New Album Releases: BERNARD HERMANN - SUITE FROM WUTHERING HEIGHTS; ECHOES FOR STRINGS (Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Mario Venzago, Keri Fuge, Roderick Williams & Joshua Tan)

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Artist:
Singapore Symphony Orchestra
Mario Venzago
Keri Fuge
Roderick Williams
Joshua Tan

Genre:
Classical

Total Time:
80:24

Record Label:
Chandos Records

Purchasing Links:
CD, MP3, Apple Music

Release Date
June 30, 2023




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Product Description: Bernard Herrmann is widely regarded as one of Hollywood's most important composers, responsible for more than fifty film scores (in addition to his work for TV, radio, and the concert hall), and noted for his collaborations with Orson Welles and, later, with Alfred Hitchcock. Welles was unofficially involved with Robert Stevenson's film of Jane Eyre in the 1940s, and it was Welles that suggested Herrmann as composer for the project. Herrmann became obsessed with all things Brontë, and within months was writing to friends of his plans to write an opera on Wuthering Heights. It took him eight years to complete the vocal score, using a libretto written by his wife, Lucille Fletcher. Although he conducted a recording of the work, in 1966, he failed to see a live production in his lifetime. Although the opera features eight solo roles, Cathy and Heathcliff dominate the action and are the only singers in Hans Sørensen's Suite of excerpts - recorded here for the very first time. Keri Fuge and Roderick Williams take the vocal roles in this recording. Echoes was composed in 1965 for string quartet, and was later arranged for string orchestra by Hans Sørensen - the version heard on this album. The recording was made in the Esplanade Concert Hall, Singapore. In Surround Sound, and is available as a Hybrid SACD and in Spatial Audio.

TRACK LIST:

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1 . Suite from "Wuthering Heights" (Arr. for Soprano, Baritone, and Orchestra by Hans Sørensen): I. Prologue. The Snow and Wind - Oh, Cathy! Come in. Oh, come in Roderick Williams, Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Mario Venzago & Joshua Tan (06:55)

2 . Suite from "Wuthering Heights" (Arr. for Soprano, Baritone, and Orchestra by Hans Sørensen), Act 1 .Scene 1: II. I have been wandering through the green woods Keri Fuge, Roderick Williams, Singapore Symphony Orchestra & Mario Venzago (08:14)

3 . Suite from "Wuthering Heights" (Arr. for Soprano, Baritone, and Orchestra by Hans Sørensen), Act 1 .Scene 1: III. Do you remember the day you first came to Wuthering Heights! Keri Fuge, Roderick Williams, Singapore Symphony Orchestra & Mario Venzago (03:22)

4 . Suite from "Wuthering Heights" (Arr. for Soprano, Baritone, and Orchestra by Hans Sørensen), Act 1 .Scene 1: IV. On the moors, on the moors Roderick Williams, Keri Fuge, Singapore Symphony Orchestra & Mario Venzago (05:24)

5 . Suite from "Wuthering Heights" (Arr. for Soprano, Baritone, and Orchestra by Hans Sørensen), Act 1 .Scene 1: V. Look, the moon Keri Fuge, Roderick Williams, Singapore Symphony Orchestra & Mario Venzago (02:56)

6 . Suite from "Wuthering Heights" (Arr. for Soprano, Baritone, and Orchestra by Hans Sørensen): VI. Interlude (Nocturne) Singapore Symphony Orchestra & Mario Venzago (03:10)

7 . Suite from "Wuthering Heights" (Arr. for Soprano, Baritone, and Orchestra by Hans Sørensen), Act 1 .Scene 2: VII. I am the only being, whose doom no tongue would ask Roderick Williams, Singapore Symphony Orchestra & Mario Venzago (03:36)

8 . Suite from "Wuthering Heights" (Arr. for Soprano, Baritone, and Orchestra by Hans Sørensen), Act 2: VIII. I have dreamt in my life dreams that have stayed with me for ever Keri Fuge, Singapore Symphony Orchestra & Mario Venzago (02:41)

9 . Suite from "Wuthering Heights" (Arr. for Soprano, Baritone, and Orchestra by Hans Sørensen), Act 4: IX. Meditation Singapore Symphony Orchestra & Mario Venzago (02:22)

10 . Suite from "Wuthering Heights" (Arr. for Soprano, Baritone, and Orchestra by Hans Sørensen), Act 4: X. Heathcliff. Heathcliff Keri Fuge, Roderick Williams, Singapore Symphony Orchestra & Mario Venzago (03:22)

11 . Suite from "Wuthering Heights" (Arr. for Soprano, Baritone, and Orchestra by Hans Sørensen), Act 4: XI. Will you say so, Heathcliff! Keri Fuge, Roderick Williams, Singapore Symphony Orchestra & Mario Venzago (03:42)

12 . Suite from "Wuthering Heights" (Arr. for Soprano, Baritone, and Orchestra by Hans Sørensen), Act 4: XII. Open the window. Let me breathe the wind Keri Fuge, Singapore Symphony Orchestra & Mario Venzago (02:32)

13 . Suite from "Wuthering Heights" (Arr. for Soprano, Baritone, and Orchestra by Hans Sørensen), Act 4: XIII. Death of Cathy - I shall not leave you, you are my soul Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Mario Venzago & Keri Fuge (02:07)

14 . Suite from "Wuthering Heights" (Arr. for Soprano, Baritone, and Orchestra by Hans Sørensen), Act 4: XIX. Largo assai Singapore Symphony Orchestra & Mario Venzago (00:51)

15 . Suite from "Wuthering Heights" (Arr. for Soprano, Baritone, and Orchestra by Hans Sørensen), Act 4: XV. May she wake in torment! Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Mario Venzago & Roderick Williams (01:36)

16 . Suite from "Wuthering Heights" (Arr. for Soprano, Baritone, and Orchestra by Hans Sørensen), Act 4: XVI. Lento Singapore Symphony Orchestra & Mario Venzago (01:07)

17 . Suite from "Wuthering Heights" (Arr. for Soprano, Baritone, and Orchestra by Hans Sørensen), Act 4: XVII. Heathcliff! Heathcliff! Let me in Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Mario Venzago & Keri Fuge (00:58)

18 . Suite from "Wuthering Heights" (Arr. for Soprano, Baritone, and Orchestra by Hans Sørensen), Act 4: XVIII. Oh, Cathy! Come in, oh come in! Roderick Williams, Keri Fuge, Singapore Symphony Orchestra & Mario Venzago (04:00)

19 . Suite from "Wuthering Heights" (Arr. for Soprano, Baritone, and Orchestra by Hans Sørensen), Act 4: XIX. Adagio tenebroso Singapore Symphony Orchestra & Mario Venzago (01:24)

20 .Echoes (Arr. for Soprano, Baritone, and Orchestra by Hans Sørensen) Singapore Symphony Orchestra & Joshua Tan (20:22)

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