Jonathan Dove - Siren Song
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Label: Chandos
Cat No: CHAN10472
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Opera
Contents
Artists
Brad Cooper (tenor)Mattijs van de Woerd (baritone)
Amaryllis Dieltiens (soprano)
Siren Ensemble
Conductor
Henk GuittartWorks
Siren SongArtists
Brad Cooper (tenor)Mattijs van de Woerd (baritone)
Amaryllis Dieltiens (soprano)
Siren Ensemble
Conductor
Henk GuittartAbout
Dove is best known for his operas, including Flight, which also received its premiere recording on Chandos and was applauded by the critics. BBC Music Magazine (‘Pick of the month’, June 2004) wrote, ‘Anyone who cares about opera as a living art form will rejoice in Chandos’ decision to issue the recording of Flight from Glyndebourne with the original cast’.
This recording was made live at performances that took place at the 2007 Grachtenfestival in Amsterdam, where Dove was the composer-in-residence. The Siren Ensemble, specially formed for these performances, consists of ten young, talented musicians, most of whom have appeared at the festival in previous years. The Australian tenor Brad Cooper takes the lead role of Davey. Henk Guittart, best known for his work as the violist of the Schoenberg Quartet, conducts.
The opera is based on a bizarre, true story. A young sailor on HMS Ark Royal exchanges letters with a beautiful and successful model personally unknown to him, yet with whom he becomes infatuated. Over time a romantic and passionate relationship develops, yet a meeting is increasingly difficult to arrange and Davey proves to be the victim of an elaborate deception.
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