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Six Celan Songs • The Ballad of Kastriot Rexhepi | ||||
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Released | July 31, 2006 (UK) June 24, 2008 (United States) | |||
Recorded | 28 and 29 November November 2005,
Angel Recording Studios (Six Celan Songs) 20 January 2006, Angel Recording Studios (The Ballad of Kastriot Rexhepi) | |||
Genre | Art song, contemporary classical, minimalist music | |||
Length | 53:57 | |||
Language | German (Six Celan Songs) English (The Ballad of Kastriot Rexhepi) | |||
Label | MN Records | |||
Producer | Michael Nyman | |||
Michael Nyman chronology | ||||
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Six Celan Songs • The Ballad of Kastriot Rexhepi is the 54th album released by Michael Nyman, who composed and conducted both the works on the album. The first, a setting of poetry by Paul Celan, was originally recorded by Ute Lemper and the Michael Nyman Band on The Michael Nyman Songbook in 1991, and here the band is joined by Hilary Summers. The Ballad of Kastriot Rexhepi is a new work created with the artist Mary Kelly. This is performed by the soprano Sarah Leonard with The Nyman Quartet: Gabrielle Lester, Catherine Thompson, Kate Musker and Tony Hinnigan.
![]() | The topic of this article may not meet Wikipedia's
notability guideline for music. (October 2018) |
Six Celan Songs • The Ballad of Kastriot Rexhepi | ||||
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![]() | ||||
Studio album by | ||||
Released | July 31, 2006 (UK) June 24, 2008 (United States) | |||
Recorded | 28 and 29 November November 2005,
Angel Recording Studios (Six Celan Songs) 20 January 2006, Angel Recording Studios (The Ballad of Kastriot Rexhepi) | |||
Genre | Art song, contemporary classical, minimalist music | |||
Length | 53:57 | |||
Language | German (Six Celan Songs) English (The Ballad of Kastriot Rexhepi) | |||
Label | MN Records | |||
Producer | Michael Nyman | |||
Michael Nyman chronology | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
The Guardian | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Six Celan Songs • The Ballad of Kastriot Rexhepi is the 54th album released by Michael Nyman, who composed and conducted both the works on the album. The first, a setting of poetry by Paul Celan, was originally recorded by Ute Lemper and the Michael Nyman Band on The Michael Nyman Songbook in 1991, and here the band is joined by Hilary Summers. The Ballad of Kastriot Rexhepi is a new work created with the artist Mary Kelly. This is performed by the soprano Sarah Leonard with The Nyman Quartet: Gabrielle Lester, Catherine Thompson, Kate Musker and Tony Hinnigan.