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ALPHA739
Originally recorded in January 2022
Classical
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About
Soprano Anna Prohaska and violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja are both well known for their taste for eclecticism, experimentation and adventure. As they are also are friends, it was only to be expected that one day they would devise and record a programme together, and here it is: Maria Mater Meretrix . . . What is the relationship between Hildegard von Bingen and Gustav Holst, Antonio Caldara and Lili Boulanger? The two musicians and their partners in Camerata Bern explore the image of woman through ten centuries of music: the figure of the Virgin Mary – among other works, the triptych Magnificat - Ave Maria - Stabat Mater (1967/68) by Frank Martin, an unclassifiable composer whom both artists venerate – but also Mary Magdalene, in pieces by Caldara and Kurtág. The Saint, the Mother, the Whore . . . The expression of two women musicians of today, a journey full of meaning and a sensory exploration featuring solos, duets, quartets and works for large orchestra.
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Reviews
Hi-Fi Album Choice
“Both soloists have cultivated off-the-wall recreative personalities, and they join forces to bravura effect in a portrait of Mary at the Cross …”
Editor’s Choice – July 2023
“A match made in heaven deliver a corker of a concept album… This recording comes highly recommended.” ****½
“A magnificent voyage of discovery from a musical maverick.”
**** Excellent Album
Performance **** Recording *****
“… Holst’s sparely-imagined ‘Jesu Sweet’ for soprano and violin establishes an immediate, almost improvisatory, rapport between Prohaska and Kopatchinskaja that never falters across the album. Prohaska soars rapturously in the Dufay Ave Maris Stella, and bestows a languorous gleam on the Boulanger. She and Kopatchinskaja mine a blazing emotional truthfulness in the undeservedly neglected Martin … ingeniously plotted project delivered with panache and unimpeachable conviction.”
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