Lang / Lorelei Ensemble / Willer - Love Fail (CD)
David Lang composed Love Fail in 2012 for the vocal quartet Anonymous 4; the work was conceived as a rumination on the timelessness of love, weaving together details from the story of Tristan and Isolde with more modern sources. This newly expanded choral arrangement, performed by the renowned Lorelei Ensemble and conducted by Beth Willer, adds haunting texture and power, as well as a more fully rounded sound, to Lang's austere original. Praised for their "impeccable musicality and pure-voiced precision" by the Boston Globe after the 2016 premiere of this version for women's chorus, Lorelei brings that same unmatched skill to the recording. From the hypnotic layers of the opening "he was and she was" to the almost devoutly meditative mood of "Head, Heart," there's an immediate sense of having captured an entirely new way of experiencing one of Lang's most soulful and mysterious works.
Tracklist:
- Love Fail (Version For Women's Chorus): I. He Was And She Was
- Love Fail (Version For Women's Chorus): Break No. 1 "Three Years"
- Love Fail (Version For Women's Chorus): II. Dureth
- Love Fail (Version For Women's Chorus): III. A Different Man
- Love Fail (Version For Women's Chorus): IV. The Wood And The Vine
- Love Fail (Version For Women's Chorus): V. Right And Wrong
- Love Fail (Version For Women's Chorus): VI. You Will Love Me
- Love Fail (Version For Women's Chorus): VII. Forbidden Subjects
- Love Fail (Version For Women's Chorus): VIII. As Love Grows Stronger
- Love Fail (Version For Women's Chorus): Break No. 2 "Instrumental"
- Love Fail (Version For Women's Chorus): IX. The Outing
- Love Fail (Version For Women's Chorus): X. I Live In Pain
- Love Fail (Version For Women's Chorus): XI. Head, Heart
- Love Fail (Version For Women's Chorus): Break No. 3 "If I Have To Drown"
- Love Fail (Version For Women's Chorus): XII. Mild, Light
UPC: 713746315825
Label: Cantaloupe
Release Date: 7.3.20
Format: CD
Description
David Lang composed Love Fail in 2012 for the vocal quartet Anonymous 4; the work was conceived as a rumination on the timelessness of love, weaving together details from the story of Tristan and Isolde with more modern sources. This newly expanded choral arrangement, performed by the renowned Lorelei Ensemble and conducted by Beth Willer, adds haunting texture and power, as well as a more fully rounded sound, to Lang's austere original. Praised for their "impeccable musicality and pure-voiced precision" by the Boston Globe after the 2016 premiere of this version for women's chorus, Lorelei brings that same unmatched skill to the recording. From the hypnotic layers of the opening "he was and she was" to the almost devoutly meditative mood of "Head, Heart," there's an immediate sense of having captured an entirely new way of experiencing one of Lang's most soulful and mysterious works.
Tracklist:
- Love Fail (Version For Women's Chorus): I. He Was And She Was
- Love Fail (Version For Women's Chorus): Break No. 1 "Three Years"
- Love Fail (Version For Women's Chorus): II. Dureth
- Love Fail (Version For Women's Chorus): III. A Different Man
- Love Fail (Version For Women's Chorus): IV. The Wood And The Vine
- Love Fail (Version For Women's Chorus): V. Right And Wrong
- Love Fail (Version For Women's Chorus): VI. You Will Love Me
- Love Fail (Version For Women's Chorus): VII. Forbidden Subjects
- Love Fail (Version For Women's Chorus): VIII. As Love Grows Stronger
- Love Fail (Version For Women's Chorus): Break No. 2 "Instrumental"
- Love Fail (Version For Women's Chorus): IX. The Outing
- Love Fail (Version For Women's Chorus): X. I Live In Pain
- Love Fail (Version For Women's Chorus): XI. Head, Heart
- Love Fail (Version For Women's Chorus): Break No. 3 "If I Have To Drown"
- Love Fail (Version For Women's Chorus): XII. Mild, Light
UPC: 713746315825
Label: Cantaloupe
Release Date: 7.3.20
Format: CD
