Glanert, Detlev: Orlando furioso (Fifteen Songs) (2005)
for countertenor (or mezzo-soprano) and guitar (or piano)

Music Text  
Margareth Obexer, Angela di Ciriaco-Sussdorff (G)

World premiere complete
4/29/2005
Ballhaus Naunynstraße, Berlin
Aron Brieger, voice / Juliane Tief, gtr


World Premiere
11/29/2004
WDR 5, Köln
Yosemeh Adjei, voice / Axel Wolf, gtr


Programme Note      Deutsch
The songs attempt to recapture the narrative tone of an invented bygone troubadour age in new and colourful form. The mood ranges from the tender to the passionate, from the harmonious to the brusque. The counter-tenor, who objectively observes the events of the novel, enters the guise of a ballad singer who travels the courts of the world and relates people’s adventures, their strange meetings and great passions. (Thomas Tangler)

Recommended Recording
(interspersed in radio play, with excerpts from Argentum et Aurum)
Yosemeh Adjai, countertenor /  Axel Wolf, guitar / WDR Rundfunkorchester Köln / Helmuth Froschauer
Random House Audio 82876616762
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