Thomas Adès

All recordings

Eight Songs from Isolation

Cover of Eight Songs from Isolation
Release year
2020
Label
Platoon
Thomas Adès’s role
Composer, Pianist

Details and credits

Academy of St Martin in the Fields; Oliver Zeffman, conductor. Film directed by Billy Boyd Cape.
Thomas Adès plays piano in his Gyökér (Root), with Katalin Károlyi, mezzo-soprano, and Ricardo Gallardo, marimba, recorded remotely from London, Budapest and Mexico City.
Programme:
Julian Anderson: le 3 mai — Sophie Bevan, soprano
Huw Watkins: How — Toby Spence, tenor
Freya Waley-Cohen: spell for reality — Julia Bullock, soprano
Thomas Adès: Gyökér (Root) — Katalin Károlyi; Ricardo Gallardo; Thomas Adès
Ilya Demutsky: I Guess the Universe Is to Blame — Andrei Kymach, baritone
Helen Grime: Prayer — Dame Sarah Connolly, mezzo-soprano
Du Yun: Every Grass a Spring — Shenyang, bass-baritone; Wu Wei, sheng; Wu Man, pipa
Nico Muhly: New-Made Tongue — Iestyn Davies, countertenor
Eight-song audio and film release, 25 September 2020; approximately 41 minutes. ℗ 2020 Oliver Zeffman Ltd.

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