Brian Ferneyhough: Shadowtime
by Nicolas Hodges, Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart, Nieuw Ensemble, Jurjen Hempel
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| Download Double Album (mp3) | 37 tracks | £15.99 | |
| CD Double Album | 37 tracks | £19.99 | - out of stock |
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Described as a "thought opera", Brian Ferneyhough's Shadowtime sets Charles Bernstein's inventive and complex libretto based on the work, life and imagined death of philosopher and cultural critic Walter Benjamin: it includes a movement for a speaking pianist - Opus contra naturam, the opera's fourth scene - a guitar concerto (Scene II) and ends in an ethereal haze of voices and electronics, Stelae for Failed Time. The performers are all internationally known for their commitment to contemporary music.
Reviews:
"Listening on disc reveals unsuspected beauty in the unparalleled stylistic complexity."
Paul Driver, The Sunday Times
Tracklisting:
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Nicolas Hodges, piano/ Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart/ Nieuw Ensemble/ Jurjen Hempel, conductor - Scene I: New Angels/ Transient Failures (Prologue) | 20m 39s |
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Mats Scheidegger, guitar/ Nieuw Ensemble/ Jurjen Hempel, conductor - Scene II: Les Froissements d'Ailes de Gabriel (First Barrier) | 17m 23s |
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Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart/ Nieuw Ensemble/ Jurjen Hempel, conductor - Scene III: The Doctrine of Similarity (13 Canons): Amphibolies I (Walk Slowly) | 2m 12s |
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Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart/ Nieuw Ensemble/ Jurjen Hempel, conductor - Scene III: Dust to Dusk | 1m 25s |
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Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart/ Nieuw Ensemble/ Jurjen Hempel, conductor - Scene III: Cannot Cross | 2m 45s |
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Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart/ Nieuw Ensemble/ Jurjen Hempel, conductor - Scene III: Indissolubility (Motetus absconditus) | 2m 10s |
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Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart/ Nieuw Ensemble/ Jurjen Hempel, conductor - Scene III: Amphibolies II (Noon) | 4m 30s |
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Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart/ Nieuw Ensemble/ Jurjen Hempel, conductor - Scene III: In the Dark (But Even Fire Is Light) | 2m 7s |
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Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart/ Nieuw Ensemble/ Jurjen Hempel, conductor - Scene III: Sometimes | 2m 32s |
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Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart/ Nieuw Ensemble/ Jurjen Hempel, conductor - Scene III: Anagrammatica | 34s |
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Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart/ Nieuw Ensemble/ Jurjen Hempel, conductor - Scene III: dew and die | 1m 40s |
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Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart/ Nieuw Ensemble/ Jurjen Hempel, conductor - Scene III: Schein | 1m 20s |
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Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart/ Nieuw Ensemble/ Jurjen Hempel, conductor - Scene III: Dusts to Dusks | 2m 21s |
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Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart/ Nieuw Ensemble/ Jurjen Hempel, conductor - Scene III: Amphibolies III (Pricks) | 1m 25s |
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Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart/ Nieuw Ensemble/ Jurjen Hempel, conductor - Scene III: Salute | 1m 31s |
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Nicolas Hodges, piano & narration - Scene IV: Opus Contra Naturam (Descent of Benjamin into the Underworld): I - Untitled | 2m 27s |
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Nicolas Hodges, piano & narration - Scene IV: Opus Contra Naturam: II - Katabasis | 11m 26s |
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Nicolas Hodges, piano & narration - Scene IV: Opus Contra Naturam: III - Kataplexy | 2m 53s |
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Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart/ Nieuw Ensemble/ Jurjen Hempel, conductor - Scene V: Pools of Darkness (11 Interrogations): Three Giant Mouths | 2m 14s |
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Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart/ Nieuw Ensemble/ Jurjen Hempel, conductor - Scene V: Headless Ghoul | 1m 40s |
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Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart/ Nieuw Ensemble/ Jurjen Hempel, conductor - Scene V: Karl Marx and Groucho Marx, with Kerberus | 2m 7s |
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Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart/ Nieuw Ensemble/ Jurjen Hempel, conductor - Scene V: Pope Pius XII | 1m 3s |
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Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart/ Nieuw Ensemble/ Jurjen Hempel, conductor - Scene V: Joan of Arc | 1m 32s |
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Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart/ Nieuw Ensemble/ Jurjen Hempel, conductor - Scene V: Baal Shem Tov Disguised as Vampire | 2m 21s |
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Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart/ Nieuw Ensemble/ Jurjen Hempel, conductor - Scene V: Adolf Hitler | 1m 22s |
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Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart/ Nieuw Ensemble/ Jurjen Hempel, conductor - Scene V: Albert Einstein | 1m 37s |
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Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart/ Nieuw Ensemble/ Jurjen Hempel, conductor - Scene V: Border Guard | 56s |
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Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart/ Nieuw Ensemble/ Jurjen Hempel, conductor - Scene V: Four Furies | 1m 30s |
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Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart/ Nieuw Ensemble/ Jurjen Hempel, conductor - Scene V: Golem | 1m 42s |
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Nicolas Hodges, piano/ Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart/ Nieuw Ensemble/ Jurjen Hempel, conductor - Scene VI: Seven Tableaux Vivants Representing the Angel of History as Melancholia (Second Barrier): Laurel's Eyes (after Heine's Lorelei) | 1m 31s |
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Nicolas Hodges, piano/ Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart/ Nieuw Ensemble/ Jurjen Hempel, conductor - Scene VI: Tensions | 1m 8s |
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Nicolas Hodges, piano/ Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart/ Nieuw Ensemble/ Jurjen Hempel, conductor - Scene VI: Hashish in Marseilles | 1m 22s |
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Nicolas Hodges, piano/ Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart/ Nieuw Ensemble/ Jurjen Hempel, conductor - Scene VI: After Heine's "Der Tod, das ist die kulhe Nacht" | 1m 27s |
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Nicolas Hodges, piano/ Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart/ Nieuw Ensemble/ Jurjen Hempel, conductor - Scene VI: One and a Half Truths | 1m 42s |
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Nicolas Hodges, piano/ Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart/ Nieuw Ensemble/ Jurjen Hempel, conductor - Scene VI: Can'ts | 1m 1s |
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Nicolas Hodges, piano/ Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart/ Nieuw Ensemble/ Jurjen Hempel, conductor - Scene VI: Madame Moiselle and Mr. Moiselle | 5m 6s |
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Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart/ Nieuw Ensemble/ Jurjen Hempel, conductor - Scene VII: Stelae for Failed Time (Solo for Melancholia as the | 13m 43s |
CD Double Album
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Nicolas Hodges, piano/ Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart/ Nieuw Ensemble/ Jurjen Hempel, conductor - Scene I: New Angels/ Transient Failures (Prologue) |
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Mats Scheidegger, guitar/ Nieuw Ensemble/ Jurjen Hempel, conductor - Scene II: Les Froissements d'Ailes de Gabriel (First Barrier) |
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Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart/ Nieuw Ensemble/ Jurjen Hempel, conductor - Scene III: The Doctrine of Similarity (13 Canons): Amphibolies I (Walk Slowly) |
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Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart/ Nieuw Ensemble/ Jurjen Hempel, conductor - Scene III: Dust to Dusk |
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Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart/ Nieuw Ensemble/ Jurjen Hempel, conductor - Scene III: Cannot Cross |
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Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart/ Nieuw Ensemble/ Jurjen Hempel, conductor - Scene III: Indissolubility (Motetus absconditus) |
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Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart/ Nieuw Ensemble/ Jurjen Hempel, conductor - Scene III: Amphibolies II (Noon) |
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Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart/ Nieuw Ensemble/ Jurjen Hempel, conductor - Scene III: In the Dark (But Even Fire Is Light) |
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Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart/ Nieuw Ensemble/ Jurjen Hempel, conductor - Scene III: Sometimes |
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Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart/ Nieuw Ensemble/ Jurjen Hempel, conductor - Scene III: Anagrammatica |
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Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart/ Nieuw Ensemble/ Jurjen Hempel, conductor - Scene III: dew and die |
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Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart/ Nieuw Ensemble/ Jurjen Hempel, conductor - Scene III: Schein |
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Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart/ Nieuw Ensemble/ Jurjen Hempel, conductor - Scene III: Dusts to Dusks |
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Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart/ Nieuw Ensemble/ Jurjen Hempel, conductor - Scene III: Amphibolies III (Pricks) |
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Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart/ Nieuw Ensemble/ Jurjen Hempel, conductor - Scene III: Salute |
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Nicolas Hodges, piano & narration - Scene IV: Opus Contra Naturam (Descent of Benjamin into the Underworld): I - Untitled |
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Nicolas Hodges, piano & narration - Scene IV: Opus Contra Naturam: II - Katabasis |
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Nicolas Hodges, piano & narration - Scene IV: Opus Contra Naturam: III - Kataplexy |
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Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart/ Nieuw Ensemble/ Jurjen Hempel, conductor - Scene V: Pools of Darkness (11 Interrogations): Three Giant Mouths |
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Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart/ Nieuw Ensemble/ Jurjen Hempel, conductor - Scene V: Headless Ghoul |
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Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart/ Nieuw Ensemble/ Jurjen Hempel, conductor - Scene V: Karl Marx and Groucho Marx, with Kerberus |
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Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart/ Nieuw Ensemble/ Jurjen Hempel, conductor - Scene V: Pope Pius XII |
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Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart/ Nieuw Ensemble/ Jurjen Hempel, conductor - Scene V: Joan of Arc |
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Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart/ Nieuw Ensemble/ Jurjen Hempel, conductor - Scene V: Baal Shem Tov Disguised as Vampire |
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Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart/ Nieuw Ensemble/ Jurjen Hempel, conductor - Scene V: Adolf Hitler |
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Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart/ Nieuw Ensemble/ Jurjen Hempel, conductor - Scene V: Albert Einstein |
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Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart/ Nieuw Ensemble/ Jurjen Hempel, conductor - Scene V: Border Guard |
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Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart/ Nieuw Ensemble/ Jurjen Hempel, conductor - Scene V: Four Furies |
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Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart/ Nieuw Ensemble/ Jurjen Hempel, conductor - Scene V: Golem |
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Nicolas Hodges, piano/ Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart/ Nieuw Ensemble/ Jurjen Hempel, conductor - Scene VI: Seven Tableaux Vivants Representing the Angel of History as Melancholia (Second Barrier): Laurel's Eyes (after Heine's Lorelei) |
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Nicolas Hodges, piano/ Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart/ Nieuw Ensemble/ Jurjen Hempel, conductor - Scene VI: Tensions |
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Nicolas Hodges, piano/ Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart/ Nieuw Ensemble/ Jurjen Hempel, conductor - Scene VI: Hashish in Marseilles |
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Nicolas Hodges, piano/ Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart/ Nieuw Ensemble/ Jurjen Hempel, conductor - Scene VI: After Heine's "Der Tod, das ist die kulhe Nacht" |
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Nicolas Hodges, piano/ Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart/ Nieuw Ensemble/ Jurjen Hempel, conductor - Scene VI: One and a Half Truths |
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Nicolas Hodges, piano/ Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart/ Nieuw Ensemble/ Jurjen Hempel, conductor - Scene VI: Can'ts |
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Nicolas Hodges, piano/ Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart/ Nieuw Ensemble/ Jurjen Hempel, conductor - Scene VI: Madame Moiselle and Mr. Moiselle |
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Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart/ Nieuw Ensemble/ Jurjen Hempel, conductor - Scene VII: Stelae for Failed Time (Solo for Melancholia as the |
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