The French-Cypriot soprano Sarah Aristidou joins Alpha and here presents her very first album. Twice named 'Best Newcomer' by Opernwelt for two contemporary creations, she is a favorite interpreter of J?rg Widmann who has already written two works for her, and has sung under the direction of Daniel Barenboim, Sir Simon Rattle and Fran?ois-Xavier Roth. Barenboim opened the doors of Berlin to her and the Orchester des Wandels (Orchestra of Change), a group of musicians from several German orchestras, including the Staatskapelle Berlin, who have set themselves the objective of practicing their art in a way that protects the planet: limiting the carbon footprint in all their activities, including this album. The disc packaging is plastic-free and printed with organic ink. Alpha also supports the reforestation program in Madagascar initiated by the orchestra. In addition to the encounter between the young singer and the unique orchestra, this project is also the result of Sarah's passion for Iceland (the land of Aether par excellence?). Along with the director and photographer Weronika Izdebska, she has created a film exalting the natural world which will be shown in Berlin in November 2022 as part of an installation presenting the entire program.
1. Un grand sommeil noir 2. Stabat mater, FP 148 (excerpts) 3. Stabat mater, FP 148: Fac ut portem 4. Lakm?, Act III: Sous le ciel tout ?toil? 5. N?ckens polska (arr. C. River for voice and baroque guitar) 6. Hamlet, Act IV: Le voil?, je crois l'entendre 7. Labyrinth No. 5 8. Pell?as et M?lisande (Pelleas and Melisande), Act III: Mes longs cheveux 9. Lakm?, Act II: O? va la jeune hindoue, "Bell Song" 10. Le rossignol (The Nightingale), Scene 2: The Porcelain Palace of the Chinese Emperor: Song of the Nightingale 11. The Tempest, Act I: Ariel's Song 12. Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno, HWV 46a, Part II: Aria: Tu del Ciel ministro eletto 13. Weisse Rose: Einmal noch mochte ich mit dir durch unsere Walder laufen (arr. for voice and flute) 14. Stabat mater, FP 148, Quando corpus
