Rebecca Clarke, a composer featured on this album, overcame a difficult upbringing with a violent father to build a career by networking with influential figures like Myra Hess and patron Elizabeth Sprague-Coolidge.
Album & Artwork
The album title, "Entre deux mondes" (Between two worlds), is taken from the first song of Betsy Jolas's cycle "Plupart du temps" and reflects the program's rich facets.
Composition History
Betsy Jolas, the doyenne of this album, set poems by French poet Pierre Reverdy in 1949 for her song cycle "Plupart du temps," which is receiving its first recording on this album.
Composer Biography
Rebecca Clarke was known as a 'wireless celebrity' because she effectively used the new medium of radio to her advantage.
Performer Biography
Mezzo-soprano Klaudia Tandl and pianist Gisela Jöbstl are prize-winners at both the 11th International Hugo Wolf Competition for Lied Art and the III. International Schubert Competition.
Recording & Production
This album was recorded at Kunsthaus Mürzzuschlag from July 20th to 23rd, 2021, and features a FAZIOLI Konzertflügel Mod. F278 grand piano.
Composer's Artistic Vision
The album's program emphasizes the incomprehensible, inconceivable, and improbable, drawing listeners into different spheres that are sometimes confronting, sometimes playful, and sometimes sensually seductive.
