Symphony No.2 交響曲

克努森的第二交響曲創作於 1970-71 年，當時作曲家還只有十幾歲。在交響曲中，一位女高音與室內樂團一起，以西維亞-普拉斯（Sylvia Plath）和格奧爾格-特拉克爾（Georg Trakl）的詞句（克努森在《玫瑰歌與小號》（Rosary Songs and Trumpets）中也引用了後者的詞句）為背景，展開了一段蒼白、月光下的夢鄉之旅。這首曲子充滿了閃閃發光的幽靈般的質感，是一首令人不安的作品，它將陰森、冰冷的光彩與熾熱的表現主義力度融為一體"

作曲家: Knussen, Oliver
樂器: Soprano Voice, Orchestra
出版社: Faber Music
原文簡介:
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