Description
Title: Holderlinfenster
Artist: FredrickViale
Label: Sheva Collection
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 8033776712503
Genre: Classical
Release Date: 2020-08-21
Number of Discs: 2
Additional Details: 2 PACK
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 categorization but conveys a “”Hölderlin river journey”” with admirable expressiveness.
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