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Musik / postmodernisme
Musik (cd), ℗2020
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Anmeldelser (4)
The guardian
d. 4. juni 2020
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Andrew Clements (musikanmelder)
d. 4. juni 2020
"Michael Daugherty's music has always embraced the full, polyglot spectrum of American culture. He's composed a Metropolis Symphony after the Superman comics and an opera called Jackie O, while Dead Elvis was a work for bassoon and ensemble, and Tales of Hemingway is his cello concerto. But This Land Sings, "inspired by the life and times of Woody Guthrie", first performed in 2016, is a much more straightforward, touching tribute to the singer-songwriter, who is one of the iconic figures in the history of American music ... There are plenty of musical references from American folk music and borrowings and near-quotes from elsewhere, too ... It's all done with a light, affectionate touch that often disguises its sheer musical fluency and ingenuity, while the performances by Annika Socolofsky and John Daugherty ... with the ensemble Dogs of Desire under their conductor David Alan Miller, get just the right balance between edgy precision and freewheeling exuberance".
MusicWeb international
2020 July
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Richard Hanlon
2020 July
"A hugely ambitious but paradoxically small-scale homage to the original 'Dust Bowl Troubadour' Woody Guthrie, one of the most important, yet unassuming of American 'icons'. The work consists of a sequence of eleven songs (performed by soprano and/or baritone) interpolated with six numbers for a flexible ensemble ... The instruments Daugherty has selected for his ensemble (including fiddle and double bass) ... project a spontaneity and rawness which suits the concept to a tee - although the playing itself is technically flawless ... In terms of the performance and recording both singers seem excellent - the success of the whole enterprise depends mightily on their versatility ... In any case ... Daugherty has turned out some darn fine tunes in This Land Sings".
Fono Forum
2020 September
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Bernd Feuchtner
2020 September
"In seinem Liederzyklus 'This Land Sings' von 2016 feiert Michael Daugherty den Singer-Songwriter Woody Guthry, der während der Weltwirtschaftskrise und des Zweiten Weltkriegs durch die Ebenen von Oklahoma und Texas tourte und politische Lieder für die weniger glücklichen Amerikaner sang ... Melancholie und Aufbegehren wechseln, und dass der Sopran von Annika Socolofsky und Daughertys Bariton sich in den Songs und Duetten weitgehend fernhalten vom noblen Liedklang, kommt dieser von Ives und Weill inspirierten Musik zugute. Das Neue-Musik-Ensemble Dogs of Desire entwickelt unter David Alan Miller einen unwiderstehlichen Sog".
BBC music magazine
2020 August
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Kate Wakeling
2020 August
"This Land Sings: Inspired by the Life and Times of Woody Guthrie (2016) is an arresting tribute to Guthrie that evokes the themes of his work and landscapes of his travels with wit and imagination ... Daugherty's agile score fizzes with colour to explore the character and preoccupations of Guthrie with both courage and sensitivity ... The Tulsa Camerata bring a luminous clarity to the score while vocalist Annika Socolofsky sings with raw beauty ... Skilfully scored and performed with exuberance".