David Hertzberg: Wake World - COMPACT DISCS

David Hertzberg: Wake World - COMPACT DISCS

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Title:

Wake World

Artist:

David Hertzberg

Label:

Tzadik

Product Type:

COMPACT DISCS

UPC:

702397403029

Genre:

Classical Artists

Release Date:

2020-04-24

Number of Discs:

1

The Wake World is a hallucinatory choral fantasy by Los Angeles-based composer David Hertzberg. Scored for five instruments and nine singers, it premiered in 2017 at the Barnes Foundation under the aegis of Opera Philadelphia. The music is evocative and dramatic, with lyrical arias and powerful instrumental colors. Based on a mystical fairy tale written by Aleister Crowley whilst under the influence of the Golden Dawn, the story describes an ecstatic journey of initiation through Hermetic runes, as Lola is lead by her fairy prince through a magical palace to enlightenment. Winner of the Music Critics Association of North America's Best New Opera Award, The Wake World is an operatic tour-de-force!Disc One: Somniloquy * I. Ritual Procession - come un eco misterioso * II. Preludium; "A fleck, a quiff -" * Lilith arrives, aeons late * "She's dancing," * III. The Beginning - fiorente* "Is that you, my love," * "Lola, Lola my darling," * "Scattered are the rose-leaves" * IV. The Palace; "Your palace is beautiful" * "Such soft violet glistens in this place" * "What light lingers there," * "Can you recognize this faraway form?" * "What's this, up here?"Disc Two: V. Treasure House of Gold; "The den of jackals" * Musk... Civet..." * "I used tobe whole," * "Those silent wardens," * "Scattered are the rose-leaves" (reprise) * "Strangers, why do you stand there," * "Though my eyes enfold"; Things Both Strange and True * VI. Mistress of It All; "What queerest quiet attends us," * "What is this wrenching racket?" * "Who is the man all covered up in the azure coat?" * "This is what they call the house of love." * "Lola, wake up sleepyhead; * "My pristine palace," * VII. Out of Doors; "Now the next house, Lola," * "Then your sweet, supple flesh," * "LOVE?!" * "Into what hushéd harrow have I fallen?" * "Oh prince, why have you left me?" * "Is that you, my love?" * "My angel,"

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