LUIGO NONO Djamila Boupacha (1962)
JOSEPH HAYDN Symphony no. 49 La Passione (1768)
GÉRARD GRISEY Quatre chants pour franchir le seuil (1998)
Barbara Hannigan soprano and conductor
LUDWIG Orchestra
Label: Alpha Classics
RELEASE DATE: 20 March 2020
Awards
CHOC de l’année 2020 – Classica magazine
Record Academy Award in the Contemporary Music category, Record Geijutsu in Japan
Best albums of 2020 – Télérama
REVIEWS
Le Monde
“The singer’s extraordinary agility and the care she takes over the slightest note makes the page resemble a sanctification of pain”
The Times (5 out of 5 stars)
“Barbara Hannigan is a total wonder, but which of this Canadian’s gifts do you worship first? Is it the strength and purity of her soprano voice? Or the manual and technical dexterity that allows her to sing the most complex music while conducting at the same time? Then there is her flair for adventurous programming, which makes unlikely connections between music from different centuries.”
De Volkskrant (5 out of 5 stars)
“The precision with which Hannigan and the musicians of the Dutch orchestra Ludwig lure you to the realm of the dead is breathtaking”
Le Figaro – Instant Classique
“We easily recognise the mark of the interpreter’s commitment to creation, which she has always made a point of serving, both as a singer and as a conductor.”
L’Echo (5 out of 5 stars)
“The result jumps into your ear through the pulse’s explosive theatricality and the emphatic variations in dynamics”
Financial Times
“Hannigan gives it an emotional intensity that helps it hold its own in the company of Nono and Grisey.”