Anaïs Nin | De Staat
Cristina Zavalloni
- Label
- Signum Classics
- Catalogusnummer
- SIGCD 273
- EAN / barcode
- 0635212027325
- Verschijningsdatum
- 30 september 2011
A new series with the London Sinfonietta – one of the world’s elite contemporary music ensembles with a reputation built on the virtuosity of its performances and ambitious programming. This live recording brings together the UK premiere of Anaïs Nin, a new work for soprano and small ensemble, alongside his famed work De Staat. Anaïs Nin is a monodrama based on the diaries of the same famed author, as well as those of her lovers (Antonin Artaud, René Allendy, Henry Miller and her own Father). A sometimes disturbing tale of desire and passion, Andriessen felt that the music should “closely track the irony, despair and passion of this brilliant, many-sided woman”. " ... [Anaïs Nin’s] resonance is profound and disturbing. By pairing it in concert with an invigorating performance of Andriessen's early masterpiece, De Staat, whose concern with the individual body and the body politic bears strong parallels, the Sinfonietta showed the Dutch composer at his searching best." Guy Dammann, The Guardian (Review of the concert from which this recording was made)
Tracklist
- 01 Anaïs Nin: i. Artaud 05:06
- 02 Anaïs Nin: ii. Allendy 05:34
- 03 Anaïs Nin: iii. I await my father 04:52
- 04 Anaïs Nin: iv. Father story 04:40
- 05 Anaïs Nin: v. The seduction 07:01
- 06 Anaïs Nin: vi. Strange days 03:45
- 07 Anaïs Nin: vii. The seventh day 01:54
- 08 Anaïs Nin: viii. Henry was tired 04:05
- 09 Anaïs Nin: ix. Basque song 01:51
- 10 De Staat: i. Beginning 03:26
- 11 De Staat: ii. Choir 1 17:49
- 12 De Staat: iii. Choir 2 11:15
- 13 De Staat: iv. Choir 3 03:46
