Rosary Songs

克努森的《玫瑰之歌》既誘人又令人不安，是他的第二交響曲（1971 年）相關作品集的陰暗尾聲。與《交響曲》一樣，這些為女高音、單簧管、中提琴和鋼琴而作的歌曲以奧地利表現主義大師格奧爾格-特拉克爾（Georg Trakl）的詩歌為背景--事實上，這裡的第一首歌《致我的妹妹》（An die Schwester）實際上就是我們在《交響曲》最後樂章中聽到的一些音樂的轉錄。這首14分鐘的曲子以12音階為主，但和聲的明快卻明顯出自克努森之手，他對聲樂的處理也堪稱爐火純青。這部作品還包含一些令人驚奇的特點，包括四分之一音轉調和大量的鋼琴內部演奏"

作曲家: Knussen, Oliver
樂器: Clarinet, Piano, Viola, Soprano Voice
出版社: Faber Music
原文簡介:
Alluring and unsettling in equal measure, Knussen’s Rosary Songs form a shadowy epilogue to the collection of pieces associated with his Second Symphony (1971). Like the Symphony, these haunted songs for soprano, clarinet, viola and piano set poems by the Austrian Expressionist Georg Trakl – indeed, the first song here, ‘An die Schwester’ (‘To my sister’), is actually a transcription of some of the music we hear in the Symphony’s last movement. This frost-traced 14-minute work is obsessively 12-note, though the luminous harmonies that result are unmistakably Knussen’s – as is the masterful handling of the voice. This work also contains some surprising features, including quartertone inflections a substantial amount of playing inside the piano. ‘Fantastical lunar beauty’ The Times (Hilary Finch), 4 November 2002