“Dark Voices”, the eleventh CD of the Wohlhauser Edition on NEOS, contains nine works for various ensemble combinations. All compositions were recorded by the “Duo Simolka–Wohlhauser”, with the composer himself participating alongside the soprano Christine Simolka as a baritone, pianist and percussionist.
The texts set to music are almost exclusively poems written by René Wohlhauser. Only in Une nuit toute passionnée does he use excerpts from a letter from Simone de Beauvoir to Jean-Paul Sartre.
Some of the works, such as In pure being, Miramsobale, Thrown acrobats and also A passionate night all night have already appeared on previous CDs of the Wohlhauser Edition, but here in versions with new instrumentation. This impressively shows the versatility of René Wohlhauser's compositional work.
Program
Rene Wohlhauser (* 1954)
Dark voices
Works for various ensemble combinations
[01] Dunkle Stimmen
Version for soprano, baritone and sound track (electronics) (2022 / 2023),
to a poem by the composer
[02] Eingedunkelte Zeit
for soprano and baritone (2022), on a poem by the composer
[03] Nein, ich akzeptier’ es nicht
for speaking voice and percussion (2022),
to a poem by the composer
[04] Im lauteren Sein
Version for soprano and baritone (2017),
to a poem by the composer
[05] Geworf’ne Akrobaten
Version for soprano, baritone and piano (2018),
to a poem by the composer
[06] Aus der Tiefe der Zeit
Duo version for soprano and baritone (2019),
on a dialogic poem by the composer
[07] Miramsobale
Version for soprano and piano (2020),
on a contrasting poem by the composer
[08] Une nuit toute passionnée
Version for soprano and piano (2015 / 2021),
on texts by Simone de Beauvoir
[09] Licht ist eng
for soprano, speaking voice and piano (2021),
on poems by the composer
Duo Simolka–Wohlhauser
first recordings
Info
Catalog number: NEOS 12432
EAN: 4260063124327
