IDAGIO | Ustvolskaya: Symphony No. 5 – Poulenc: La voix humaine 0810042321861

Featuring

Frank Rosenwein
Liyuan Xie
Marc Damoulakis
Michael Sachs
Richard Stout
Tony F. Sias

Yasuhito Sugiyama
Sarah Aristidou
Franz Welser-Möst
The Cleveland Orchestra
Galina Ustvolskaya
Francis Poulenc

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Performer Biography

Tony F. Sias, the reciter for Ustvolskaya's Symphony No. 5, is the president & CEO of Karamu House, America's oldest Black producing theater.

Composer Biography

Galina Ustvolskaya, a Russian composer, endured significant public and private hardships as an uncompromising artist in the Soviet Union.

Composer's Artistic Vision

The album explores the concept of reconciliation through music, demonstrating how disparate elements can achieve harmonious coexistence.

Performer Biography

Sarah Aristidou, the soprano in La voix humaine, is a French singer recognized as one of the most innovative and creative artists of her generation, and the first singer to receive the Belmont Prize for Contemporary Music.

Composition History

Francis Poulenc's one-act opera, La voix humaine, completed in 1958, is based on a 1928 play by Jean Cocteau.

Compositional Technique

Galina Ustvolskaya's Symphony No. 5, 'Amen,' features an unusual instrument choice: a percussionist solemnly strikes a hollow wooden cube with hammers.

Compositional Technique

In La voix humaine, the audience only hears one side of a telephone conversation, heightening the protagonist's anxiety through wrong numbers and crossed connections.