022
Christian Gerhaher - Heinz Holliger: Lunea (2022)

Christian Gerhaher - Heinz Holliger: Lunea (2022)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 376 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 235 Mb | 01:42:11
Classical, Opera | Label: ECM Records

Heinz Holliger’s “dream opera” Lunea which was premiered, to great acclaim, at Opernhaus Zurich, interweaves strands from the life and mind of Nikolaus Franz Niembsch (1802-1850), the Hungarian-born Austrian poet who wrote under the name Nikolaus Lenau. Lenau’s last, fragmentary writings have fired Holliger’s imagination and led to the creation of an intricately inventive work with a marvellously evocative lead role for baritone Christian Gerhaher. Neue Zürcher Zeitung: “Here Gerhaher can display his full sensitivity in dealing with the finest nuances of language and bring to bear his almost unlimited spectrum of tonal-dynamic gradations in the intonation. The poet Lenau speaks most directly from the sounds and notes…”

Heinz Holliger & Anton Kernjak - Éventail (2023)  Music

Posted by delpotro at Jan. 12, 2024
Heinz Holliger & Anton Kernjak - Éventail (2023)

Heinz Holliger & Anton Kernjak - Éventail (2023)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 270 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 164 Mb | Digital booklet | 01:09:07
Classical | Label: ECM Records

In his Éventail de musique française, Swiss oboist and composer Heinz Holliger traverses a broad selection of French works for oboe and piano in a multichromatic programme of early 20th century music. As Holliger states in his liner note, “the closeness of the oboe to the human voice inspired my idea of opening up the richly coloured fan of French music through the still far too little known collection of Vocalises-Études.” Contained in this wide-ranging recital are compositions by Ravel, Debussy, Milhaud, Saint-Saëns, Casadesus as well as Koechlin, Jolivet and Messiaen – Holliger cultivated a personal relationship with several of the composers. On piano returns Anton Kernjak, who appeared on Holliger’s 2014 recording Aschenmusik, while French harpist Alice Belugou comes in to play on André Jovilet’s Controversia pour hautbois et harpe. The richness of the 20th century oboe-repertoire is on full display throughout and finds Holliger in engaging dialogues with piano and harp. Éventail follows the release of Heinz Holliger’s multiple awards-winning large-scale opera Lunea from 2022.