Symphony No.2 交响曲

克努森的第二交响曲创作于 1970-71 年，当时作曲家还只有十几岁。在交响曲中，一位女高音与室内乐团一起，以西尔维亚-普拉斯（Sylvia Plath）和格奥尔格-特拉克尔（Georg Trakl）的词句（克努森在《玫瑰歌与小号》（Rosary Songs and Trumpets）中也引用了后者的词句）为背景，展开了一段苍白、月光下的梦乡之旅。这首曲子充满了闪闪发光的幽灵般的质感，是一首令人不安的作品，它将阴森、冰冷的光彩与炽热的表现主义力度融为一体"

作曲家: Knussen, Oliver
乐器: Soprano Voice, Orchestra
出版社: Faber Music
原文简介:
Composed in 1970-71 when its composer was still in his teens, Knussen’s Symphony No.2 may only clock in at 17 minutes, but its brevity belies the enormous emotional world it creates. In the symphony, a high soprano joins the chamber orchestra for a pale, moonlit journey of a dreaming sleeper, setting words by Sylvia Plath alongside Georg Trakl (whose words Knussen also set in his Rosary Songs and Trumpets). Filled with shimmering, spectral textures, this is an uneasy piece which combines an eerie, glacial brilliance with a burning expressionist intensity. ‘Every note in this intricate work is fatidiously placed.’ The Independent (Michael Church), 31 July 2012