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艺术家:希瑟·哈珀、英国广播公司合唱团、英国广播公司交响乐团、马尔科姆·萨金特爵士
作品名称:《霍尔斯特:贝尼·莫拉,作品29号第1首及合唱交响曲,作品41号(现场版)》
发行年份:2025年
厂牌:索姆唱片公司
音乐类型:古典音乐
音质:无损FLAC格式(分轨)/ 24比特 - 44.1千赫兹 FLAC格式(分轨+小册子)
总时长:01:05:38
总大小:212 / 281兆字节
网站:专辑预览
曲目列表
01. 《贝尼·莫拉》,作品29号第1首,H. 107:第一部分:第一支舞曲
02. 《贝尼·莫拉》,作品29号第1首,H. 107:第二部分:第二支舞曲
03. 《贝尼·莫拉》,作品29号第1首,H. 107:第三部分:终曲“在乌尔德奈勒人的街道上”
04. 《合唱交响曲》,作品41号,H. 155:第一部分:前奏。对潘神的祈求(现场版)
05. 《合唱交响曲》,作品41号,H. 155:第二部分:歌曲与酒神节狂欢(现场版)
06. 《合唱交响曲》,作品41号,H. 155:第三部分:《希腊古瓮颂》(现场版)
07. 《合唱交响曲》,作品41号,H. 155:第四部分:谐谑曲。幻想(现场版)
08. 《合唱交响曲》,作品41号,H. 155:第五部分:愚蠢之歌(现场版)
09. 《合唱交响曲》,作品41号,H. 155:第六部分:终曲(现场版)
索姆唱片公司很荣幸能够延续对古斯塔夫·霍尔斯特(1874年-1934年)诞辰150周年的庆祝活动。该唱片公司是去年9月为纪念这一诞辰而发行霍尔斯特作品双碟装CD的少数公司之一,发行的作品包括《萨维特里》《梨俱吠陀合唱圣歌》《四首歌曲》《守夜》《哈默史密斯》《完美的愚人组曲》以及《行星组曲》(ARIADNE 5030-2)。这些此前从未发行过的20世纪40年代、50年代和60年代的现场录音,由索姆唱片公司的长期合作伙伴拉妮·斯帕尔和保罗·贝利精心修复后发行。
如今,索姆唱片公司继续其卓越的使命,发行鲜为人知但颇有趣味的音乐作品,此次发行的两张珍品丰富了其历史演出作品目录:一张是霍尔斯特三乐章组曲《贝尼·莫拉》(阿尔及利亚比斯克拉的虚构名称)的立体声录音,另一张是《合唱交响曲》的现场演出录音。这两部作品均由英国广播公司交响乐团演奏,马尔科姆·萨金特爵士指挥,他凭借对作曲家创作灵感的亲身了解和深刻理解来演绎这些作品。此次同样由拉妮·斯帕尔进行出色的音频修复工作。
霍尔斯特的《行星组曲》当之无愧地享有盛誉,但他作品中伟大的原创性和技巧在很大程度上仍未得到充分赏识。他年轻时曾在剧院管弦乐团中担任长号手,过着低调的生活,并且在其职业生涯的大部分时间里都在伦敦的圣保罗女子学校任教。然而,他对北非、黎凡特和印度文化的持久兴趣在他独特的音乐表达中得以体现。
1908年,霍尔斯特在阿尔及尔期间,听到一位当地音乐家连续两个小时用竹笛吹奏同一个乐句。这个旋律成为了《贝尼·莫拉》终曲乐章的基础,在这个乐章中,霍尔斯特以一种预示极简主义的方式重复了这个八音符的曲调163次。该组曲的前两个乐章唤起了阿拉伯世界的神秘主义、活泼的节奏和异国情调,并与更多富有沉思性的时刻相互交织。
在《行星组曲》取得成功之后,霍尔斯特受1925年利兹三年一度音乐节的委托,他利用这个机会修改了他的《合唱交响曲》的草稿。这部作品由一个前奏和四个乐章组成,符合传统交响曲结构的概念。霍尔斯特的灵感来自约翰·济慈的一系列风格各异的诗歌——从著名的《希腊古瓮颂》到写在一本戏剧集扉页上的随手笔记。
《合唱交响曲》最初的反响并不理想。甚至霍尔斯特一生的挚友拉尔夫·沃恩·威廉姆斯也承认,他对这部作品只有“冷淡的赞赏”。但在首演后的几个月里,霍尔斯特写道:“我认为这部作品作为一个整体是我写过的最好的作品。” 这张唱片就是对他这一信念的证明。
Artist: Heather Harper, BBC Choral Society, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent
Title: Holst: Beni Mora, Op. 29 No. 1 & Choral Symphony, Op. 41 (Live)
Year Of Release: 2025
Label: SOMM Recordings
Genre: Classical
Quality: flac lossless (tracks) / flac 24bits - 44.1kHz +Booklet
Total Time: 01:05:38
Total Size: 212 / 281 mb
WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist
01. Beni Mora, Op. 29 No. 1, H. 107: I. First Dance
02. Beni Mora, Op. 29 No. 1, H. 107: II. Second Dance
03. Beni Mora, Op. 29 No. 1, H. 107: III. Finale "In the Street of the Ouled Naïls"
04. Choral Symphony, Op. 41, H. 155: I. Prelude. Invocation to Pan (Live)
05. Choral Symphony, Op. 41, H. 155: II. Song and Bacchanal (Live)
06. Choral Symphony, Op. 41, H. 155: III. Ode on a Grecian Urn (Live)
07. Choral Symphony, Op. 41, H. 155: IV. Scherzo. Fancy (Live)
08. Choral Symphony, Op. 41, H. 155: V. Folly's Song (Live)
09. Choral Symphony, Op. 41, H. 155: VI. Finale (Live)
SOMM Recordings is proud to extend its celebration of the 150thanniversary of Gustav Holst (1874 – 1934). The label was one of the few to mark the anniversary with its double CD release last September of Holst: Sāvitri, Choral Hymns from Rig Veda, 4 Songs, The Evening Watch, Hammersmith, The Perfect Fool Suite & The Planets, ARIADNE 5030-2. These never-before-released live recordings from the 40s, 50s, and 60s were issued in meticulous restorations by long-time SOMM collaborators Lani Spahr and Paul Baily.
Now, SOMM continues its outstanding mission of issuing lesser-known music of interest with a pair of gems to enrich the catalogue of historic performances: a stereo recording of Holst’s three-movement suite Beni Mora (the fictional name for Biskra, Algeria) and a live performance of the Choral Symphony. Both are played by the BBC Symphony Orchestra and conducted by Sir Malcolm Sargent, who brought a personal acquaintance and a deep understanding of the composer’s inspiration to the works. Once again, the suburb audio restoration is by Lani Spahr.
Holst’s The Planets is a justifiably well-known suite, but the great originality and skill in his writing is still largely under-appreciated. He lived a retiring life playing trombone in theatre orchestras as a younger man and teaching for much of his career at the St Paul’s Girls’ School in London. Yet, his abiding interest in cultures of North Africa, the Levant, and India were reflected in his rare musical expression.
While spending time in Algiers in 1908, Holst heard an indigenous musician playing the same phrase repeatedly for two hours on a bamboo flute. This melody became the basis for the final movement of Beni Mora, where Holst repeats the eight-note tune 163 times in a manner foreshadowing minimalism. The first two movements of the suite evoke the mysticism, lively rhythms, and exoticism of the Arab world, juxtaposed with more reflective moments.
Following the success of The Planets, Holst received a commission from the 1925 Leeds Triennial Festival, and he used the opportunity to revise the draft of his Choral Symphony. The work consists of a Prelude and four movements, in keeping with an idea of conventional symphonic structure. Holst’s inspiration came from a widely diverse collection of poetry by John Keats—ranging from the famous Ode to a Grecian Urn to lines scribbled on the flyleaf of a book of plays.
The response to the Choral Symphony was not initially favourable. Even Holst’s lifelong friend, Ralph Vaughan Williams, admitted that he felt only a “cold admiration” for it. But within months of the first performance Holst wrote, “I think the work as a whole is the best thing I have ever written.” This recording is evidence of that belief.
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