La PasiAn segAn San Marcos (St Mark Passion)

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GOLIJOV
La PasiAn segAn San Marcos (St Mark Passion)
Luciana Souza / Reynaldo GonzAIlez FernAIndez / Schola Cantorum de CarAIcas

[ Hanssler / 2 CD ]

Release Date: Friday 28 April 2006

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Recorded live at the piece's premiere at Stuttgart's European Music Festival, this two-disc set gives a sense of the sheer drama of Golijov's work. Brazilian singer Luciana Souza, Cuban vocalist (and dancer) Reynaldo González Fernández, and the stellar Schola Cantorum de Carácas all give exemplary performances—natural and idiomatic, and yet highly alert to the demands Golijov makes of them.

Osvaldo Golijov's St. Mark Passion runs on a river of ironies and upended expectations. After all, who would expect an Argentine Jew to write a piece based on the most Christian of all narratives, the account of Jesus' trial and crucifixion? Passions, of course, hold a place of honor within the European musical and religious tradition. That history, and the form's link to Bach in particular, cannot be forgotten; indeed, this passion, like three others (by Rihm, Tan Dun, and Gubaidulina) also commissioned by the Bach Akademie Stuttgart and conductor Helmuth Rilling, were meant to commemorate the year 2000 Bach anniversary.

Instead of aping these cultural paradigms, what Golijov does instead is totally reconstruct and reform the idea of the Passion. Structurally and emotionally, Golijov's Pasión plays out as a psychological drama rather than a strictly religious, or strictly linear, narrative. There's a strong hallucinatory element involved: no soloist or choral group is assigned a single role, so characters cross the pendulum between ultimate goodness to ultimate betrayal and back again without clear distinction. Musically, too, elements flow into each other without clear boundaries. Among Golijov's sources are European choral singing, African rhythms, and a variety of South American and Caribbean styles, including Argentine tango, Brazilian capoeira, and Cuban són. Most astonishingly, however, none of this feels forced. Instead, Golijov presents us with a thoughtful meditation not only on the Passion story, but also on what it means to be a 21st-century composer rooted in the music of three continents and nearly innumerable cultures.

Tracks:

CD 1
Track 1 Visión: Bautismo en la Cruz Baptism on the Cross
Track 2 Danza del Pescador Pescado Dance of the Ensnared Fisherman
Track 3 Primer Anuncio First Announcemet
Track 4 Segundo Anuncio Second Announcement
Track 5 Tercero Anuncio En Fiesta No Not on the Feast Day
Track 6 Dos Días Two Days
Track 7 Unción en Betania The Anointment in Bethany
Track 8 ¿Por Qué? Why?
Track 9 Oración Lucumí (Aria con Grillos) Aria with Crickets
Track 10 El Primer Dia The First Day
Track 11 Judas; El Cordero Pascual Judas; The Paschal Lamb
Track 12 Quisiera Yo Renegar I Forswear This World
Track 13 Eucaristía The Eucharist
Track 14 Demos Gracias We Give Thanks
Track 15 En el Monte de los Olivos On Mount of Olives
Track 16 Cara a Cara Face to Face
Track 17 En Getsemaní In Gethsemane
Track 18 Agonía Agony
Track 19 Arresto The Arrest
Track 20 Danza de la Sábana Blanca Dance of the White Sheet
Track 21 Ante Caifás Before Caiaphas

CD 2
Track 1 Soy Yo (Confesión) I Am (Confession)
Track 2 Escarnio y Negación Scorn and Denial
Track 3 Desgarro de la Túnica The Rending of the Robe
Track 4 Lúa Descolorida Cololess Moon
Track 5 Amanecer: Ante Pilato Morning: Before Pilate
Track 6 Silencio Silence
Track 7 Sentencía Sentence
Track 8 Comparsa Soldiers
Track 9 Danze de la Sábana Porpura-Manto Sagrado Dance of the Holy Purple Robes
Track 10 Crucifixión Crucifixion
Track 11 Muerte Death
Track 12 Kaddish Kaddish