New Album Releases: RECONNAISSANCE - KAIJA SAARIAHO CHORAL MUSIC (Helsinki Chamber Choir & Nils Schweckendiek)

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Artist:
Helsinki Chamber Choir
Nils Schweckendiek

Genre:
Classical

Total Time:
81:37

Record Label:
Bis

Purchasing Links:
CD, MP3, Apple Music

Release Date
July 7, 2023




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Product Description: Nuits, adieux, presented here both in its a cappella version and with electronics, could be described as a lullaby, not so much for a sleeping child as for an elderly person sleeping out of our world. Funny and very serious at the same time, Horloge, tais-toi was conceived for a children choir. Echo! deals with the myth of Echo and Narcissus, with the idea of echo being naturally extended with electronics that process and reverb the voices of the singers. Based on poems by German poet Friedrich Hölderlin, Tags des Jahrs display an archaic choral treatment expanded by sounds of the human voices, birds, wind and other natural phenomena. Uberzeugung engages with medieval music and treats the contrast between light and dark as a trance-like interplay between past and present. Finally, Reconnaissance can be seen as a ‘science-fiction madrigal’. Nils Schweckendiek and the Helsinki Chamber Choir initially performed this programme in concert in August 2022 as part of the celebrations surrounding Saariaho’s 70th birthday.

TRACK LIST:

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1 . Nuits, adieux (Version for 4 .Voices & Electronics): I. Nuit I Timo Kurkikangas, Nils Schweckendiek, Linnéa Sundfær Casserly, Eleriin Müüripeal, Martti Anttila & Sampo Haapaniemi (01:41)

2 . Nuits, adieux (Version for 4 .Voices & Electronics): II. Adieu I Timo Kurkikangas, Nils Schweckendiek, Linnéa Sundfær Casserly, Eleriin Müüripeal, Martti Anttila & Sampo Haapaniemi (01:26)

3 . Nuits, adieux (Version for 4 .Voices & Electronics): III. Nuit II Timo Kurkikangas, Nils Schweckendiek, Linnéa Sundfær Casserly, Eleriin Müüripeal, Martti Anttila & Sampo Haapaniemi (01:15)

4 . Nuits, adieux (Version for 4 .Voices & Electronics): IV. Adieu II Timo Kurkikangas, Nils Schweckendiek, Linnéa Sundfær Casserly, Eleriin Müüripeal, Martti Anttila & Sampo Haapaniemi (01:32)

5 . Nuits, adieux (Version for 4 .Voices & Electronics): V. Nuit III Timo Kurkikangas, Nils Schweckendiek, Linnéa Sundfær Casserly, Eleriin Müüripeal, Martti Anttila & Sampo Haapaniemi (01:20)

6 . Nuits, adieux (Version for 4 .Voices & Electronics): VI. Nuit IV Timo Kurkikangas, Nils Schweckendiek, Linnéa Sundfær Casserly, Eleriin Müüripeal, Martti Anttila & Sampo Haapaniemi (01:26)

7 . Nuits, adieux (Version for 4 .Voices & Electronics): VII. Nuit V Timo Kurkikangas, Nils Schweckendiek, Linnéa Sundfær Casserly, Eleriin Müüripeal, Martti Anttila & Sampo Haapaniemi (00:45)

8 . Nuits, adieux (Version for 4 .Voices & Electronics): VIII. Adieu III - IX. Adieu IV - X. Adieu V Timo Kurkikangas, Nils Schweckendiek, Linnéa Sundfær Casserly, Eleriin Müüripeal, Martti Anttila & Sampo Haapaniemi (02:45)

9 . Horloge, tais-toi ! (Version for Choir & Piano) Helsinki Chamber Choir, Anna Kuvaja & Nils Schweckendiek (03:27)

10 . Écho !: I. Dolce energico avid Hackston, Timo Kurkikangas, Nils Schweckendiek, Linnéa Sundfær Casserly, Eleriin Müüripeal, Júlia Heéger, Martti Anttila, Mats Lillhannus, Sampo Haapaniemi & Jussi Linnanmäki (03:10)

11 . Écho !: II. Calmo, espressivo avid Hackston, Timo Kurkikangas, Nils Schweckendiek, Linnéa Sundfær Casserly, Eleriin Müüripeal, Júlia Heéger, Martti Anttila, Mats Lillhannus, Sampo Haapaniemi & Jussi Linnanmäki (03:18)

12 . Écho !: III. Libero, intenso avid Hackston, Timo Kurkikangas, Nils Schweckendiek, Linnéa Sundfær Casserly, Eleriin Müüripeal, Júlia Heéger, Martti Anttila, Mats Lillhannus, Sampo Haapaniemi & Jussi Linnanmäki (04:40)

13 . Tag des Jahrs: I. Der Frühling Timo Kurkikangas, Nils Schweckendiek & Helsinki Chamber Choir (03:23)

14 . Tag des Jahrs: II. Der Sommer Helsinki Chamber Choir, Timo Kurkikangas & Nils Schweckendiek (04:25)

15 . Tag des Jahrs: III. Der Herbst Helsinki Chamber Choir, Timo Kurkikangas & Nils Schweckendiek (01:30)

16 . Tag des Jahrs: IV. Der Winter Helsinki Chamber Choir, Timo Kurkikangas & Nils Schweckendiek (05:47)

17 . Überzeugung Uusinta Ensemble, Nils Schweckendiek, Keri Kallio, Emma Suszko & Eira Karlson (02:56)

18 . Reconnaissance: I. The First Martian in a Long Time Helsinki Chamber Choir, Uusinta Ensemble & Nils Schweckendiek (04:29)

19 . Reconnaissance: II. Count Down Helsinki Chamber Choir, Uusinta Ensemble & Nils Schweckendiek (03:26)

20 . Reconnaissance: Interlude Helsinki Chamber Choir, Uusinta Ensemble & Nils Schweckendiek (01:57)

21 . Reconnaissance: III. Green House Helsinki Chamber Choir, Uusinta Ensemble & Nils Schweckendiek (05:26)

22 . Reconnaissance: IV. Desert People Helsinki Chamber Choir, Nils Schweckendiek & Uusinta Ensemble (03:31)

23 . Reconnaissance: V. Requiem Helsinki Chamber Choir, Nils Schweckendiek & Uusinta Ensemble (05:55)

24 . Nuits, adieux (Version for 4 .Voices): I. Nuit I Nils Schweckendiek, Linnéa Sundfær Casserly, Eleriin Müüripeal, Martti Anttila & Sampo Haapaniemi (01:31)

25 . Nuits, adieux (Version for 4 .Voices): II. Adieu I (01:28)

26 . Nuits, adieux (Version for 4 .Voices): III. Nuit II Nils Schweckendiek, Linnéa Sundfær Casserly, Eleriin Müüripeal, Martti Anttila & Sampo Haapaniemi (01:19)

27 . Nuits, adieux (Version for 4 .Voices): IV. Adieu II Nils Schweckendiek, Linnéa Sundfær Casserly, Eleriin Müüripeal, Martti Anttila & Sampo Haapaniemi (01:37)

28 . Nuits, adieux (Version for 4 .Voices): V. Nuit III Nils Schweckendiek, Linnéa Sundfær Casserly, Eleriin Müüripeal, Martti Anttila & Sampo Haapaniemi (01:21)

29 . Nuits, adieux (Version for 4 .Voices): VI. Nuit IV Nils Schweckendiek, Linnéa Sundfær Casserly, Eleriin Müüripeal, Martti Anttila & Sampo Haapaniemi (01:26)

30 . Nuits, adieux (Version for 4 .Voices): VII. Nuit V Nils Schweckendiek, Linnéa Sundfær Casserly, Eleriin Müüripeal, Martti Anttila & Sampo Haapaniemi (00:49)

31 .Nuits, adieux (Version for 4 .Voices): VIII. Adieu III - IX. Adieu IV - X. Adieu V Nils Schweckendiek, Linnéa Sundfær Casserly, Eleriin Müüripeal, Martti Anttila & Sampo Haapaniemi (02:32)

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