Norgard: Will-o-the-wisps In Town, Wave Music
Label: DACAPO Catalog: 8226085 Format: CD with DVD er Nørgård: The Will-o'-the-Wisps in Town Nørgård: Will-O’-the-Wisps in Town Out of the Cradle Endlessy Rocking Helene Gjerris (mezzo soprano) Athelas Sinfonietta CopenhagenCD with free bonus DVD The Will-o'-the-Wisps in Town is an extraordinary fairy tale cantata created by the Danish composer Per Nørgård and his close friend, author Suzanne Brøgger, on the basis of a little known fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen. This world première recording of the chamber version focuses on the charismatic "Marsh Witch", sung by mezzo-soprano Helene Gjerris who also premiered the work in Birmingham at 200th anniversary of Hans Christian Andersen's birth. The CD is accompanied by the half-hour documentary “A Journey in Fairy Tales and Music” following Nørgård, Brøgger, Gjerris and the Athelas Sinfonietta Copenhagen's work with The Will-o'-the-Wisps produced by a Danish national TV station. Price: $20.98 |