Vesper
- Release year
- 2026
- Label
- PENTATONE
- Catalogue number
- PTC 5187518
- Thomas Adès’s role
- Composer
Details and credits
Sean Shibe (guitar). Programme: Adès, Forgotten Dances and Habanera from The Exterminating Angel; Birtwistle, Beyond the White Hand, Guitar and White Hand, Oockooing Bird, Sleep Song, Berceuse de Jeanne, Sad Song and Je sui aussi; Dillon, 12 Caprices. Forgotten Dances was first released as an EP in 2025.
Release credits: Sean Shibe
Thomas Adès: composer
Programme:
Forgotten Dances
1. I. Overture, Queen of the Spiders
2. II. Berceuse, The Paradise of Thebes
3. III. Courante - Here was a swift (for Max Ernst)
4. IV. Barcarolle - The Maiden Voyage
5. V. Carillon de Ville (for Hector Berlioz)
6. VI. Vesper (for Henry Purcell)
7. Beyond the White Hand (Construction with Guitar Player)
8. Guitar and White Hand
9. Habanera from 'The Exterminating Angel'
10. Oockooing Bird
11. Sleep Song
12. Berceuse de Jeanne
13. Sad Song
14. Je sui aussi
12 Caprices
15. No.1
16. No.2
17. No.3
18. No.4
19. No.5
20. No.6
21. No.7
22. No.8
23. No.9
24. No.10
25. No.11
26. No.12
Credited participation:
Composed By (tracks 1-6, 9)
Compositions
- Forgotten Dances — 2023
- Habanera from 'The Exterminating Angel' — 2015-16