Ars Nova Copenhagen - Ockeghem: Requiem - SUPER-AUDIO CD [Super Audio CD (SACD)]

Album Tracks 1. Requiem Introitus Requiem Aeternam/Kyrie Eleison/Psalmus Sicut Cervus/Domine Jesu Christe/Sanctus 2. Giaches de Wert Adesto Dolori Meo, O Deus 3. Giaches de Wert Ascendente Lesu Un Naviculam 4. Giaches de Wert Amen, Amen Disco Vobis 5. Giaches de Wert Egressus Lesus 6. Giaches de Wert Vox in Rama

Nai-Chung Kuan's Memory of Mountain, originally a banhu concerto and here recast for the violin, is inspired by the magnificent scenery and culture of Taiwan's Alishan mountains, and explores three scenic topics employing native instruments to great effect. Joel Hoffman's music draws from such diverse sources as Eastern European folk music and American bebop, remaining full of lyricism and rhythmic vitality. Nautilus Symmetry, his first work for full Chinese orchestra, and Violin Concerto No. 2 'Snow in Spring', display a love of plucked string instruments and traditional Chinese melodies expressed in a style that is recognizably his own. Cho-Liang Lin is an internationally renowned performer, a creator and curator of music festivals and a teacher. Recent concert engagements include numerous solo appearances worldwide with prestigious orchestras. An advocate of contemporary music, Lin has enjoyed collaborations and premieres with composers such as Esa-Pekka Salonen, Joan Tower and John Williams. On this recording Lin plays the 1715 'Titian' Stradivarius and a 2000 Samuel Zygmuntowicz violin. Album Tracks 1. Memory of Mountain (1991, Version for Violin and Chinese Orchestra, Arr. 2016) 2. Nautilus Symmetry (2018) 3. Violin Concerto No. 2 InchSnow in SpringInch (2018)

Based on Victor Hugo's Le Roi s'amuse, Verdi's Rigoletto centres on the curse of a father on the father of the title, the court jester to the Duke of Mantua. The climax of the action comes in the third act. Gilda, the beloved daughter of Rigoletto, has been abducted by Rigoletto's enemies at court and seduced by the Duke, for whose murder Rigoletto has hired an assassin, Sparafucile. The scene is by the banks of the River Mincio, where Rigoletto and Gilda wait outside a twostorey house. The Duke appears, disguised as an ordinary officer, and enters the house, asking Sparafucile for wine and for a room. He is joined by Sparafucile's sister Maddalena, while Sparafucile leaves them together, going out into the street to ask Rigoletto if this is the man. In the quartet the Duke declares his love for Maddalena, while Gilda, observing the scene from outside, is heart-broken at her lover's faithlessness, to which Rigoletto draws her attention. In what follows Rigoletto tells his daughter to go home and disguise herself in man's clothes, ready to leave the city. Sparafucile is persuaded by Maddalena to spare the Duke, killing instead the first man to enter. In the event this is Gilda, willing to sacrifice herself for her lover. Rigoletto returns, ready to receive the body of his victim, and takes the murdered body in a sack, prepared to throw it into the nearby river. At this moment he hears the voice of the Duke from within the house, and realizes he has been tricked. He opens the sack and in a flash of lightning sees the face of his daughter Gilda. Album Tracks 1. Un Di, Se Ben Rammentomi 2. Parto, Parto, Ma Tu Ben Mio 3. Quel Trouble Inconnu Me Penetre? 4. Alerte, Alerte, Ou Vous Etes Perdus! 5. Vecchia Zimarra, Senti 6. La CI Darem la Mano 7. Son Io, Mio Carlo 8. O Carlo, Ascolta, la Madre T'aspetta 9. Barcarolle 10. Sorge Infausta Una Procella 11