Vox Balaenae e.a.w. (2006)/ Crumb, George

"This fine collection offers impressive performances that reveal George Crumb's broad expressive range within his own personal idiom. Vox Balaenae (Voice of the Whale) and Eleven Echoes of Autumn are the two biggest pieces, the former curiously "Eastern" in its opening flute arabesques, and at times playful, the latter darker and more harmonically challenging, but no less evocative. Federico's Little Songs for Children (1986) continues the composer's involvement with the magical poetry of Lorca. It's wonderfully scored for flutes and harp, and beautifully sung by Teri Dunn, who manages to make all of the noises Crumb demands with an aptly seductive timbre. An Idyll for the Misbegotten, for amplified flute and percussion, is the shortest piece, but it packs a lot of brooding atmosphere into its scant 10 minutes." (David Hurwitz, ClassicsToday; cijfers: 9/9; volg link voor complete tekst) Het Valerius Ensemble speelt zondag 13 december 2009 Vox Balaenae in het Muziekcentrum, Enschede.|