Neither


Artist: Morton Feldman

Label: Col Legno

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Year: 2000
Format: CD

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The opera Neither (1977) is one of the few text-based compositions in Morton Feldman's rather extensive and very idiosyncratic canon. As in his other vocal works (among the few are 1947's Journey to the End of the Night and Three Voices for Solo Voice of 1982), Feldman makes use of the human voice as merely another instrument, albeit one with its own peculiar tone. The "libretto" of Neither is a 17-line poem by Samuel Beckett and though the text remains unchanged throughout this 56-minute work, the actual intonation of the words themselves is so stretched out by the soloist that the words lose all syntactical meaning. As for the instrumental lines, both melody and motion are reduced to zero--and this is what Feldman is known for and it's what makes his music all the more interesting. The performances of both orchestra and soloist are quite good here, with a special note of praise for soprano Petra Hoffman whose voice is particularly affecting.

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Neither by Morton Feldman
Conductor: Kwamé Ryan
Orchestra/Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

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