MENDELSSOHN
product information
Condition: New,
UPC: 8279490879676,
Publication Date: 01/22/2021,
Type: SUPER-AUDIO CD,
Style: CLASSICAL/CHAMBER MUSIC & RECITALS,
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Jake Heggie (b. 1961) on texts by Gene Scheer (b. 1958)Intonations: Songs from the Violins of Hope (world-premiere recording)
Ashes
Exile
Concert
Motele
Feivel
Lament
Liberation
Franz Schubert (1797-1828): Quartettsatz in C Minor, D 703
Allegro assai
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847): String Quartet No. 6 in F Minor, Op. 80
I. Allegro vivace assai
II. Allegro assai
III. Adagio
IV. Finale. Allegro molto
Total playing time 75:14
notes
HARBINGERS OF HOPE DURING MANKIND’S DARKEST HOURViolins of Hope presents instruments that were owned by Jewish musicians before and during the Holocaust, representing strength and optimism for the future during mankind’s darkest hour. They have been refurbished by luthiers Amnon and Avshalom Weinstein, founders of the Violins of Hope project. On this album, recorded live at Kohl Mansion, the instruments are used to perform two string quartet masterpieces by Schubert and Mendelssohn, alongside a new composition by Jake Heggie, inspired by the violins’ histories. Schubert’s unfinished Quartettsatz is often considered Schubert’s first mature work and displays a typically Schubertian mix of impetuous agitation and sublime lyricism. Mendelssohn wrote his Quartet in F Minor as a “Requiem” for his deceased sister Fanny, not knowing that – tragically enough – he would follow her fate only two months later, at the age of 38. These two captivating works are performed by Kay Stern, Dawn Harms, Patricia Heller and Emil Miland, who join forces with mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke, violinist Daniel Hope and the young violin talent Sean Mori on Heggie’s INTONATIONS: Songs of the Violins of Hope. The recording took place in the context of International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2020, commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Liberation.
Jake Heggie has a vast PENTATONE discography, including the opera It’s a Wonderful Life (2017) and song recital albums by Jamie Barton (Unexpected Shadows, 2020), Melody Moore, Lisa Delan and Joyce DiDonato. Sasha Cooke returns to PENTATONE after having featured on Mason Bates’ Grammy Award-winning opera The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs (2018). Daniel Hope, Sean Mori, Kay Stern, Dawn Harms, and Patricia Heller all make their debut on the label.
credits
Cello – - Emil MilandLuthier – Amnon Weinstein, Avshalom Weinstein
Mezzo-soprano Vocals – - Sasha Cooke
Recorded By – - San Francisco Classical Recording Company
Viola – - Patricia Heller
Violin – - Daniel Hope , - Dawn Harms , - Kay Stern , Sean Mori
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