Diptyque Jabes - Ramon Lazkano - Audio CD (Arrives in 50 days)

Following his fascinating Odradek debut with 'Chalk Factory', Basque composer Ramon Lazkano returns with an album of world-premiere recordings featuring intimate original works for voices and ensemble.
The album is unified by the enigmatic, elusive poetry of Edmond Jabes, a French writer of Egyptian origin. Lazkano sets two volumes of short poems by Jabes: 'Main douce à la blessure même' and 'Ceux a qui'. The isolated, withdrawn voice of 'Main Surplombe' (2012-13) is submerged within the instrumental texture, while the six voices of 'Ceux à Qui' (2014) provide a response, conversing and exclaiming before the text dissolves as the music fades away.

'Main Surplombe' is performed by soprano Johanna Zimmer, who has performed in contemporary operas at the Deutsche Oper Berlin and at the opera houses of Oslo and Antwerp, among others, and who has made appearances as a lecturer on the Darmstadt Summer Courses. From 2015 to 2019 she was the first soprano of Neue Vocalsolisten, a group of seven highly skilled singers who perform 'Ceux a Qui'. Throughout the album the singers are joined by L'Instant Donné, a democratic and versatile ensemble with a growing international reputation.

Tracklist

1. Main Surplombe For Voice and Ensemble - I. Ostinato
2. Main Surplombe For Voice and Ensemble - Ii. Main
3. Main Surplombe For Voice and Ensemble - Iii. Sur
4. Main Surplombe For Voice and Ensemble - Iv. Larmes
5. Main Surplombe For Voice and Ensemble - V. Stele
6. Main Surplombe For Voice and Ensemble - Vi. Contre
7. Main Surplombe For Voice and Ensemble - Vii. Soleil
8. Main Surplombe For Voice and Ensemble - Viii. Ostinato/Doubl
9. Main Surplombe For Voice and Ensemble - Ix. Salut
10. Ceux a Qui For Six Voices and Ensemble - I. Prelude
11. Ceux a Qui For Six Voices and Ensemble - Ii. Ceux
12. Ceux a Qui For Six Voices and Ensemble - Iii. Matin
13. Ceux a Qui For Six Voices and Ensemble - Iv. Nuit
14. Ceux a Qui For Six Voices and Ensemble - V. Tu
15. Ceux a Qui For Six Voices and Ensemble - Vi. Interlude 1
16. Ceux a Qui For Six Voices and Ensemble - Vii. Vocable
17. Ceux a Qui For Six Voices and Ensemble - Viii. Bruit
18. Ceux a Qui For Six Voices and Ensemble - Ix. Poing
19. Ceux a Qui For Six Voices and Ensemble - X. Poignard
20. Ceux a Qui For Six Voices and Ensemble - Xi. Interlude 2
21. Ceux a Qui For Six Voices and Ensemble - Xii. Temps
22. Ceux a Qui For Six Voices and Ensemble - Xiii. Serree
23. Ceux a Qui For Six Voices and Ensemble - Xiv. Abime
24. Ceux a Qui For Six Voices and Ensemble - Xv. Poussihre

Label: Odradek | Origin: Holland