program:
Vito Zuraj (* 1979)
[01] The Transformer for mixed choir and symphony orchestra (2018) 23:30
Libretto by Aleš Šteger
SWR vocal ensemble
Michael Alber, choir director
SWR Symphonieorchester
Brad Lubman, conductor
[02] i formationfor two orchestras and two conductors(2016) 18:18
Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne
Francois Xavier Roth, conductor
WDR Symphony Orchestra
Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor
Thierry Mechler, organ
Alavò for soprano, piano and groups of instruments (2017) 32:43
Libretto by Patrick Hahn
[03] 1 01:43
[04] 2 04:11
[05] 3 03:38
[06] 4 02:38
[07] 5 02:41
[08] 6 02:52
[09] 7 00:53
[10] 8 00:39
[11] 9 02:07
[12] 10 01:42
[13] 11 01:23
[14] 12 01:08
[15] 13 03:21
[16] 14 01:14
[17] 15 02:33
Rinnat Moriah, soprano
Jean-Frédéric Neuburger, piano
Karajan Academy of the Berlin Philharmonic
Stanley Dodds, conductor
Total playing time: 74:47
Live recordings of the premieres
Press:
June 2022
Powerful psychograms
The compositions by Vito Žuraj would be ideally suited to sending common prejudices against “new music” into the desert once and for all, they can appear so immediately sensual and often so powerful in sound. The Slovenian composer is a master at getting large sound apparatuses in motion and skilfully staging orchestral mass movements. [...]
Dirk Wieschollek