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Ruiz Venus & Adonis
Rodrigo Ruiz

Grace Davidson | George Herbert

Ruiz Venus & Adonis

Price: € 19.95
Format: CD
Label: Signum Classics
UPC: 0635212087626
Catnr: SIGCD 876
Release date: 27 September 2024
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Label
Signum Classics
UPC
0635212087626
Catalogue number
SIGCD 876
Release date
27 September 2024
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About the album

Venus & Adonis is the premiere recording of the eponymous song cycle by Billboard-charting composer Rodrigo Ruiz. Released to celebrate William Shakespeare’s 460th anniversary, this album is a tribute to the poet’s unmatched inspiration. When the composition was finished in 2020, Venus & Adonis became the first song cycle known to be written by a Mexican composer, as well as the only known song cycle (in English or otherwise) set entirely to Shakespeare's texts. Despite the newness of the cycle, the music lacks no lyricism and will gladden singers, pianists, artistic directors and all those longing to perform and programme such lyrical and well-crafted music. These seventeen songs, performed by British duo Grace Davidson (soprano) and George Herbert (piano), exemplify the enormous variety of expression that Ruiz is able to conjure in his writing, making of Venus & Adonis a truly exciting and refreshing addition to the art song tradition —one that will touch audiences and musicians alike.

Artist(s)

Rodrigo Ruiz

Hailed as ‘an astonishing composing talent’ (Apple Music), Rodrigo Ruiz’s music, streamed in 150 countries in the five inhabited continents of the globe, fills a void left by most new music. This ‘unabashedly tonal’ (BBC Music Magazine) and ‘impeccably crafted [music]’ (Apple Music), instantly appeals to musicians and audiences alike, but doesn’t wear after repeated listening. Perhaps this explains why it is in high demand amongst top artists and ensembles around the world. Rodrigo’s award-winning compositions are published by Universal Edition, with recent commissions coming from soprano Grace Davidson, violinist Kerenza Peacock, violist Ismel Campos, and Mexico’s National System of Musical Endowment (SNFM). His works have been performed in three continents by world-class musicians and ensembles the likes of Huw Watkins...
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Hailed as ‘an astonishing composing talent’ (Apple Music), Rodrigo Ruiz’s music, streamed in 150 countries in the five inhabited continents of the globe, fills a void left by most new music. This ‘unabashedly tonal’ (BBC Music Magazine) and ‘impeccably crafted [music]’ (Apple Music), instantly appeals to musicians and audiences alike, but doesn’t wear after repeated listening. Perhaps this explains why it is in high demand amongst top artists and ensembles around the world.

Rodrigo’s award-winning compositions are published by Universal Edition, with recent commissions coming from soprano Grace Davidson, violinist Kerenza Peacock, violist Ismel Campos, and Mexico’s National System of Musical Endowment (SNFM). His works have been performed in three continents by world-class musicians and ensembles the likes of Huw Watkins MBE, Laura van der Heijden (BBC Young Musician Award 2012), Christopher Glynn (GRAMMY® Award Winner), Francesca Chiejina, Jocelyn Freeman, Orquesta Sinfónica del Estado de México, Alison Farr, Massimo Spada, José Miguel Rodilla, Iván del Prado and Rodrigo Sierra Moncayo, to name a few.

As part of Signum Classics star-studded artist roster he made his debut in 2021 on the Billboard Classical Charts with his album Behold the Stars, which quickly positioned itself as iTunes UK № 2 Bestseller, and iTunes US № 3 Bestseller; it was included in Apple Music’s Top 10 Albums of the Month, and given a stellar review (★★★★) from BBC Music Magazine.

In 2002, just shy of 14 at the time, the Mexican composer won the State of Baja California’s Outstanding Composition Award at the Second Piano Biennal Competition. In 2008, still in his teens, he became the first generation of Young Artist Fellows at Talentos Artísticos: Valores de Baja California, a programme of Mexico’s Cultural Institute of Baja California (ICBC).

Rodrigo holds a Bachelor of Music cum laude in Piano Performance from Lawrence University and a Master of Music in Orchestral Conducting from the University of Michigan where he was the recipient of the merit-based scholarship of the School of Music, Theatre and Dance, studying under Kenneth Kiesler. He then spent five years specialising in composition under the eminent Francesco Telli of the Conservatorio Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome, Italy. Later, through the generous help of the prestigious Joseph Campbell Scholarship, he attended the intensive Mythological Studies programme at Pacifica Graduate Institute during 2020/21.

Besides composing, Rodrigo conducts —he was assistant conductor in Naxos Records’ recording of Milhaud: L’Orestie d’Eschyle, nominated for the 2015 GRAMMY® Awards for Best Opera Recording— and writes about music and mythology. He is fascinated by literature and languages; he speaks fluent Spanish, English, French and Italian, as well as some German.


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Composer(s)

Rodrigo Ruiz

Hailed as ‘an astonishing composing talent’ (Apple Music), Rodrigo Ruiz’s music, streamed in 150 countries in the five inhabited continents of the globe, fills a void left by most new music. This ‘unabashedly tonal’ (BBC Music Magazine) and ‘impeccably crafted [music]’ (Apple Music), instantly appeals to musicians and audiences alike, but doesn’t wear after repeated listening. Perhaps this explains why it is in high demand amongst top artists and ensembles around the world. Rodrigo’s award-winning compositions are published by Universal Edition, with recent commissions coming from soprano Grace Davidson, violinist Kerenza Peacock, violist Ismel Campos, and Mexico’s National System of Musical Endowment (SNFM). His works have been performed in three continents by world-class musicians and ensembles the likes of Huw Watkins...
more

Hailed as ‘an astonishing composing talent’ (Apple Music), Rodrigo Ruiz’s music, streamed in 150 countries in the five inhabited continents of the globe, fills a void left by most new music. This ‘unabashedly tonal’ (BBC Music Magazine) and ‘impeccably crafted [music]’ (Apple Music), instantly appeals to musicians and audiences alike, but doesn’t wear after repeated listening. Perhaps this explains why it is in high demand amongst top artists and ensembles around the world.

Rodrigo’s award-winning compositions are published by Universal Edition, with recent commissions coming from soprano Grace Davidson, violinist Kerenza Peacock, violist Ismel Campos, and Mexico’s National System of Musical Endowment (SNFM). His works have been performed in three continents by world-class musicians and ensembles the likes of Huw Watkins MBE, Laura van der Heijden (BBC Young Musician Award 2012), Christopher Glynn (GRAMMY® Award Winner), Francesca Chiejina, Jocelyn Freeman, Orquesta Sinfónica del Estado de México, Alison Farr, Massimo Spada, José Miguel Rodilla, Iván del Prado and Rodrigo Sierra Moncayo, to name a few.

As part of Signum Classics star-studded artist roster he made his debut in 2021 on the Billboard Classical Charts with his album Behold the Stars, which quickly positioned itself as iTunes UK № 2 Bestseller, and iTunes US № 3 Bestseller; it was included in Apple Music’s Top 10 Albums of the Month, and given a stellar review (★★★★) from BBC Music Magazine.

In 2002, just shy of 14 at the time, the Mexican composer won the State of Baja California’s Outstanding Composition Award at the Second Piano Biennal Competition. In 2008, still in his teens, he became the first generation of Young Artist Fellows at Talentos Artísticos: Valores de Baja California, a programme of Mexico’s Cultural Institute of Baja California (ICBC).

Rodrigo holds a Bachelor of Music cum laude in Piano Performance from Lawrence University and a Master of Music in Orchestral Conducting from the University of Michigan where he was the recipient of the merit-based scholarship of the School of Music, Theatre and Dance, studying under Kenneth Kiesler. He then spent five years specialising in composition under the eminent Francesco Telli of the Conservatorio Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome, Italy. Later, through the generous help of the prestigious Joseph Campbell Scholarship, he attended the intensive Mythological Studies programme at Pacifica Graduate Institute during 2020/21.

Besides composing, Rodrigo conducts —he was assistant conductor in Naxos Records’ recording of Milhaud: L’Orestie d’Eschyle, nominated for the 2015 GRAMMY® Awards for Best Opera Recording— and writes about music and mythology. He is fascinated by literature and languages; he speaks fluent Spanish, English, French and Italian, as well as some German.


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01.
Venus & Adonis, R. 10: I. A thousand honey secrets
02:46
(Rodrigo Ruiz) George Herbert, Grace Davidson
02.
Venus & Adonis, R. 10: II. Frosty in desire
03:39
(Rodrigo Ruiz) Grace Davidson, George Herbert
03.
Venus & Adonis, R. 10: III. This countless debt
01:01
(Rodrigo Ruiz) Grace Davidson, George Herbert
04.
Venus & Adonis, R. 10: IV. A spirit all of fire
05:35
(Rodrigo Ruiz) Grace Davidson, George Herbert
05.
Venus & Adonis, R. 10: V. No more of love
02:31
(Rodrigo Ruiz) Grace Davidson, George Herbert
06.
Venus & Adonis, R. 10: VI. The pleasant fountains
02:19
(Rodrigo Ruiz) Grace Davidson, George Herbert
07.
Venus & Adonis, R. 10: VII. Give me my hand
02:07
(Rodrigo Ruiz) Grace Davidson, George Herbert
08.
Venus & Adonis, R. 10: VIII. So he will kiss her still
01:39
(Rodrigo Ruiz) Grace Davidson, George Herbert
09.
Venus & Adonis, R. 10: IX. In earth or heaven?
05:47
(Rodrigo Ruiz) Grace Davidson, George Herbert
10.
Venus & Adonis, R. 10: X. Bestowed in vain
02:41
(Rodrigo Ruiz) Grace Davidson, George Herbert
11.
Venus & Adonis, R. 10: XI. A churlish swine
03:16
(Rodrigo Ruiz) Grace Davidson, George Herbert
12.
Venus & Adonis, R. 10: XII. Good night
01:25
(Rodrigo Ruiz) Grace Davidson, George Herbert
13.
Venus & Adonis, R. 10: XIII. Confounded in the dark
01:35
(Rodrigo Ruiz) Grace Davidson, George Herbert
14.
Venus & Adonis, R. 10: XIV. The gentle lark
02:15
(Rodrigo Ruiz) Grace Davidson, George Herbert
15.
Venus & Adonis, R. 10: XV. The foul boar’s conquest
03:39
(Rodrigo Ruiz) Grace Davidson, George Herbert
16.
Venus & Adonis, R. 10: XVI. Two lamps burnt out
03:29
(Rodrigo Ruiz) Grace Davidson, George Herbert
17.
Venus & Adonis, R. 10: XVII. My sweet love’s flower
03:23
(Rodrigo Ruiz) Grace Davidson, George Herbert
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