Gervasoni: Least Bee
Margherita Chiminelli (soprano) & Sonia Turchetta (mezzo-soprano)
Divertimento Ensemble, Sandro Gorli
In both [vocal works], Gervasoni matches the literary imagery with wonderfully vivid instrumental gestures...The three purely instrumental works are less vivid, but still finely crafted; there's...
Gervasoni: Least Bee
Margherita Chiminelli (soprano) & Sonia Turchetta (mezzo-soprano)
Divertimento Ensemble, Sandro Gorli
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In both [vocal works], Gervasoni matches the literary imagery with wonderfully vivid instrumental gestures...The three purely instrumental works are less vivid, but still finely crafted; there's...
About
A monographic CD devoted to Stefano Gervasoni [b.1962], from 2006 titular professor of composition at the National Superior Conservatory of Music and Dance in Paris and one of the internationally most considered composers.
'Godspell' was born from Gervasoni's meeting with Philip Levine in April 2000. The American poet agreed to write five brief poems for Gervasoni [he usually favours longer poems], conceived as a single cycle. The end of 'Least Bee' coincides with the beginning of 'Godspell' and the two pieces are connected not least by their American authors, Levine and Emily Dickinson. We also find a certain spiritual presence. The texts express a pessimistic vision of the world and Gervasoni's music creates parallels with these texts. In 'Least Bee' the smallest bee becomes a world, a sun....
Contents and tracklist
- Margherita Chiminelli
- Divertimento Ensemble
- Sandro Gorli
- Divertimento Ensemble
- Sandro Gorli
- Divertimento Ensemble
- Sandro Gorli
- Sonia Turchetta
- Divertimento Ensemble
- Sandro Gorli
- Divertimento Ensemble
- Sandro Gorli
Awards and reviews
16th May 2013
In both [vocal works], Gervasoni matches the literary imagery with wonderfully vivid instrumental gestures...The three purely instrumental works are less vivid, but still finely crafted; there's a real, distinctive musical mind at work in all of them.