Special offer. Arnold Schoenberg: Expressionist Music
Claire Booth (soprano), Christopher Glynn (piano)
Awards:
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2024, Choral & Song Choice
Adopting this approach [curation around Schoenberg's paintings] enables Booth and Glynn to maximise the variety of musical expression explored in each of the themes with performances that respond...
Special offer. Arnold Schoenberg: Expressionist Music
Claire Booth (soprano), Christopher Glynn (piano)
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Awards:
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2024, Choral & Song Choice
Adopting this approach [curation around Schoenberg's paintings] enables Booth and Glynn to maximise the variety of musical expression explored in each of the themes with performances that respond...
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Pairing the music of Schoenberg with the composer’s own paintings, "Expressionist Music" is a new album featuring remarkable interpretations of Schoenberg from soprano Claire Booth with pianist Christopher Glynn. This evocative album explores the expanses of human emotion through Arnold Schoenberg's captivating songs, each corresponding to Schoenberg's paintings. The particular works chosen for this recording encompass themes of expectation, flesh, nocturne, hatred, satire, thinking, and tears, providing a comprehensive journey through the complexities of human nature. Schoenberg's profound connection to painting is reflected in these songs, unveiling shifting colours, raw emotions, and profound sensuality. Soprano Claire Booth has gained a reputation for her explorations of diverse repertoire, with her extensive operatic and concert engagements, including collaborations with major orchestras and festivals, attesting to her versatility as an artist. Booth’s collaborations with director Netia Jones in producing innovative productions underscore her commitment to pushing artistic boundaries. Recorded against the backdrop of the challenges of the global landscape, this album is a testament to the enduring power of music. Despite the tumultuous times, Booth and Glynn's delivery of Schoenberg's work resonates with timeless beauty and relevance. "Expressionist Music" invites listeners to explore the complexities of Schoenberg's compositions, providing an immersive and significant experience into the world of expressionism.
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Awards and reviews
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BBC Music MagazineJuly 2024Choral & Song Choice
July 2024
Adopting this approach [curation around Schoenberg's paintings] enables Booth and Glynn to maximise the variety of musical expression explored in each of the themes with performances that respond vividly to all the twists and turns in Schoenberg’s complex and ever-changing musical armoury.
July 2024
There’s never any doubting the commitment of the performances. Booth’s voice is bright and vibrant, conveying fiery urgency but always staying on the right side of shrillness. She’s a natural communicator, too; she draws you in and rarely lets you go.
30th May 2024
the immaculate way in which each number is presented here, with every flick and tremor of the vocal lines and of the piano accompaniments precisely caught, would make that [a recording of The Book of the Hanging Gardens] something to relish.
Booth lavishes close attention on every word and is thrilling when soaring, exultant, into the skies...a pleasure to find these gifted performers digging up beauty in thorny places and treating Schoenberg with love.
