Various Artists

The Thirteenth Child

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Label: Bridge
UPC: 0090404952722
Catnr: BRIDG 9527
Release date: 04 October 2019
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Bridge
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0090404952722
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BRIDG 9527
Release date
04 October 2019
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The Thirteenth Child is a new opera in two acts, with music by Poul Ruders to a libretto by Becky & David Starobin. Commissioned by The Santa Fe Opera and the Odense Symfoniorkester, the libretto is an adaptation of the Brothers Grimm story, "The Twelve Brothers". The recording, made in Denmark and the USA, brings Ruders's gripping 80-minute score vividly to life, and is being released by Bridge Records in tandem with the world premiere staging of The Thirteenth Child by the Santa Fe Opera in July and August of 2019. The recording features soprano Sarah Shafer as Princess Lyra; mezzo-soprano Tamara Mumford as Queen Gertrude (Ms. Mumford will also create the role for The Santa Fe Opera production); bass-baritone Ashraf Sewailam as Drokan; bass Matt Boehler as King Hjarne; tenor David Portillo as Benjamin; tenor Alasdair Kent as Prince Frederic and Toke, and bass Alex Rosen as Corbin. The Odense Symfoniorkester and the Bridge Academy Singers are conducted by David Starobin and Benjamin Shwartz, with Amber Evans, chorus master. The Thirteenth Child is Poul Ruders's fifth opera. The 70 year old Danish composer is well known for his gripping dystopian opera, The Handmaid's Tale. The Thirteenth Child shares some of the dark world of The Handmaid's Tale, but also gives the listener a fairytale, full of romance, magic and transformation.
The Thirteenth Child ist eine neue Oper in zwei Akten mit Musik von Poul Ruders zu einem Libretto von Becky & David Starobin. Im Auftrag der Santa Fe Opera und des Odense Symfoniorkester ist das Libretto eine Adaption der Geschichte der Brüder Grimm, "Die zwölf Brüder". Die in Dänemark und den USA aufgenommene Aufnahme erweckt Ruders' packende 80-minütige Partitur zum Leben und wird von Bridge Records zusammen mit der Weltpremiere von The Thirteenth Child an der Santa Fe Opera im Juli und August 2019 veröffentlicht. Auf der Aufnahme zu hören sind die Sopranistin Sarah Shafer als Prinzessin Lyra; die Mezzosopranistin Tamara Mumford als Queen Gertrude (Frau Mumford wird auch die Rolle für die Produktion der Santa Fe Opera übernehmen); der Bassbariton Ashraf Sewailam als Drokan; der Bass Matt Boehler als King Hjarne; der Tenor David Portillo als Benjamin; der Tenor Alasdair Kent als Prince Frederic and Toke; der Bass Alex Rosen als Corbin. Das Odense Symfoniorkester und die Bridge Academy Singers werden von David Starobin und Benjamin Shwartz geleitet, mit Amber Evans, Chorleiterin. Das dreizehnte Kind ist Poul Ruders' fünfte Oper. Der 70-jährige dänische Komponist ist bekannt für seine fesselnde dystopische Oper The Handmaid's Tale. The Thirteenth Child teilt etwas von der dunklen Welt von The Handmaid's Tale, gibt dem Zuhörer aber auch ein Märchen voller Romantik, Magie und Transformation.

Artist(s)

David Starobin (conductor)

David Starobin is the dedicatee of more than 350 new works which he has performed throughout the world, collaborating with ensembles including the New York Philharmonic; the National, Houston, San Francisco, Saint Louis, and BBC symphony orchestras; the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center; the Danish Radio Orchestra; the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra; and the Emerson and Guarneri quartets. Mr. Starobin began his guitar studies at age seven with the guitarist Manuel Gayol, later graduating from the Peabody Conservatory, where he studied with Aaron Shearer. While a student at Peabody, Mr. Starobin worked closely with pianist Leon Fleisher and was a frequent participant in the Marlboro Music Festival. Among David Starobin’s honors are a Harvard University Fromm Grant for his commitment to the...
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David Starobin is the dedicatee of more than 350 new works which he has performed throughout the world, collaborating with ensembles including the New York Philharmonic; the National, Houston, San Francisco, Saint Louis, and BBC symphony orchestras; the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center; the Danish Radio Orchestra; the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra; and the Emerson and Guarneri quartets.

Mr. Starobin began his guitar studies at age seven with the guitarist Manuel Gayol, later graduating from the Peabody Conservatory, where he studied with Aaron Shearer. While a student at Peabody, Mr. Starobin worked closely with pianist Leon Fleisher and was a frequent participant in the Marlboro Music Festival.

Among David Starobin’s honors are a Harvard University Fromm Grant for his commitment to the music of our time; Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Career Grant; ASCAP’s Deems Taylor Award, and Peabody Conservatory’s Distinguished Alumni Award. In 2011 Starobin became the youngest guitarist to be inducted into the Guitar Foundation of America’s Hall of Fame. In 1981 David Starobin founded Bridge Records, Inc. His work for Bridge as performer, producer, and executive producer has earned three Grammy awards and thirty-six Grammy nominations, including “Classical Producer of the Year” (2015).

Between 1993 and 2004, David Starobin was the chairman of the guitar department at the Manhattan School of Music. In addition to teaching at MSM, Mr. Starobin holds the “Fondation Charidu Chair in Guitar Studies” at the Curtis Institute of Music, where he co-founded Curtis’s guitar program in 2011.


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Benjamin Shwartz (conductor)

Composer(s)

Poul Ruders

Poul Ruders (b. 1949) is one of the era’s most highly regarded composers for both the opera stage and the symphonic concert hall. His operas have been staged in Copenhagen, New York City, London, Toronto and Munich, and his orchestral music commissioned by the Berlin Philharmonic, New York Philharmonic, and the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Ruders lives a spartan life in the countryside of Denmark. The isolation has afforded him the opportunity to produce a deep and highly varied catalog which includes five operas, 45 symphonic works and concertos, and dozens of chamber and solo pieces. The music of Poul Ruders has been well-documented by the record labels DaCapo (Denmark) and Bridge (USA), and is published by Edition Wilhelm Hansen, Copenhagen. In 2019, Poul...
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Poul Ruders (b. 1949) is one of the era’s most highly regarded composers for both the opera stage and the symphonic concert hall. His operas have been staged in Copenhagen, New York City, London, Toronto and Munich, and his orchestral music commissioned by the Berlin Philharmonic, New York Philharmonic, and the BBC Symphony Orchestra.

Ruders lives a spartan life in the countryside of Denmark. The isolation has afforded him the opportunity to produce a deep and highly varied catalog which includes five operas, 45 symphonic works and concertos, and dozens of chamber and solo pieces. The music of Poul Ruders has been well-documented by the record labels DaCapo (Denmark) and Bridge (USA), and is published by Edition Wilhelm Hansen, Copenhagen.

In 2019, Poul Ruders will celebrate his 70th birthday with the world premiere of his newest opera, The Thirteenth Child, staged by the Santa Fe Opera. Prior to the premiere, Bridge Records will release a studio recording of the two act ‘fairytale’ opera. Also on tap in 2018/2019 are new productions in the USA and Europe of Ruders’s best known opera, The Handmaid’s Tale after the dystopian novel by Margaret Atwood.


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01.
Drokan's Warning
03:29
(Poul Ruders) Sarah Shafer, Tamara Mumford, David Portillo, Matt Boehler, Ashraf Sewailam, Alasdair Kent, Alex Rosen, Amber Evans, Odense Symfoniorkester
02.
Our House Endures
02:25
(Poul Ruders) Sarah Shafer, Tamara Mumford, David Portillo, Matt Boehler, Ashraf Sewailam, Alasdair Kent, Alex Rosen, Amber Evans, Odense Symfoniorkester
03.
The Softest Spoken
02:20
(Poul Ruders) Sarah Shafer, Tamara Mumford, David Portillo, Matt Boehler, Ashraf Sewailam, Alasdair Kent, Alex Rosen, Amber Evans, Odense Symfoniorkester
04.
What is this Madness?
01:37
(Poul Ruders) Sarah Shafer, Tamara Mumford, David Portillo, Matt Boehler, Ashraf Sewailam, Alasdair Kent, Alex Rosen, Amber Evans, Odense Symfoniorkester
05.
Lilies, Red as Blood
03:53
(Poul Ruders) Sarah Shafer, Tamara Mumford, David Portillo, Matt Boehler, Ashraf Sewailam, Alasdair Kent, Alex Rosen, Amber Evans, Odense Symfoniorkester
06.
The Night Air Groans
02:51
(Poul Ruders) Sarah Shafer, Tamara Mumford, David Portillo, Matt Boehler, Ashraf Sewailam, Alasdair Kent, Alex Rosen, Amber Evans, Odense Symfoniorkester
07.
The Trembling of the Earth
01:31
(Poul Ruders) Sarah Shafer, Tamara Mumford, David Portillo, Matt Boehler, Ashraf Sewailam, Alasdair Kent, Alex Rosen, Amber Evans, Odense Symfoniorkester
08.
Interlude I
00:43
(Poul Ruders) Sarah Shafer, Tamara Mumford, David Portillo, Matt Boehler, Ashraf Sewailam, Alasdair Kent, Alex Rosen, Amber Evans, Odense Symfoniorkester
09.
Hjarne's Funeral
05:07
(Poul Ruders) Sarah Shafer, Tamara Mumford, David Portillo, Matt Boehler, Ashraf Sewailam, Alasdair Kent, Alex Rosen, Amber Evans, Odense Symfoniorkester
10.
Interlude II
00:42
(Poul Ruders) Sarah Shafer, Tamara Mumford, David Portillo, Matt Boehler, Ashraf Sewailam, Alasdair Kent, Alex Rosen, Amber Evans, Odense Symfoniorkester
11.
Twelve Brothers
04:42
(Poul Ruders) Sarah Shafer, Tamara Mumford, David Portillo, Matt Boehler, Ashraf Sewailam, Alasdair Kent, Alex Rosen, Amber Evans, Odense Symfoniorkester
12.
The Lilies of Frohagord
05:20
(Poul Ruders) Sarah Shafer, Tamara Mumford, David Portillo, Matt Boehler, Ashraf Sewailam, Alasdair Kent, Alex Rosen, Amber Evans, Odense Symfoniorkester
13.
Interlude III
00:26
(Poul Ruders) Sarah Shafer, Tamara Mumford, David Portillo, Matt Boehler, Ashraf Sewailam, Alasdair Kent, Alex Rosen, Amber Evans, Odense Symfoniorkester
14.
Oh, Mother
04:22
(Poul Ruders) Sarah Shafer, Tamara Mumford, David Portillo, Matt Boehler, Ashraf Sewailam, Alasdair Kent, Alex Rosen, Amber Evans, Odense Symfoniorkester
15.
The Forest
07:05
(Poul Ruders) Sarah Shafer, Tamara Mumford, David Portillo, Matt Boehler, Ashraf Sewailam, Alasdair Kent, Alex Rosen, Amber Evans, Odense Symfoniorkester
16.
Food Song
02:07
(Poul Ruders) Sarah Shafer, Tamara Mumford, David Portillo, Matt Boehler, Ashraf Sewailam, Alasdair Kent, Alex Rosen, Amber Evans, Odense Symfoniorkester
17.
A Riddle
01:42
(Poul Ruders) Sarah Shafer, Tamara Mumford, David Portillo, Matt Boehler, Ashraf Sewailam, Alasdair Kent, Alex Rosen, Amber Evans, Odense Symfoniorkester
18.
My Secret
03:11
(Poul Ruders) Sarah Shafer, Tamara Mumford, David Portillo, Matt Boehler, Ashraf Sewailam, Alasdair Kent, Alex Rosen, Amber Evans, Odense Symfoniorkester
19.
The Spell
06:33
(Poul Ruders) Sarah Shafer, Tamara Mumford, David Portillo, Matt Boehler, Ashraf Sewailam, Alasdair Kent, Alex Rosen, Amber Evans, Odense Symfoniorkester
20.
Interlude IV
00:25
(Poul Ruders) Sarah Shafer, Tamara Mumford, David Portillo, Matt Boehler, Ashraf Sewailam, Alasdair Kent, Alex Rosen, Amber Evans, Odense Symfoniorkester
21.
Light and Shadows
02:05
(Poul Ruders) Sarah Shafer, Tamara Mumford, David Portillo, Matt Boehler, Ashraf Sewailam, Alasdair Kent, Alex Rosen, Amber Evans, Odense Symfoniorkester
22.
Frederic's Return
02:12
(Poul Ruders) Sarah Shafer, Tamara Mumford, David Portillo, Matt Boehler, Ashraf Sewailam, Alasdair Kent, Alex Rosen, Amber Evans, Odense Symfoniorkester
23.
Keep My Beloved Safe
01:20
(Poul Ruders) Sarah Shafer, Tamara Mumford, David Portillo, Matt Boehler, Ashraf Sewailam, Alasdair Kent, Alex Rosen, Amber Evans, Odense Symfoniorkester
24.
Fierce Winds of Change
03:45
(Poul Ruders) Sarah Shafer, Tamara Mumford, David Portillo, Matt Boehler, Ashraf Sewailam, Alasdair Kent, Alex Rosen, Amber Evans, Odense Symfoniorkester
25.
The Lilies Bloom
04:14
(Poul Ruders) Sarah Shafer, Tamara Mumford, David Portillo, Matt Boehler, Ashraf Sewailam, Alasdair Kent, Alex Rosen, Amber Evans, Odense Symfoniorkester
26.
The Shadows Lift
02:06
(Poul Ruders) Sarah Shafer, Tamara Mumford, David Portillo, Matt Boehler, Ashraf Sewailam, Alasdair Kent, Alex Rosen, Amber Evans, Odense Symfoniorkester
27.
Together We Will Heal
01:23
(Poul Ruders) Sarah Shafer, Tamara Mumford, David Portillo, Matt Boehler, Ashraf Sewailam, Alasdair Kent, Alex Rosen, Amber Evans, Odense Symfoniorkester
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