MN Records: MNRCD114Nyman - 8 Lust Songs & I Sonetti Lussuriosi |
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Nyman: | 8 Lust Songs Nyman’s music is set to the erotic poems of the 16th century poet Pietro Aretino. The poems were inspired by Marcantonio Raimondi’s engravings of couples in various positions of sexual intercourse. The poems and engravings have been called a Renaissance equivalent of the Kama Sutra. They caused huge outrage at the time of publication, banned by the Papal authorities and nearly all copies destroyed. They are the most important erotic texts of the period and have gone on to inspire writers and artists alike for centuries. Marie Angel sings the male and female roles. As Nyman composed the music the words came to life for Marie and the characters revealed themselves to her. Her interpretation is thus not only key but unique, colourful and very entertaining I Sonetti Lussuriosi 'I sonetti lussuriosi' is a song cycle, commissioned by the 2007 Venice Biennale. It was first performed by Marie Angel with the Orchestra di Santa Cecilia, conducted by the composer, in the Arsenale, Venice, on 4 October 2007. |
Marie Angel (soprano) Michael Nyman Band The product will have a parental advisory sticker. “It is hard to hear Michael Nyman’s deadpan, chugging minimalism as an appropriate vehicle for the hardcore pornography of Pietro Aretino’s lyrics.
Nyman’s pulse is too steady, the melodic line too predictable, the harmony too frigid, although the wham-bam instrumentation is as brazen as a King’s Cross prostitute. Angel’s sultry, almost sleazy mezzo fits the bill, but she sometimes sounds as if she is yawning. The sudden octave rise at the orgasm passage in Sonnet 13 Dammi la Lingua is as demonstrative she gets and a rare example of word-painting in Nyman’s music.” The Times, 21st June 2008 *** “Nyman draws out personality with a poet's imagination and a fitting variety of pace and rhythm.” BBC Music Magazine, Proms 2008 **** | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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