program:
Vito Zuraj (* 1979)
[01] The Transformer for mixed choir and symphony orchestra (2018) 23:30
Libretto by Aleš Šteger
SWR vocal ensemble
Michael Alber, choir director
SWR Symphonieorchester
Brad Lubman, conductor
[02] i formationfor two orchestras and two conductors(2016) 18:18
Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne
Francois Xavier Roth, conductor
WDR Symphony Orchestra
Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor
Thierry Mechler, organ
Alavò for soprano, piano and groups of instruments (2017) 32:43
Libretto by Patrick Hahn
[03] 1 01:43
[04] 2 04:11
[05] 3 03:38
[06] 4 02:38
[07] 5 02:41
[08] 6 02:52
[09] 7 00:53
[10] 8 00:39
[11] 9 02:07
[12] 10 01:42
[13] 11 01:23
[14] 12 01:08
[15] 13 03:21
[16] 14 01:14
[17] 15 02:33
Rinnat Moriah, soprano
Jean-Frédéric Neuburger, piano
Karajan Academy of the Berlin Philharmonic
Stanley Dodds, conductor
Total playing time: 74:47
Live recordings of the premieres
Press:
June 2022
Powerful psychograms
Vito Žuraj's compositions would be ideally suited to send common prejudices against “new music” into the wilderness once and for all, they can appear so immediately sensual and often powerful in sound. The Slovenian composer is a master at making large sound apparatuses flow and staging orchestral mass movements with dramatic skill. […]
Dirk Wieschollek