Artist:
Eric Wubbels
Wet Ink
Wet Ink Large Ensemble
Genre:
Classical
Opera
Total Time:
126:44
Record Label:
N/A
Purchasing Links:
MP3, Apple Music
Release Date
November 15, 2024
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Eric Wubbels
Wet Ink
Wet Ink Large Ensemble
Genre:
Classical
Opera
Total Time:
126:44
Record Label:
N/A
Purchasing Links:
MP3, Apple Music
Release Date
November 15, 2024
"The Entertainment Factor is supported by its audience. When you buy through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission."
Find out more about this album release after the jump.
Product Description: Composer Kate Soper releases the world premiere recording of her critically acclaimed opera "The Romance of the Rose", featuring the dynamic Wet Ink Ensemble. With an original libretto inspired by the medieval poem of the same name, "The Romance of the Rose" blends medieval and contemporary allegory to dramatize how love, sex, and music wreak havoc on our sense of self.
Throughout her work, composer Kate Soper identifies the subtle boundaries that define convention and subverts them, creating her own new vocabulary in the process. In works for voice and instruments, Soper has developed an intertwined language that flows seamlessly between spoken and sung gestures and integrates the vocal and instrumental parts to form compelling hybrid instruments whose timbral characteristics and synergies shift with each instrumentation. On a collaborative New Focus release with electronic music composer Sam Pluta, The Understanding of All Things, Soper cultivates philosophical inquiry through a musical forum, using text and the dialogue between performer and audience as the canvas to explore questions of the meaning of expressive and creative activity. In recent works, Soper has turned her attention to opera, bringing these stylistic characteristics to the format alongside a penchant for poly-stylistic collage. Soper elects to use an instrumentation that affords her coloristic flexibility, adding harp, electric guitar, saxophone, and electronics to a more conventional instrumentation of clarinets, violin/viola, cello, piano, and percussion. The Romance of the Rose embraces influences from medieval poetry and the troubadour tradition, romantic opera, musical theatre and torch song, progressive rock, electronic music, and modernism to capture a multi-colored tapestry of expressive territory that facilitates this extended meditation on the nature of love and human emotion.
Throughout her work, composer Kate Soper identifies the subtle boundaries that define convention and subverts them, creating her own new vocabulary in the process. In works for voice and instruments, Soper has developed an intertwined language that flows seamlessly between spoken and sung gestures and integrates the vocal and instrumental parts to form compelling hybrid instruments whose timbral characteristics and synergies shift with each instrumentation. On a collaborative New Focus release with electronic music composer Sam Pluta, The Understanding of All Things, Soper cultivates philosophical inquiry through a musical forum, using text and the dialogue between performer and audience as the canvas to explore questions of the meaning of expressive and creative activity. In recent works, Soper has turned her attention to opera, bringing these stylistic characteristics to the format alongside a penchant for poly-stylistic collage. Soper elects to use an instrumentation that affords her coloristic flexibility, adding harp, electric guitar, saxophone, and electronics to a more conventional instrumentation of clarinets, violin/viola, cello, piano, and percussion. The Romance of the Rose embraces influences from medieval poetry and the troubadour tradition, romantic opera, musical theatre and torch song, progressive rock, electronic music, and modernism to capture a multi-colored tapestry of expressive territory that facilitates this extended meditation on the nature of love and human emotion.
TRACK LIST:
1 .
The Romance of the Rose, Act I: Prologue Part I
Lucas Steele, Phillip Bullock, Anna Schubert, Kate Soper, Wet Ink Ensemble & Eric Wubbels
(04:40)
2 . The Romance of the Rose, Act I: Prologue Part II Lucas Steele, Phillip Bullock, Anna Schubert, Kate Soper, Wet Ink Ensemble & Eric Wubbels (04:00)
3 . The Romance of the Rose, Act I: A Volunteer Lucas Steele, Devony Smith, Wet Ink Ensemble & Eric Wubbels (04:08)
4 . The Romance of the Rose, Act I: The Garden Lucas Steele, Devony Smith, Ariadne Greif, Ty Boque, Wet Ink Ensemble & Eric Wubbels (03:13)
5 . The Romance of the Rose, Act I: Narcissus Lucas Steele, Devony Smith, Ariadne Greif, Ty Boque, Wet Ink Ensemble & Eric Wubbels (03:23)
6 . The Romance of the Rose, Act I: The Attack Lucas Steele, Phillip Bullock, Devony Smith, Ariadne Greif, Ty Boque, Wet Ink Ensemble & Eric Wubbels (05:59)
7 . The Romance of the Rose, Act I: Meet Shame Kate Soper, Wet Ink Ensemble & Eric Wubbels (03:03)
8 . The Romance of the Rose, Act I: The Oath Lucas Steele, Phillip Bullock, Devony Smith, Wet Ink Ensemble & Eric Wubbels (03:04)
9 . The Romance of the Rose, Act I: Commandments / First Sally Lucas Steele, Anna Schubert, Devony Smith, Ariadne Greif, Ty Boque & Wet Ink Ensemble (04:32)
10 . The Romance of the Rose, Act I: Lady Reason’s First Try Lucas Steele, Anna Schubert, Devony Smith, Wet Ink Ensemble & Eric Wubbels (04:08)
11 . The Romance of the Rose, Act I: Lady Reason’s Symmetrical Virelai Anna Schubert, Wet Ink Ensemble & Eric Wubbels (03:24)
12 . The Romance of the Rose, Act I: Reason vs. Love I Lucas Steele, Phillip Bullock, Anna Schubert, Devony Smith, Wet Ink Ensemble & Eric Wubbels (04:46)
13 . The Romance of the Rose, Act I: Second Sally Lucas Steele, Kate Soper, Devony Smith, Wet Ink Ensemble & Eric Wubbels (04:21)
14 . The Romance of the Rose, Act I: Shame Returns Phillip Bullock, Kate Soper, Devony Smith, Wet Ink Ensemble & Eric Wubbels (02:03)
15 . The Romance of the Rose, Act I: Quodlibet (02:38)
16 . The Romance of the Rose, Act I: Anagnorisis I Lucas Steele, Devony Smith, Wet Ink Ensemble & Eric Wubbels (00:57)
17 . The Romance of the Rose, Act I: Waking Up Phillip Bullock, Anna Schubert, Kate Soper, Devony Smith, Ariadne Greif, Ty Boque, Wet Ink Ensemble & Eric Wubbels (05:42)
18 . The Romance of the Rose, Act I: Act I Epilogue Lucas Steele, Phillip Bullock, Anna Schubert, Kate Soper, Wet Ink Ensemble & Eric Wubbels (07:17)
19 . The Romance of the Rose, Act II: Round Two Lucas Steele, Devony Smith, Ariadne Greif, Ty Boque, Wet Ink Ensemble & Eric Wubbels (03:54)
20 . The Romance of the Rose, Act II: Torch Songs Lucas Steele, Devony Smith, Ariadne Greif, Ty Boque & Wet Ink Ensemble (08:29)
21 . The Romance of the Rose, Act II: Lady Reason’s Second Try Anna Schubert, Devony Smith, Wet Ink Ensemble & Eric Wubbels (05:37)
22 . The Romance of the Rose, Act II: Lady Reason’s Collapsing Sestina Anna Schubert, Wet Ink Ensemble & Eric Wubbels (05:31)
23 . The Romance of the Rose, Act II: Reason vs. Love II Phillip Bullock, Anna Schubert, Wet Ink Ensemble & Eric Wubbels (02:59)
24 . The Romance of the Rose, Act II: The God of Love’s Battle Song Lucas Steele, Phillip Bullock, Ariadne Greif, Ty Boque, Wet Ink Ensemble & Eric Wubbels (01:58)
25 . The Romance of the Rose, Act II: Anagnorisis II Lucas Steele, Devony Smith, Wet Ink Ensemble & Eric Wubbels (00:53)
26 . The Romance of the Rose, Act II: The Dreamer’s Post-Truth Aria Lucas Steele, Phillip Bullock, Anna Schubert, Devony Smith, Ariadne Greif, Ty Boque, Wet Ink Ensemble & Eric Wubbels (04:34)
27 . The Romance of the Rose, Act II: Shame’s Double Aria Kate Soper, Wet Ink Ensemble & Eric Wubbels (07:29)
28 . The Romance of the Rose, Act II: Final Showdown (05:36)
29 . The Romance of the Rose, Act II: Epilogue I Phillip Bullock, Anna Schubert, Kate Soper, Devony Smith, Ariadne Greif, Ty Boque, Wet Ink Ensemble & Eric Wubbels (06:34)
30 .The Romance of the Rose, Act II: Epilogue II Lucas Steele, Devony Smith, Wet Ink Ensemble & Eric Wubbels (02:18)
2 . The Romance of the Rose, Act I: Prologue Part II Lucas Steele, Phillip Bullock, Anna Schubert, Kate Soper, Wet Ink Ensemble & Eric Wubbels (04:00)
3 . The Romance of the Rose, Act I: A Volunteer Lucas Steele, Devony Smith, Wet Ink Ensemble & Eric Wubbels (04:08)
4 . The Romance of the Rose, Act I: The Garden Lucas Steele, Devony Smith, Ariadne Greif, Ty Boque, Wet Ink Ensemble & Eric Wubbels (03:13)
5 . The Romance of the Rose, Act I: Narcissus Lucas Steele, Devony Smith, Ariadne Greif, Ty Boque, Wet Ink Ensemble & Eric Wubbels (03:23)
6 . The Romance of the Rose, Act I: The Attack Lucas Steele, Phillip Bullock, Devony Smith, Ariadne Greif, Ty Boque, Wet Ink Ensemble & Eric Wubbels (05:59)
7 . The Romance of the Rose, Act I: Meet Shame Kate Soper, Wet Ink Ensemble & Eric Wubbels (03:03)
8 . The Romance of the Rose, Act I: The Oath Lucas Steele, Phillip Bullock, Devony Smith, Wet Ink Ensemble & Eric Wubbels (03:04)
9 . The Romance of the Rose, Act I: Commandments / First Sally Lucas Steele, Anna Schubert, Devony Smith, Ariadne Greif, Ty Boque & Wet Ink Ensemble (04:32)
10 . The Romance of the Rose, Act I: Lady Reason’s First Try Lucas Steele, Anna Schubert, Devony Smith, Wet Ink Ensemble & Eric Wubbels (04:08)
11 . The Romance of the Rose, Act I: Lady Reason’s Symmetrical Virelai Anna Schubert, Wet Ink Ensemble & Eric Wubbels (03:24)
12 . The Romance of the Rose, Act I: Reason vs. Love I Lucas Steele, Phillip Bullock, Anna Schubert, Devony Smith, Wet Ink Ensemble & Eric Wubbels (04:46)
13 . The Romance of the Rose, Act I: Second Sally Lucas Steele, Kate Soper, Devony Smith, Wet Ink Ensemble & Eric Wubbels (04:21)
14 . The Romance of the Rose, Act I: Shame Returns Phillip Bullock, Kate Soper, Devony Smith, Wet Ink Ensemble & Eric Wubbels (02:03)
15 . The Romance of the Rose, Act I: Quodlibet (02:38)
16 . The Romance of the Rose, Act I: Anagnorisis I Lucas Steele, Devony Smith, Wet Ink Ensemble & Eric Wubbels (00:57)
17 . The Romance of the Rose, Act I: Waking Up Phillip Bullock, Anna Schubert, Kate Soper, Devony Smith, Ariadne Greif, Ty Boque, Wet Ink Ensemble & Eric Wubbels (05:42)
18 . The Romance of the Rose, Act I: Act I Epilogue Lucas Steele, Phillip Bullock, Anna Schubert, Kate Soper, Wet Ink Ensemble & Eric Wubbels (07:17)
19 . The Romance of the Rose, Act II: Round Two Lucas Steele, Devony Smith, Ariadne Greif, Ty Boque, Wet Ink Ensemble & Eric Wubbels (03:54)
20 . The Romance of the Rose, Act II: Torch Songs Lucas Steele, Devony Smith, Ariadne Greif, Ty Boque & Wet Ink Ensemble (08:29)
21 . The Romance of the Rose, Act II: Lady Reason’s Second Try Anna Schubert, Devony Smith, Wet Ink Ensemble & Eric Wubbels (05:37)
22 . The Romance of the Rose, Act II: Lady Reason’s Collapsing Sestina Anna Schubert, Wet Ink Ensemble & Eric Wubbels (05:31)
23 . The Romance of the Rose, Act II: Reason vs. Love II Phillip Bullock, Anna Schubert, Wet Ink Ensemble & Eric Wubbels (02:59)
24 . The Romance of the Rose, Act II: The God of Love’s Battle Song Lucas Steele, Phillip Bullock, Ariadne Greif, Ty Boque, Wet Ink Ensemble & Eric Wubbels (01:58)
25 . The Romance of the Rose, Act II: Anagnorisis II Lucas Steele, Devony Smith, Wet Ink Ensemble & Eric Wubbels (00:53)
26 . The Romance of the Rose, Act II: The Dreamer’s Post-Truth Aria Lucas Steele, Phillip Bullock, Anna Schubert, Devony Smith, Ariadne Greif, Ty Boque, Wet Ink Ensemble & Eric Wubbels (04:34)
27 . The Romance of the Rose, Act II: Shame’s Double Aria Kate Soper, Wet Ink Ensemble & Eric Wubbels (07:29)
28 . The Romance of the Rose, Act II: Final Showdown (05:36)
29 . The Romance of the Rose, Act II: Epilogue I Phillip Bullock, Anna Schubert, Kate Soper, Devony Smith, Ariadne Greif, Ty Boque, Wet Ink Ensemble & Eric Wubbels (06:34)
30 .The Romance of the Rose, Act II: Epilogue II Lucas Steele, Devony Smith, Wet Ink Ensemble & Eric Wubbels (02:18)
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