Björk: Vespertine
a pop album as an opera
Björk
One cannot fail to be impressed by the quality of the sound on this disc. The orchestra play with total conviction and produce a beautiful noise, while the singers, solo and choral are uniformly...
Björk: Vespertine
a pop album as an opera
Björk
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One cannot fail to be impressed by the quality of the sound on this disc. The orchestra play with total conviction and produce a beautiful noise, while the singers, solo and choral are uniformly...
About
An album as an opera. Pop music is theatrical, it lives on stories, constantly creating new characters of art. In addition, no other style has changed and influenced music reception as enduringly as pop music. Most people can draw biographical references on the map of pop mu-sic. So, it seems high time to open the doors of the opera to a new visitor. With its symphonic elements, dramatic singing lines and ethereal choir vocals, Vespertine seems to be the perfect model for the complex project. OehmsClassics begins the new partnership with the Nationaltheater Mannheim (NTM Edition) with a bang. Rarely has a premiere in Germany experienced such a press echo as this, in May 2018.
Contents and tracklist
- Ji Yoon (soprano), Aki Hashimoto (soprano), Simon Oesch (boy soprano), Raymond Ayers (baritone)
- Nationaltheater-Orchester Mannheim, Children's Choir of Nationaltheater Mannheim, Women's Choir of Nationaltheater Mannheim
- Matthew Toogood
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Awards and reviews
June 2019
One cannot fail to be impressed by the quality of the sound on this disc. The orchestra play with total conviction and produce a beautiful noise, while the singers, solo and choral are uniformly excellent.
Opera Now May 2019
Its washes of sound are quite astonishing…it is performed with sincerity and offers some beautiful moments.