亞歷山大．涅菲爾 Alexander Knaifel: Amicta Sole (CD) 【ECM】

For his ECM second New Series album, Russian composer Alexander Knaifel collaborates with incomparable cellist Mstislav Rostropovich on “Psalm 51 (50)”, and sets the uniquely pure voice of his wife, Tatiana Melentieva, amid the soloists of the Glinka College Boys Choir on “Amicta Sole (Clothed With The Sun)”.

As with his previous disc “Svete Tikhiy”, which also featured two extended works, “Amicta Sole” brings together pieces that the composer describes as “quiet giants”, works that seem to slow down time with their very gradual and subtle development. “Psalm 51(50)” throws particular responsibilities on the soloist who must play “as if singing”, or in this case as if intoning the words of the psalm. “I had the feeling”, says Knaifel, “that only Rostropovich could articulate this text.”

Mstislav Rostropovich - Violoncello
Tatiana Melentieva - Soprano
Boy Choir Glinka Choral College
Vladimir Begletsov - Artistic Director
State Hermitage Orchestra
Arkady Shteinlukht - Conductor

【曲目】
01. Psalm 51 (50) for cello solo
02. Amicta sole (Clothed with the sun) for soloist (female) of soloists

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編號：ECM1731
條碼：0028947208327