Per Norgard: Will-o'-the-Wisps In Town; Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking
Helen Gjerris (mez); Athelas Sinfonietta Copenhagen
Dacapo 8.226085 (CD with bonus DVD)
One of the most consistently inventive and individual voices today, Norgard responded to a Hans Cristian Anderson bicentennial commission with this delightful, warmly approachable cantata (recorded here in a scaled-down chamber version). Pithy vignettes alternate with arias but perhaps too much spoken Danish narrative for English-speaking listeners. Dacapo generously include a winning, imaginatively filmed documentary featuring interviews with composer, librettist and artists.
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