The Little Match Girl

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The Little Match Girl

Label Pentatone

Artists Munchner Rundfunkorchester - Chor des Bayerischen Rundfuns, Munchner Rundfunkorchester - Chor des Bayerischen Rundfuns

€23,99 EUR

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As is often the case in the vocal compositions of distinguished American composer Gordon Getty, many of the pieces collected in The Little Match Girl are based on, or inspired by, poetry from the nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries. This SACD starts with “A prayer for my daughter” for chorus and orchestra, based on the poem by William Butler Yeats which is, according to Getty, “…one of the most admired works by one of the most admired poets of the age”. It is followed by “Poor Peter” for tenor, chorus and orchestra, with lyrics by Getty himself inspired by Poe and again Yeats. Then follows the titular “The little match girl”; the heart-breaking fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen, put to music more or less word-for-word in a challenging setting for the orchestra and particularly the chorus. The disc concludes with “Joan and the bells”, Getty’s own narrative of the trial of Joan of Arc, about which he said, “It was the genius of Shaw that inverted this safe literary tradition and brought out the spunky teenager in Joan. Jean Anouilh went farther, in The Lark, and gave her the simplicity of preadolescence. Joan and the Bells owes much to these masters, particularly Anouilh, and takes the same poetic license. It is a tale of a child’s faith in an age without childhood, of a valour undeflected, and of the redemption these qualities commend.”

Tracklist

Total time: 01:06:51

1. A Prayer for my Daughter

13:30

2. Poor Peter Where is My Lady

02:45

3. Poor Peter Tune the Fiddle

01:24

4. Poor Peter Ballad of Poor Peter

05:27

5. The Little Match Girl

23:50

6. Joan and the Bells Judgment

07:03

7. Joan and the Bells Joan in Her Chamber

06:16

8. Joan and the Bells The Square at Rouen

06:36

Additional Information

Label

Pentatone

SKU

PTC5186480

Qualities

DSD 64, FLAC 96 kHz, FLAC 192 kHz

Channels

2ch Stereo, 5ch Surround, 2ch Stereo & 5ch Surround

Artists

Munchner Rundfunkorchester - Chor des Bayerischen Rundfuns, Munchner Rundfunkorchester - Chor des Bayerischen Rundfuns

Composers

Getty

Conductors

Asher Fisch, Ulf Schirmer

Genres

Classical

Original Recording Format

DSD 64

Instruments

Choir, Orchestra

Release Date

December 18, 2015

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Reviews

Audiophile Audition

Mel Martin

Multichannel Album of the Month Award for December 2015

This is one of the most dramatic and involving recordings I have heard in a long time. The orchestra, chorus and soloists are precise and appropriately dramatic. The recording is amazing in it’s emotional wallop and dynamic range. The soloists are placed across the front spread between the front speakers, while the surrounds get a sense of the hall. It’s demonstration quality and reminds me of the old thrilling Columbia recordings with Leonard Bernstein, but here the impact is greater with a high resolution DSD recording from start to finish. If you have doubts about multichannel and the extended frequency response of DSD, this recording will put all of those reservations to rest.

This recording by the Münchner Rundfunkorchester and the Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks was conducted by Asher Fisch and Ulf Schirmer respectively. It features magnificent soloists such as tenor Nikolai Schukoff (“Poor Peter”), soprano Melody Moore (“Joan and the Bells”) and baritone Lester Lynch (“Joan and the Bells”).

I’ll search out more of Getty’s music after hearing these compositions. He’s an intriguing composer with a highly interesting background. Pentatone has created one of the finest recordings I’ve heard this year. It is a superb collection of Gordon Getty’s works, with a stunning surround sound DSD recording. Recommended!

Source: www.audaud.com

The Little Match Girl

The Little Match Girl

€23,99 EUR

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