Electric Fields (lp Version)
Barbara Hannigan (soprano), David Chalmin, Katia Labèque (piano), Marielle Labèque (piano)
Is there beauty in all this? Certainly, particularly when Hannigan’s fluid voice spirals high above Katia and Marielle Labèque’s patterned capers or the interesting textures generated from synthesisers,...
Electric Fields (lp Version)
Barbara Hannigan (soprano), David Chalmin, Katia Labèque (piano), Marielle Labèque (piano)
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Is there beauty in all this? Certainly, particularly when Hannigan’s fluid voice spirals high above Katia and Marielle Labèque’s patterned capers or the interesting textures generated from synthesisers,...
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Electric Fields offers modern arrangements of centuries-old vocal music, as well as new compositions, all involving soprano, pianos, and live electronics. The meditative compositions of medieval polymath Hildegard von Bingen are the point of departure for this album. Hildegard's texts soar to the spiritual realm both in Latin and in her invented lingua ignota. Additionally, the vernacular love songs of two composers from the Italian Baroque, Barbara Strozzi and Francesca Caccini, gave inspiration for this album. Several works from American composer Bryce Dessner complete the eclectic programme. Soprano Barbara Hannigan and pianists Katia and Marielle Labeque are joined by composer/performer David Chalmin in this captivating journey through meditative and ambient musical atmospheres. Together they create an intense and unique cosmos of sound.
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- Electric Fields (lp Version)
Awards and reviews
8th May 2025
Is there beauty in all this? Certainly, particularly when Hannigan’s fluid voice spirals high above Katia and Marielle Labèque’s patterned capers or the interesting textures generated from synthesisers, laptop, and a jungle of wiring by the French composer and musician David Chalmin. Excitement? Some of that too in the gutsier stretches of the new pieces by Bryce Dessner.
