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Ever since she won an Oscar for Best Film Score (Joker) in 2019, Hildur Guðnadóttir has become one of the most sought-after film composers of our time, though her career began years before that. Now the Iceland-born cellist and composer has been commissioned for another soundtrack: TÀR – the story of the successful conductor Lydia Tàr, played by none other than Cate Blanchett.
This album is neither wholly a soundtrack nor a ‘classic’ Deutsche Grammophon recording. It is more so a concept album – one that offers deep insights into the music, rehearsals and film clips of TÁR. It is interpreted by numerous actors and produced by the crème de la crème: Guðnadóttir, Hollywood producer Todd Field as well as Universal Music and Deutsche Grammaphon’s creative team. The album opens with Guðnadóttir herself singing the film's main theme (which is composed by Lydia Tàr in the film), followed by the ‘real’ score – a short symphony in three movements, interpreted by the London Symphony Orchestra. This is followed by excerpts from rehearsals of Mahler’s 5th Symphony with Cate Blanchett conducting, and Elgar’s Cello Concerto, Op. 85, conducted by Natalie Murray Beale and featuring Sophie Kauer as a soloist. The album concludes with pieces by Johnny Burke & Jimmy van Heusen, J.S. Bach and Elisa Vargas, some of which were composed for the album and some of which merely appear in the film. This compilation may seem very unusual and off-kilter, but as Todd Field sums it up in his own words: ‘the songs, like the film, are meant to invite the listener to experience the messiness involved in the making of music.’
Hearing and absorbing the music alongside images from the film (set to be released in spring 2023) is undoubtedly a more profound experience. However, it is also a unique opportunity for us to be able to celebrate extraordinary concept albums like we would a premiere, and equally rare that a German classical music label and orchestra be pinned as the subject of a Hollywood blockbuster. We are excited, to say the least! © Lena Germann/Qobuz
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Alex Wharton, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Robert Ames, Arranger, Orchestrator - Francesco Donadello, Mixer, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Hildur Guðnadóttir, Composer, Author, Producer, Vocals, Recording Engineer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2022 Focus Features LLC
Alex Wharton, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Francesco Donadello, Producer, Mixer, Editor, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Hildur Guðnadóttir, Composer, Producer, Arranger, Cello, Work Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - London Contemporary Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 2022 Focus Features LLC
Alex Wharton, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Not Applicable, Author - Francesco Donadello, Producer, Mixer, Editor, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Hildur Guðnadóttir, Speaker, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2022 Focus Features LLC
Alex Wharton, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Davidson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Matt Jones, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Robert Ames, Conductor, Arranger, Orchestrator, MainArtist - Francesco Donadello, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Hildur Guðnadóttir, Composer, Producer - London Contemporary Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Tom Ashpitel, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Joe Wyat, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2022 Focus Features LLC
Alex Wharton, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Not Applicable, Author - Francesco Donadello, Producer, Mixer, Editor, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Hildur Guðnadóttir, Speaker, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2022 Focus Features LLC
Tár (Hildur Guðnadóttir)
Alex Wharton, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Robert Ames, Arranger, Work Arranger - Francesco Donadello, Producer, Mixer, Co-Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Hildur Guðnadóttir, Composer, Producer - London Contemporary Orchestra, String Quartet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Samuel Schwenk, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2022 Focus Features LLC
Alex Wharton, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Robert Ames, Arranger, Work Arranger - Francesco Donadello, Producer, Mixer, Co-Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Hildur Guðnadóttir, Composer, Producer - London Contemporary Orchestra, String Quartet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Samuel Schwenk, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2022 Focus Features LLC
Alex Wharton, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Robert Ames, Arranger, Work Arranger - Francesco Donadello, Producer, Mixer, Co-Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Hildur Guðnadóttir, Composer, Producer - London Contemporary Orchestra, String Quartet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Samuel Schwenk, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2022 Focus Features LLC
Symphony No. 5 in C Sharp Minor / Pt. 1 (Gustav Mahler)
Gustav Mahler, Composer - Jonathan Allen, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Dresdner Philharmonie, Orchestra, MainArtist - Alex Wharton, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Not Applicable, Author - Erdo Groot, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gerard McCann, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Job Maarse, Producer - Jean-Marie Geijsen, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jan Wolf, Speaker, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lauran Jurrius, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Cate Blanchett, Conductor, Speaker, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Andreas Gembaczka, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Roland Winke, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2022 Focus Features LLC
Symphony No. 5 in C-Sharp Minor / Pt. 3 (Gustav Mahler)
Gustav Mahler, Composer - Jonathan Allen, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Dresdner Philharmonie, Orchestra, MainArtist - Alex Wharton, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Not Applicable, Author - Erdo Groot, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gerard McCann, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Job Maarse, Producer - Jean-Marie Geijsen, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lauran Jurrius, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Cate Blanchett, Conductor, Speaker, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Andreas Gembaczka, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Roland Winke, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2022 Focus Features LLC
Jonathan Allen, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Alex Wharton, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Not Applicable, Author - Gordon Davidson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Joe Wyatt, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Rachel Smith, Speaker, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - George Oulton, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tom Ashpitel, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Natalie Murray Beale, Speaker, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sophie Kauer, Speaker, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2022 Focus Features LLC
Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 85 (Edward Elgar)
Edward Elgar, Composer - Jonathan Allen, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Alex Wharton, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Davidson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Joe Wyatt, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Rachel Smith, Producer - George Oulton, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tom Ashpitel, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Natalie Murray Beale, Conductor, MainArtist - Sophie Kauer, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2022 Focus Features LLC
Jonathan Allen, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Alex Wharton, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Not Applicable, Author - Gordon Davidson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Joe Wyatt, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Rachel Smith, Speaker, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - George Oulton, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tom Ashpitel, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Natalie Murray Beale, Speaker, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sophie Kauer, Speaker, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Todd Field, Speaker, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2022 Focus Features LLC
Edward Elgar, Composer - Jonathan Allen, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Alex Wharton, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Davidson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Joe Wyatt, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Rachel Smith, Producer - George Oulton, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tom Ashpitel, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Natalie Murray Beale, Conductor, MainArtist - Sophie Kauer, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2022 Focus Features LLC
Jonathan Allen, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Alex Wharton, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Not Applicable, Author - Gordon Davidson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Joe Wyatt, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Rachel Smith, Speaker, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - George Oulton, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tom Ashpitel, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Natalie Murray Beale, Speaker, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2022 Focus Features LLC
Edward Elgar, Composer - Jonathan Allen, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Alex Wharton, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Davidson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Joe Wyatt, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Rachel Smith, Producer - George Oulton, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tom Ashpitel, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Natalie Murray Beale, Conductor, MainArtist - Sophie Kauer, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2022 Focus Features LLC
Jonathan Allen, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Johnny Burke, ComposerLyricist - Jimmy Van Heusen, ComposerLyricist - Alex Wharton, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Marcel Serierse, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Jeroen Vierdag, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Frits Landesbergen, Vibraphone, AssociatedPerformer - Martijn Sohier, Conductor - Martijn van Iterson, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - New trombone collective, Ensemble, MainArtist - Steve Dierkens, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lauran Jurrius, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Al Kay, Trombone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Reinis Bogāts, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Wirre de Vries, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2022 Focus Features LLC
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I, BWV 846-869 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Jonathan Allen, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Alex Wharton, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Not Applicable, Author - Cate Blanchett, Piano, Speaker, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Roland Winke, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Zethphan Smith-Gneist, Speaker, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2022 Focus Features LLC
Jonathan Allen, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Alex Wharton, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Not Applicable, Author - Stephen Griffiths, Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Elisa Vargas Fernandez, Speaker, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Cate Blanchett, Speaker, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Zackiel Lewis-Griffiths, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2022 Focus Features LLC
Jonathan Allen, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Alex Wharton, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Stephen Griffiths, Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Elisa Vargas Fernandez, Composer, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Zackiel Lewis-Griffiths, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2022 Focus Features LLC
Album review
Ever since she won an Oscar for Best Film Score (Joker) in 2019, Hildur Guðnadóttir has become one of the most sought-after film composers of our time, though her career began years before that. Now the Iceland-born cellist and composer has been commissioned for another soundtrack: TÀR – the story of the successful conductor Lydia Tàr, played by none other than Cate Blanchett.
This album is neither wholly a soundtrack nor a ‘classic’ Deutsche Grammophon recording. It is more so a concept album – one that offers deep insights into the music, rehearsals and film clips of TÁR. It is interpreted by numerous actors and produced by the crème de la crème: Guðnadóttir, Hollywood producer Todd Field as well as Universal Music and Deutsche Grammaphon’s creative team. The album opens with Guðnadóttir herself singing the film's main theme (which is composed by Lydia Tàr in the film), followed by the ‘real’ score – a short symphony in three movements, interpreted by the London Symphony Orchestra. This is followed by excerpts from rehearsals of Mahler’s 5th Symphony with Cate Blanchett conducting, and Elgar’s Cello Concerto, Op. 85, conducted by Natalie Murray Beale and featuring Sophie Kauer as a soloist. The album concludes with pieces by Johnny Burke & Jimmy van Heusen, J.S. Bach and Elisa Vargas, some of which were composed for the album and some of which merely appear in the film. This compilation may seem very unusual and off-kilter, but as Todd Field sums it up in his own words: ‘the songs, like the film, are meant to invite the listener to experience the messiness involved in the making of music.’
Hearing and absorbing the music alongside images from the film (set to be released in spring 2023) is undoubtedly a more profound experience. However, it is also a unique opportunity for us to be able to celebrate extraordinary concept albums like we would a premiere, and equally rare that a German classical music label and orchestra be pinned as the subject of a Hollywood blockbuster. We are excited, to say the least! © Lena Germann/Qobuz
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 20 track(s)
- Total length: 01:03:31
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Hildur Guðnadóttir Cate Blanchett Sophie Kauer
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Deutsche Grammophon (DG)
- Genre: Classical
© 2022 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin ℗ 2022 Focus Features LLC
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