Tobias Picker, Nashville Symphony & Giancarlo Guerrero - Opera Without Words & The Encantadas (2020)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 218 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 134 Mb | Digital booklet | 00:57:56
Classical | Label: Naxos Records
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 218 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 134 Mb | Digital booklet | 00:57:56
Classical | Label: Naxos Records
Tobias Picker, hailed as “a genuine creator” by The New Yorker, has written extensively for the stage and for symphonic forces, and these two approaches are represented in this album. The Encantadas (an older name for the Galápagos Islands) derives from a novella by Herman Melville. Picker has set it as a melodrama, exploring the enchanted isles in all their quietly menacing and spectacular beauty. In a radical new form, Picker’s Opera Without Words is set to a libretto by Irene Dische that has now been removed, allowing the music alone to bear the expressive richness and intensity of this “secret opera.”