Credits:

Ter-Merguerian, Jean

Description:

The Norwegian Soloist Choir sings a collection of choral works after Berio's name was established on the contemporary music scene!SACD hybrid disc. Luciano Berio, along with Luigi NONO, Franco DONATONI, and Bruno MADERNA, is widely regarded as one of the generation of Italian modernists who showed the internationality of Italian modernism that came to prominence after World War II. The Norwegian Soloist Choir and Grete Pedersen, whose albums including J.S. Bach's "Motets" (BIS SA 2251) have all been highly acclaimed, will perform Berio's works. Koro" and "The Call of London. The two pieces were written between 1973 and 1977, after Berio's name was firmly established on the contemporary music scene. The "Coro" was written for 10 sopranos, altos, tenors, and basses, and 44 instrumentalists (14 strings, 15 woodwinds, 11 brass, 2 percussion, piano, and electronic organ), and is officially titled "Coro for Voice and Instruments.Poems by unnamed writers from various countries and races and poems from Chilean poet Pablo Neruda's "Dwelling Place on Earth" were used as texts, from "Today is mine...Wake up, woman, reise up, woman (Today is mine...Wake up, woman, reise up, woman)" to "Spin, colours, spin...El dia palido se asoma (Turn, colours, spin...)". (Wake up, woman, reise up, woman)" to "Spin, colors, spin...El dia palido se asoma (Spin, colors, spin...The pale day will appear)". In order to maximize the blending of the different vocal and instrumental timbres, the musicians are arranged in "four tiers," with the first soprano and first flute to the left of the conductor, the eighth soprano and first violin to his left, and so on. The "London Call" is a seven-part work based on the famous "London call" made by street vendors to passersby. After the success of "Sinfonia," he composed this piece for the King's Singers, an English male voice group whose repertoire includes cabaret songs, madrigals, and partsongs.The Norwegian Soloist Choir sings in the 1975 revised edition of Eight Singers. King International

Tracklisting:

1.Coro per voci e strumenti~I. Today Is Mine... Wake Up, Woman, Rise Up, Woman
2.Coro per voci e strumenti~II. Venid a ver
3.Coro per voci e strumenti~III. Your Eyes Are Red
4.Coro per voci e strumenti~IV. Veid a ver
5.Coro per voci e strumenti~V. Your Eyes Are Red
6.Coro per voci e strumenti~VI. Venid a ver la sangre por las calles
7.Coro per voci e strumenti~VII. Wake Up, Woman, Rise Up, Woman
8.Coro per voci e strumenti~VIII. Venid a ver la sangre por las calles
9.Coro per voci e strumenti~IX. I Have Made a Song
10.Coro per voci e strumenti~X. Venid a ver la sangre por las calles
11.Coro per voci e strumenti~XI. I Have Made a Song
12.Coro per voci e strumenti~XII. Venid a ver la sangre
13.Coro per voci e strumenti~XIII. Wake Up, Woman, Rise Up, Woman
14.Coro per voci e strumenti~XIV. Venid a ver la sangre
15.Coro per voci e strumenti~XV. Komm in meine Nahe
16.Coro per voci e strumenti~XVI. Today Is Mine
17.Coro per voci e strumenti~XVII. Pousse l'herbe et fleurit la fleur
18.Coro per voci e strumenti~XVIII. Go, my strong charm... Vendi a ver
19.Coro per voci e strumenti~XIX. It Is So Nice
20.Coro per voci e strumenti~XX. Your Eyes Are Red... El dia palido se asoma
21.Coro per voci e strumenti~XXI. Mirad mi casa muerta
22.Coro per voci e strumenti~XXII. Je m'en vais ou ma pensee s'en va
23.Coro per voci e strumenti~XXIII. Pousse l'herbe et fleurit la fleur
24.Coro per voci e strumenti~XXIV. Oh issa... Ich sehe Tautropfen... Your eyes are red
25.Coro per voci e strumenti~XXV. Oh issa lo in alto... Komm in meine Nahe
26.Coro per voci e strumenti~XXVI. Come Ascend the Ladder
27.Coro per voci e strumenti~XXVII. When We Came to This World
28.Coro per voci e strumenti~XXVIII. El dia oscila rodeado
29.Coro per voci e strumenti~XXIX. Hinach yafa raayati
30.Coro per voci e strumenti~XXX. El dia palido se asoma
31.Coro per voci e strumenti~XXXI. Spin, colours, spin... El dia palido se asoma
32.Cries of London for eight voices~I. These Are the Cries of London Town. Simply, Like a Folk Tune..
33.Cries of London for eight voices~II. Where Are Ye Fair Maids That Have Need of Our Trades
34.Cries of London for eight voices~III. Garlic, Good Garlic
35.Cries of London for eight voices~IV. These Are the Cries of London Town