Conjurer | Vocalise (CD)

Leading American composer John Corigliano had reservations about writing a percussion concerto, but the challenge fascinated him. The result is Conjurer, a concerto for percussion like no other, in which ‘wood, metal and skin’ are utilised in such a way that the soloist, Dame Evelyn Glennie the world’s greatest percussion virtuoso ‘conjures’ the musical material from these three choirs, and the orchestra then shares and develops the themes.

Vocalise employs electronics in a way that serves to heighten the expressive beauty of the writing, gradually leading the listener from a purely acoustic experience to one that becomes suffused by amplification and electronics.

Track Listings
1 Cadenza I
2 Wood
3 Cadenza II
4 Metal
5 Cadenza III
6 Skin
7 Vocalise – Hila Plitmann

Albany Symphony,
David Alan Miller, conductor
Hila Plitmann, soprano
Evelyn Glennie, percussion

Review:

‘Glennie’s volcanic energy is as plain to the ear as it would be to the eye…The rock-solid security of pitch and purity of line that Plitmann displays here underlines why she has become such a sought after singer o the new-music circuit…Both works receive their first recordings here; I can’t see them being beaten for a long time ahead.’ — International Record Review, January 2014

Preview tracks here.

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