Chinary Ung - Singing Inside Aura (2015)
Chinary Ung - Singing Inside Aura (2015)
Contemporary Classical | BMOP/sound 1044 | 2015 | 54:10 | EAC (FLAC, cue, log) | Booklet | Various File Hosts | 249 MB
Susan Ung, viola and voice, Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Gil Rose, conductor
Contemporary Classical | BMOP/sound 1044 | 2015 | 54:10 | EAC (FLAC, cue, log) | Booklet | Various File Hosts | 249 MB
Susan Ung, viola and voice, Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Gil Rose, conductor
These five orchestral works, spanning Chinary Ung's (b. 1942) career between 1970 to 2013, are a departure from his early vocalisation and synthesizer experiments and his usual chamber pieces, yet they remain imbued with his Cambodian heritage. Indeed, they are filled with Asian colors with the help of Chinese, Thai, and Indian instruments.
Singing Inside Aura is not a concerto, per se. In the early stages of composing Ung wanted to downplay the dramatic implications that form would suggest, comparing the project to one of Takemitsu’s “solo-plus-orchestra” works instead. But this is not a placid piece. The soloist arrives after a brief orchestral introduction, entering on the fourth beat of a 7/8 bar, chanting forcefully like a shaman calming a tempest. The soloist and orchestra seem equally loaded with intensity, and while they began in seemingly distinct orbits, over time the orchestra begins to fall under the spell of the soloist, yielding to her designs. There is a mystical, ritualistic quality to the soloist’s part that draws the orchestra into an expanded universe, where the string players whistle along with playing transparent harmonics and wind players play water glasses and crotales, adding an ethereal glow. The soloist, however, is often grounded, with both the vocal and viola lines inhabiting low registers. It makes for a commanding presence, until finally, when the orchestra has been drawn back to reveal only the highest and lowest registers, the soloist floats into the stratosphere with an extended phrase consisting of whistling and harmonics.
From the booklet notes, by Adam Greene
Track List:
01. Water Rings Overture [0:06:46.34]
02. Anicca [0:08:26.43]
03. Antiphonal Spirals [0:11:02.61]
04. Singing Inside Aura [0:14:33.22]
05. Grand Spiral: Desert Flowers Bloom [0:13:18.71]
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Chinary Ung / Singing Inside Aura
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Additional command line options : -V -8 -T "Date=%year%" -T "Genre=%genre%" %source%
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Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector
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