For this New Sounds, we’ll hear an hour of songs without words, maybe even without voices. This kind of tradition reaches back to Felix Mendelssohn and his Lieder ohne Worte (Songs without Words), and his series of short, lyrical piano pieces. Two Norwegian musicians, saxophonist Trygve Seim & pianist Andreas Utnem, have just released a new recording of similarly lyrical songs – without voices or words – called Purcur. It was recorded in a church in Oslo, and manages to work in the sound of the room’s personality. We’ll hear some of these folk-rootsy lyrical songs for saxophone and piano and more.
PROGRAM #3150, Songs Without Words (First aired on 12/16/10)
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ARTIST(S) |
RECORDING |
CUT(S) |
SOURCE |
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Vladimir Horowitz |
The Original Jacket Collection- Vladimir Horowitz |
Mendelssohn: Lieder Ohne Worte "May Breezes" Op. 62/1 [1:30] |
CBS/Sony 757500 |
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Trygve Seim & Andreas Utnem |
Purcor |
Kyrie [4:23] |
ECM 2186 |
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Andy Statman |
Between Heaven and Earth |
Reb Nachman's Deveykus Niggun [5:41] |
Shanachie 64079 |
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Divan Gasparyan |
Moon Shines At Night |
Lovely Spring [4:26] |
All Saints Records / Gyroscope/Caroline #CAROL-6604. try Amazon.com |
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Trygve Seim & Andreas Utnem |
Purcor |
Responsorium [4:12] |
See above. |
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Shankar feat. Jan Garbarek |
Jan Garbarek :rarum II |
Song For Everyone [6:21] |
ECM 440 014 165 |
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Arvo Pärt / Stuttgart State Orch cond. by Dennis Russell Davies |
Tabula Rasa |
Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten [5:00] |
ECM #1275** |
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Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra / Leif Segerstam, conductor |
Angels and Visitations. |
Einojuhani Rautavaara: Cantus Articus, 1st mvmt -Birds Migrating [4:30] |
Ondine 1079 |
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David Holland / Barre Phillips |
Music From Two Basses |
Song for Clare [4:52] |
ECM 1011 |
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Ghazal |
As Night Falls On the Silk Road |
Snowy Mountains, excerpt [4:20] |
Shanachie 66011 www.shanachie.com OR through Amazon.com*
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Comments [3]
A treasure of a show. Especially Cantus Articus. Thank you for introducing me to Einojuhani Rautavaara.
Cantus(man, that one brings back memories--from a CD I played forever), followed by Cantus Arcticus, followed by Dave Holland, followed by Ghazal-that was great! And with Divan Gasparyan to boot!
The Hebrew word for a song without words is usually pronounced closer to <neeguun> not <nigan>.
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