ECM 1898/99 Sergey Yakovenko, Ilya Scheps ‘Silvestrov: Silent Songs’ (2004)

・Review
1937年ウクライナ、キエフ生まれの現代音楽の作曲家Valentin Silvestrov（ヴァレンティン•シルヴェストロフ）。Alfred Schnittke（アルフレード・シュニトケ）、Arvo Pärt （アルヴォ・ペルト）の両名をして、「同時代における偉大な作曲家の１人」と評され、1960年代における旧ソヴィエトのアヴァンギャルドの先駆的、真にオリジナルな存在としての作曲家。

しかしのちに彼はこんな言葉を残す。
“the most important lesson of the avant-garde was to be free of all preconceived ideas – particularly those of the avant-garde.”

バリトンとピアノのみ。2枚組の大ボリューム。静けさに感情を乗り込んだ歌とピアノ。じわじわと染み込んでくる。素晴らしいアルバムだ。

・Catalogue
ECM 1898/99 Sergey Yakovenko, Ilya Scheps ‘Silvestrov: Silent Songs’ (2004)

・Track list
CD 1
VALENTIN SILVESTROV – SILENT SONGS: I. FIVE SONGS
1.Prelude. Song can tend the ailing spirit
2.There were some storms and blizzards
3.La Belle Dame Sans Merci
4.O melancholy time!
5.Farewell, o world, o earth
VALENTIN SILVESTROV – SILENT SONGS: II. ELEVEN SONGS
6.What meaning has my name for you?
7.I will tell you with unswerving frankness
8.I’m drinking to Mary
9.Winter journey
10.White, a solitary sail
11.I met you
12.The isle

CD 2
1.Something tender, blue, unspoken
2.Autumn Song
3.Swamps and marshes
4.Winter evening VALENTIN SILVESTROV – SILENT SONGS: III. THREE SONGS
5.When the cornfield, yellowing, stirs
6.I set out on the road alone
7.Mountain summits
VALENTIN SILVESTROV – SILENT SONGS: IV. FIVE SONGS
8.Elegy. Verses composed at night, at a time of insomnia
9.Choral. A vengeful God
10.Meditation. It’s time, my friend, it’s time!
11.Ode. Schubert on water
12.Postludium. Those sweet companions
VALENTIN SILVESTROV – FOUR SONGS AFTER OSIP MANDELSTAM
13.My lashes are pricking
14.I don’t know when
15.For the thunderous grandeur of ages to come
16.The stone spurs of Pieria

・Credit
Sergey Yakovenko Baritone
Ilya Scheps Piano