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Vladimír Godár is a Slovak composer born in 1956 whose music bears a resemblance to Arvo Pärt's and Henryk Górecki's. Godár, like them, consciously rejected modernism in favor of harmonic and melodic simplicity, and his compositional palette is similarly circumscribed. The sound of his music is frequently closer to Górecki's in its adherence to a more conventionally Western sense of dramatic momentum, but the forces for which he writes -- in this case, soloist, choir, and chamber ensemble -- are more like Pärt's, so his music at times sounds like an amalgam of the two, but his most effective pieces strike an original path. His Magnificat, for female voice, choir, string orchestra, and harp, is truly astonishing and freshly imagined. Describing it in detail would spoil the experience of hearing it for the first time; it's sufficient to say that it demonstrates the independence and visionary quality of his musical thought. His Regina Coeli is a sassy and exuberant send-up of Renaissance conventions, and it shows a sense of humor not usually associated with Eastern European minimalist-mystics. Godár seems like a composer who's still finding his way; he'll be someone to watch out for if he's able to nourish the unique voice that's now in evidence in his best work.
Godár is fortunate to have an advocate in singer Iva Bittová, whose soulful, folk-inflected voice invests his music with the magic that its simplicity requires in order to fully come alive. The chamber orchestra Solamente Naturali and the Bratislava Conservatory Choir, led by Dusan Bill, turn in pure and committed performances. ECM's sound is immaculate.
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Traditional, Author - Iva Bittova, Voice, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Juraj Kovác, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Milos Valent, Viola, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Vladimír Godár, Composer - Otto Nopp, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Peter Zagar, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Pavol Maruscak, Producer
℗ 2006 Pavian Records, under exclusive license to ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH, except for the Czech Republic and Slovakia
Traditional, Author - Iva Bittova, Voice, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dusan Bill, Conductor, Chorus Conductor, MainArtist - Bratislava Conservatory Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Juraj Kovác, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Spissky, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Sesták, Viola, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Mária Trevor Dúhová, Harp, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Milos Valent, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Marek Stryncl, Conductor, MainArtist - Solamente Naturali, Ensemble, MainArtist - Vladimír Godár, Composer - Otto Nopp, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Peter Zagar, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Pavol Maruscak, Producer
℗ 2006 Pavian Records, under exclusive license to ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH, except for the Czech Republic and Slovakia
Traditional, Author - Iva Bittova, Voice, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Juraj Kovác, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Spissky, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Sesták, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Vrbincik, Viola, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Milos Valent, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Vladimír Godár, Composer - Otto Nopp, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Peter Zagar, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Pavol Maruscak, Producer
℗ 2006 Pavian Records, under exclusive license to ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH, except for the Czech Republic and Slovakia
Tibor Nagy, Double Bass, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Traditional, Author - Iva Bittova, Voice, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Spissky, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Mária Trevor Dúhová, Harp, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - L'uboslav Nedorost, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Premysl Vacek, Chitarrone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Gul'as, Harpsichord, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Milos Valent, Viola, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Marek Stryncl, Conductor, MainArtist - Vladimír Godár, Composer - Otto Nopp, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Peter Zagar, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Pavol Maruscak, Producer
℗ 2006 Pavian Records, under exclusive license to ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH, except for the Czech Republic and Slovakia
Traditional, Author - Iva Bittova, Voice, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Mária Trevor Dúhová, Harp, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Premysl Vacek, Chitarrone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Gul'as, Harpsichord, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Milos Valent, Viola, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Marek Stryncl, Conductor, MainArtist - Solamente Naturali, Ensemble, MainArtist - Vladimír Godár, Composer - Otto Nopp, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Peter Zagar, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Pavol Maruscak, Producer
℗ 2006 Pavian Records, under exclusive license to ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH, except for the Czech Republic and Slovakia
Traditional, Author - Iva Bittova, Voice, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dusan Bill, Conductor, Chorus Conductor, MainArtist - Bratislava Conservatory Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Premysl Vacek, Chitarrone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Gul'as, Harpsichord, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Milos Valent, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Marek Stryncl, Conductor, MainArtist - Solamente Naturali, Ensemble, MainArtist - Vladimír Godár, Composer - Otto Nopp, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Peter Zagar, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Pavol Maruscak, Producer
℗ 2006 Pavian Records, under exclusive license to ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH, except for the Czech Republic and Slovakia
Traditional, Author - Iva Bittova, Voice, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Juraj Kovác, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Milos Valent, Viola, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Vladimír Godár, Composer - Otto Nopp, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Peter Zagar, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Pavol Maruscak, Producer
℗ 2006 Pavian Records, under exclusive license to ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH, except for the Czech Republic and Slovakia
Album review
Vladimír Godár is a Slovak composer born in 1956 whose music bears a resemblance to Arvo Pärt's and Henryk Górecki's. Godár, like them, consciously rejected modernism in favor of harmonic and melodic simplicity, and his compositional palette is similarly circumscribed. The sound of his music is frequently closer to Górecki's in its adherence to a more conventionally Western sense of dramatic momentum, but the forces for which he writes -- in this case, soloist, choir, and chamber ensemble -- are more like Pärt's, so his music at times sounds like an amalgam of the two, but his most effective pieces strike an original path. His Magnificat, for female voice, choir, string orchestra, and harp, is truly astonishing and freshly imagined. Describing it in detail would spoil the experience of hearing it for the first time; it's sufficient to say that it demonstrates the independence and visionary quality of his musical thought. His Regina Coeli is a sassy and exuberant send-up of Renaissance conventions, and it shows a sense of humor not usually associated with Eastern European minimalist-mystics. Godár seems like a composer who's still finding his way; he'll be someone to watch out for if he's able to nourish the unique voice that's now in evidence in his best work.
Godár is fortunate to have an advocate in singer Iva Bittová, whose soulful, folk-inflected voice invests his music with the magic that its simplicity requires in order to fully come alive. The chamber orchestra Solamente Naturali and the Bratislava Conservatory Choir, led by Dusan Bill, turn in pure and committed performances. ECM's sound is immaculate.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 7 track(s)
- Total length: 00:55:42
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Iva Bittova Milos Valent Marek Stryncl Dusan Bill Bratislava Conservatory Choir Solamente Naturali
- Composer: Vladimir Godar
- Label: ECM New Series
- Genre: Classical
© 2006 Pavian Records, under exclusive license to ECM Records GmbH ℗ 2006 Pavian Records, under exclusive license to ECM Records GmbH
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