Special offer. Krouse: Nocturnes
Vladimir Chernov (baritone), Movses Pogossian (violin), Guillaume Sutre (violin), Richard Yongjae O'Neill (viola), Antonio Lysy (cello), Christopher Hanulik (double bass), Jessica Rivera (soprano), Maryanne Kim (piano)
This is one of the most gratifying discs of new music that I have come across in a long time. Krouse is enough in tune with tradition that only the most conservative listeners will have difficulty...
Special offer. Krouse: Nocturnes
Vladimir Chernov (baritone), Movses Pogossian (violin), Guillaume Sutre (violin), Richard Yongjae O'Neill (viola), Antonio Lysy (cello), Christopher Hanulik (double bass), Jessica Rivera (soprano), Maryanne Kim (piano)
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This is one of the most gratifying discs of new music that I have come across in a long time. Krouse is enough in tune with tradition that only the most conservative listeners will have difficulty...
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"Ian Krouse has been acclaimed by Gramophone as “one of the most communicative and intriguing” of today’s composers, his style drawing on historical and traditional influences as well as being innovative and modern. With references to Beethoven and Schubert, metaphors of darkness and light are conveyed with powerful emotion in Nocturnes, which sets four texts by well-known Armenian poets to form an odyssey through the mind of a man at midlife. With profound sadness at its heart, Invocation explores the intangibility of love, contrasting atonality and tonality to express emotional outpourings that ultimately remain ephemeral and elusive.Ian Krouse has been acclaimed by Gramophone as “one of the most communicative and intriguing” of today’s composers, his style drawing on historical and traditional influences as well as being innovative and modern. With references to Beethoven and Schubert, metaphors of darkness and light are conveyed with powerful emotion in Nocturnes, which sets four texts by well-known Armenian poets to form an odyssey through the mind of a man at midlife. With profound sadness at its heart, Invocation explores the intangibility of love, contrasting atonality and tonality to express emotional outpourings that ultimately remain ephemeral and elusive.Ian Krouse has been acclaimed by Gramophone as “one of the most communicative and intriguing” of today’s composers, his style drawing on historical and traditional influences as well as being innovative and modern. With references to Beethoven and Schubert, metaphors of darkness and light are conveyed with powerful emotion in Nocturnes, which sets four texts by well-known Armenian poets to form an odyssey through the mind of a man at midlife. With profound sadness at its heart, Invocation explores the intangibility of love, contrasting atonality and tonality to express emotional outpourings that ultimately remain ephemeral and elusive.Ian Krouse has been acclaimed by Gramophone as “one of the most communicative and intriguing” of today’s composers, his style drawing on historical and traditional influences as well as being innovative and modern. With references to Beethoven and Schubert, metaphors of darkness and light are conveyed with powerful emotion in Nocturnes, which sets four texts by well-known Armenian poets to form an odyssey through the mind of a man at midlife. With profound sadness at its heart, Invocation explores the intangibility of love, contrasting atonality and tonality to express emotional outpourings that ultimately remain ephemeral and elusive."
Contents and tracklist
- Vladimir Chernov (baritone), Movses Pogossian (violin), Guillaume Sutre (violin), Richard Yongjae O'Neill (viola), Antonio Lysy (cello), Christopher Hanulik (double bass)
- Jessica Rivera (soprano), Maryanne Kim (piano)
Awards and reviews
Jan/Feb 2021
This is one of the most gratifying discs of new music that I have come across in a long time. Krouse is enough in tune with tradition that only the most conservative listeners will have difficulty relating to his music. At the same time, his voice is distinctive and fresh—he does not sound like anyone else. The recorded sound is well balanced and natural, and the composer’s notes are very helpful.
