Rosary Songs

克努森的《玫瑰之歌》既诱人又令人不安，是他的第二交响曲（1971 年）相关作品集的阴暗尾声。与《交响曲》一样，这些为女高音、单簧管、中提琴和钢琴而作的歌曲以奥地利表现主义大师格奥尔格-特拉克尔（Georg Trakl）的诗歌为背景--事实上，这里的第一首歌《致我的妹妹》（An die Schwester）实际上就是我们在《交响曲》最后乐章中听到的一些音乐的转录。这首14分钟的曲子以12音阶为主，但和声的明快却明显出自克努森之手，他对声乐的处理也堪称炉火纯青。这部作品还包含一些令人惊奇的特点，包括四分之一音转调和大量的钢琴内部演奏"

作曲家: Knussen, Oliver
乐器: Clarinet, Piano, Viola, Soprano Voice
出版社: Faber Music
原文简介:
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