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 Carl Rutti - Requiem (Naxos, 8.572317), Jane Watts - organ, The Bach Choir, Southern Sinfonia, David Hill - conductor |
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Posted: 08-07-2011, 21:59
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Carl Rutti (b.1949) Requiem Label: Naxos, 8.572317 Year: 2009 Performers: Olivia Robinson - soprano Edward Price - baritone Jane Watts - organ The Bach Choir Southern Sinfonia David Hill - conductor Tracklist: 01. Introitus 09:31 02. Kyrie 05:01 03. Offertorium 12:41 04. Sanctus - Benedictus 06:08 05. Agnus Dei 05:17 06. Communio 06:12 07. In Paradisum 10:13 Total Playing Time: 55:03 The music of Swiss composer Carl Rutti seems to have gained considerable ground in the repertoires of British and American choirs in recent years, and this setting of the Requiem shows just why. He has a gift for finding a memorable "hook" to trigger a section and, in this case, the entire work, which begins with a haunting soprano solo, beautifully sung by Olivia Robinson and a clear connection to the English choral tradition (he studied in London, in fact). The orchestration is the same as that of the Faure Requiem, and that is not the only resemblance between the two works: there is frequently a wistful gentleness here that any admirer of the French composer’s work will respond to. Rutti also does not, of course, include the "Dies irae", but does set the "In Paradisum". While gentleness is far from being the end of the story, however, as the Elgar-meets-John Adams style of the opening of the Kyrie, for example, or the Nymanesque moments of the "In Paradisum" demonstrate, the tone is definitely predominantly elegiac and consoling. The Bach Choir under David Hill respond to this with warmth and passion, and soloists Olivia Robinson and Edward Price are outstanding, but I wonder how well the work would fare with less competent performers: the sense of pulsing urgency present here is definitely necessary to hold the work together. The recording, made in St John’s, Smith Square, is wonderful, responding to the wide sonic and dynamic range of the music in every detail. Carl Rutti’s choral music is ‘sensuous and exuberant by turns, combining dazzling rhythms and soaring melodies with distinctively lush harmonies’ (Choir & Organ magazine). Of his Requiem, immense in scale yet often intimate in tone, the composer writes that ‘no words are strong enough to express the feelings of the bereaved, nor sufficient to explain what will await us after death. Music may be the most appropriate language’. Scored for soprano, baritone, double choir, strings, harp and organ, Rutti’s Requiem ultimately affirms life’s precious fragility.  
This post has been edited by kgkk on 08-07-2011, 22:02 |
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