Nuria Rial - Vocalise (2018) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

The two-time ECHO classical winner Nuria Rial is not only one of the most important singers of early music, but has long been thrilled with her velvety and expressive voice also with compositions from the 20th and 21st centuries. These are on the program of their album "Vocalise" with the renowned 8 Cellists of the Sinfonieorchester Basel.

At the center: Astor Piazzolla's famous cycle "Las Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas" ("The Four Seasons of the Port", meaning that of Buenos Aires), but also one of Villa-Lobos' Bach homages, "Bachianas Brasileiras", in particular the selected elegiac-ariose No. 5 belongs to the most popular compositions of the Brazilian.

From the Catalan home of Nuria Rial you can hear the legendary folk song "El cant dels ocells" (song of the birds). Legendary because cellist Pablo Casals thus always ended his concerts in exile (after the Spanish Civil War in 1936). Another highlight is the world premiere recording of the work "Vocal Ice", an impressive composition by Spaniard Bernat Vivancos.

Tracklist:
01. Four Seasons for Cello Octet: I. Summer
02. Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5, W389: I. Aria (Cantilena)
03. Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5, W389: II. Dança (Martelo)
04. Four Seasons for Cello Octet: II. Autumn
05. Four Seasons for Cello Octet: III. Winter
06. Vocal Ice for Soprano Solo and Cello Octet
07. El Cant dels ocells (Popular Catalan Song for Soprano Solo and Cello Octet)
08. Four Seasons for Cello Octet: IV. Spring

Composers:
Piazzólla, Astor (1921-92)
Villa-Lobos, Heitor (1887-1959)
Vivancos, Bernat (b.1973)

Personnel:
Nuria Rial, soprano
8 Cellists of the Sinfonieorchester Basel