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"PRIMAVERA III the vessel" is the third of six albums in a momentous series encompassing 81 world premieres for solo cello. This digital album presents 9 new commissions for groundbreaking cellist Matt Haimovitz. Composers from diverse backgrounds respond to Sandro Botticelli’s enigmatic painting Primavera, and the prophetic large-scale triptych Primavera 2020 by world-renowned contemporary artist Charline von Heyl.
Referencing the time of Botticelli, this volume begins with Josquin des Prez’s Praeter Rerum Seriem, arranged for cello consort by Haimovitz and offering 500 years of perspective on the newly commissioned works. Stripped of the Latin text, Josquin’s repeating motives and ubiquitous canons are illuminated by the six celli (all recorded by Haimovitz at von Heyl’s artist studio in Marfa, Texas) in this contrapuntal tour-de-force.
The album includes two new works by legendary composer Philip Glass: the lyrical Philip’s Song, as well as Haimovitz’s haunting rendition of Glass’ Samsara which begins with the simplest of musical elements, winding its way as the cello metamorphoses into a tambura – the instrumental drone of raga.
The themes of death and rebirth, darkness and light, possession and liberation permeate through the new works. Layale Chaker’s heartfelt lament Before Bloom takes the form of a Middle Eastern taqsim, evoking the flowers and leaves bearing witness to suffering, yet blooming defiantly each Spring. Annabelle Chvostek’s (formerly of the Wailin’ Jennys) Your Shadow and Inflorescence invites the cello into a bluegrass realm as she grapples with internalizing the darkness of Zephyrus’ assault and regaining her own breath. Tamar-kali sparingly uses col legno, pizzicato, and arco timbres in Little Bear Awakens to capture a dance of Spring.
Lewis Spratlan’s One for Two leads us on a tour of the two paintings, the symbols, and figures. Marcos Balter’s ironically operatic Millefleur celebrates and demolishes the beauty of Botticelli’s elaborate garden. The sprightly overtones and microtones of Osnat Netzer’s Diaphanous Diaphony depicts the buoyancy and transparency of the three dancing Graces. Finally, Phonodelica transforms Botticelli’s cathedral forest into the drowning meadow of von Heyl’s Primavera 2020. © Pentatone
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Praeter rerum seriem, NJE 24.11 (Arr. M. Haimovitz for Cello) (Josquin des Prés)
Josquin des Prez, Composer - Matt Haimovitz, Arranger, Artist, MainArtist
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Samsara (Philip Glass)
Philip Glass, Composer - Matt Haimovitz, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2022 PENTATONE (P) 2022 PENTATONE
Your Shadow and Inflorescence (Annabelle Chvostek)
Matt Haimovitz, Artist, MainArtist - Annabelle Chvostek, Composer
(C) 2022 PENTATONE (P) 2022 PENTATONE
Before Bloom (Layale Chaker)
Matt Haimovitz, Artist, MainArtist - Layale Chaker, Composer
(C) 2022 PENTATONE (P) 2022 PENTATONE
One for Two (Lewis Spratlan)
Matt Haimovitz, Artist, MainArtist - Lewis Spratlan, Composer
(C) 2022 PENTATONE (P) 2022 PENTATONE
Philip's Song (Philip Glass)
Philip Glass, Composer - Matt Haimovitz, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2022 PENTATONE (P) 2022 PENTATONE
Millefleur (Marcos Balter)
Matt Haimovitz, Artist, MainArtist - Marcos Balter, Composer
(C) 2022 PENTATONE (P) 2022 PENTATONE
Little Bear Awakens (Tamar-Kali)
Matt Haimovitz, Artist, MainArtist - Tamar-Kali, Composer
(C) 2022 PENTATONE (P) 2022 PENTATONE
Diaphanous Diaphony (Osnat Netzer)
Matt Haimovitz, Artist, MainArtist - Osnat Netzer, Composer
(C) 2022 PENTATONE (P) 2022 PENTATONE
The Drowning Meadow (PHONODELICA)
Matt Haimovitz, Artist, MainArtist - PHONODELICA, Composer
(C) 2022 PENTATONE (P) 2022 PENTATONE
Album review
"PRIMAVERA III the vessel" is the third of six albums in a momentous series encompassing 81 world premieres for solo cello. This digital album presents 9 new commissions for groundbreaking cellist Matt Haimovitz. Composers from diverse backgrounds respond to Sandro Botticelli’s enigmatic painting Primavera, and the prophetic large-scale triptych Primavera 2020 by world-renowned contemporary artist Charline von Heyl.
Referencing the time of Botticelli, this volume begins with Josquin des Prez’s Praeter Rerum Seriem, arranged for cello consort by Haimovitz and offering 500 years of perspective on the newly commissioned works. Stripped of the Latin text, Josquin’s repeating motives and ubiquitous canons are illuminated by the six celli (all recorded by Haimovitz at von Heyl’s artist studio in Marfa, Texas) in this contrapuntal tour-de-force.
The album includes two new works by legendary composer Philip Glass: the lyrical Philip’s Song, as well as Haimovitz’s haunting rendition of Glass’ Samsara which begins with the simplest of musical elements, winding its way as the cello metamorphoses into a tambura – the instrumental drone of raga.
The themes of death and rebirth, darkness and light, possession and liberation permeate through the new works. Layale Chaker’s heartfelt lament Before Bloom takes the form of a Middle Eastern taqsim, evoking the flowers and leaves bearing witness to suffering, yet blooming defiantly each Spring. Annabelle Chvostek’s (formerly of the Wailin’ Jennys) Your Shadow and Inflorescence invites the cello into a bluegrass realm as she grapples with internalizing the darkness of Zephyrus’ assault and regaining her own breath. Tamar-kali sparingly uses col legno, pizzicato, and arco timbres in Little Bear Awakens to capture a dance of Spring.
Lewis Spratlan’s One for Two leads us on a tour of the two paintings, the symbols, and figures. Marcos Balter’s ironically operatic Millefleur celebrates and demolishes the beauty of Botticelli’s elaborate garden. The sprightly overtones and microtones of Osnat Netzer’s Diaphanous Diaphony depicts the buoyancy and transparency of the three dancing Graces. Finally, Phonodelica transforms Botticelli’s cathedral forest into the drowning meadow of von Heyl’s Primavera 2020. © Pentatone
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 00:53:37
- Main artists: Matt Haimovitz
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: PENTATONE
- Genre: Classical
(C) 2022 PENTATONE (P) 2022 PENTATONE
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