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Martin Achrainer (Kepler), Cassandra McConnell (soprano 1), Karen Robertson (soprano 2), Katerina Hebelkova (mezzo), Pedro Velázquez Díaz (tenor), Seho Chang (baritone), Florian Spiess (bass) Chorus of the Landestheater & Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies Philip Glass' opera from 2009 explores the life of scientist Johannes Kepler though a series of dramatic scenes with two hours of Glass' music. It is filmed in HD and is sung in German and Latin with German/Latin subtitles as well as English. Kepler in many ways hearkens back to Glass' portrait operas of the early 1980s and continues the composers interest in scientists after having also written operas on Einstein and Galileo. The opera premiered at the Landestheater Linz in 2009 as part of Linz 09, the European Cultural Capital, and continues the amazing 30 year collaboration between Glass and the conductor Dennis Russell Davies, the music director of both the Landestheater Linz and its orchestra, the Bruckner Orchester Linz who has also recorded Glass' music extensively for the Orange Mountain Music label including Glass Symphonies 6, 7, and 8, and Glass' large scale opera The Voyage which was originally written for the Metropolitan Opera. Kepler is a refreshing return to large scale symphonic writing for the opera house. Recent Glass operas including Waiting for the Barbarians and Appomattox carry more dialogue and intimate narrative scenes whereas Kepler is a musical dedication to the life of this great scientists - triumphs and human flaws. As Glass states: "Kepler was a man with his mind in the clouds and his feet in the mud." This Orange Mountain Music recording was made in 2010 from live performances during its extensive run in Linz, and is the world premiere recording. Kepler is sung in German and Latin. The opera was filmed by Austrian Broadcasting in 2009 and broadcast on Austrian and German television in 2010. “It's a challenge to direct, met resourcefully by inventive, fluent and sometimes stylised movement...Musically the performance is impeccable, spaciously paced and energetic - Denis Russell Davies has premiered much Glass - and dominated at the front by Martin Achrainer's quietly heroic, thoughtful protagonist.” BBC Music Magazine, July 2011 ***** | | | This item is currently out of stock at the UK distributor. You may order it now but please be aware that it may be six weeks or more before it can be despatched. |
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Martin Achrainer (Kepler), Cassandra McConnell (soprano 1), Karen Robertson (soprano 2), Katerina Hebelkova (mezzo), Pedro Velázquez Díaz (tenor), Seho Chang (baritone), Florian Spiess (bass) Soloists and Chorus of the Landestheater Linz & Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davis This 2-CD set is a recording of the complete 2009 opera by Phillip Glass on the life of scientist Johannes Kepler in a deluxe digipack featuring colour photos of the production in Linz, Austria. “How Glass manages to spin out such a basic idea over a two-hour structure without the music ever loosening its grip on the listener is nothing short of remarkable...The hundred-plus Bruckner Orchestra...massed chorus and soloists of the Landestheater with Dennis Russell Davies directing, contribute much to the opera's dual sense of mystery and monumentality.” Gramophone Magazine “This quite vivid recording is taken from the staged performances, though the work itself generally seems far closer to a contemplative secular oratorio than to a fully fledged piece of theatre...[Winkel's libretto is] presented in neatly dovetailed solo and choral writing, with Glass's often dark orchestral textures churning beneath.” The Guardian, 20th January 2011 ** | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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