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G Alvarez - Holderlinfenster | Sheva Collection SH250

G Alvarez - Holderlinfenster

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Label: Sheva Collection

Cat No: SH250

Barcode: 8033776712503

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 2

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Release Date: 3rd July 2020

Contents

Artists

April Fredrick (soprano)
Alessandro Viale (piano)

Works

Alvarez, Geoffrey

Holderlinfenster

Artists

April Fredrick (soprano)
Alessandro Viale (piano)

About

The German Romantic poet Friedrich Hölderlin spent most of his life in isolation in a tower on the banks of the Neckar river, following a mental illness. His poems have long fascinated composers. 2020 marks the 250th anniversary of his birth. The Nicaraguan-British composer Geoffrey Álvarez’s monumental song cycle, Hölderlinfenster imagines the poet through a “frame” of Schubert’s Schwanengesang. Poet and composer never met in real life but perhaps here their spirits do. Álvarez writes music of great intensity and intimate drama on a sometimes epic scale. His highly personal tonal language defies easy categorisation but conveys a “Hölderlin river journey” with admirable expressiveness.

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