Osvaldo Golijov: Oceana

Osvaldo Golijov: Oceana

Osvaldo Golijov: Oceana
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Composer: Osvaldo Golijov
Conductor: Robert Spano
Orchestra: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
Performer: Jay Anderson
Performer: John Dearman
Performer: Scott Tennant
Performer: Elizabeth Remy Johnson
Performer: Jamey Haddad
Performer: Dawn Upshaw
Performer: Luciana Souza
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
CD Release Date: 2007-07-10
Music Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Product features:
  • UPSHAW / SOUZA / KRONOS / ATLANTA S. O. GOLIJOV: OCEANA
Soundtracks:
  1. Call
  2. First Wave: 'Oceana Nupical, Cadera De Las Islas' - Rain Train Interlude
  3. Second Wave: 'Quiero Oir Lo Invisible'
  4. Second Call
  5. Third Wave: 'Oceana, Reclina Tu Noche En El Castillo'
  6. Aria: 'Tengo Hambre De No Ser Sino Piedra Marina'
  7. Chorale Of the Reef: 'Oceana, Dame Las Conchas Del Arrecife'
  8. I
  9. II
  10. Night Of the Flying Horses: Close Your Eyes - Doina - Gallop
  11. Lua Descolorida
  12. How Slow the Wind

Music reviews of Osvaldo Golijov: Oceana

Music Review: The songs are the high point; the main event is trendy to a fault
Rating: 3 Stars

Golijov is in danger of being priased for music that strikes me as glib and slick. The main work here, "Ocieana,' begins with a blatant appeal of pop taste: strumming guitars against a taped background of waves softly lapping the shore. I can't consider this a serious effort. The subsequent chorale parts hark back to Golijo's breakthrough work, the St. Mark Passion, with various Latin rhythms and lots of shouting in the manner of uncultivated folk singing. It's an idiom that he has taken to the bank a few times too often. If you listen past the sound effects and the atmospheric jazz singing by soloist Luciana Souza (which is set to run-of-the-mill Brazilian riffs), it's hard to hear what the shouting is about except for the desperation among classical record companies to manufacture a crossover hit.

Matters improve musically in the second half of the program. Golojov's strength lies in somber moodmaking and plaintive vocal lines based on klezmer, Sephardic, and NOrth African sources. We get the mournful part in Tenebrae, a two-movement elegy for string quartet. It's quite conservative compared with similar efforts from Ligeti, Lutoslawski, and others, but the arching melodic ines feel sincere and bring moving results.

I was waiting, however, for the three songs that end the CD, having heard a smapling here in Santa Fe two summers ago. Dawn UPshaw has proved to be Golijov's greatest champion, and here again she captures his mournful tone beautifully. All three songs are on the high level of Upshaw's last Golijov release, Ayre. The powerful symphonic music that accompanies the songs is conducted with commitment by Robert Spano. As stand-alones, these songs fully deserve five stars, and yet I wonder how such a capable composer can be satisfied with semi-junk like Oceana.
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Description of Osvaldo Golijov: Oceana

Oceana is the key work of this album, a composition for orchestra, three guitars, harp and voice, filled with Latin and jazz sounds. It is performed by the acclaimed Los Angeles Guitar Quartet, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra under conductor Robert Spano (also on Ainadamar), and the multiple Grammy® nominated Brazilian jazz singer Luciana Souza. This piece was Golijov's first commission of a choral work in the spirit of J.S. Bach and became a source of inspiration for La Pasión según San Marcos (St. Mark Passion), a future release on DG.

Tenebrae is a collaboration with the famous Kronos Quartet--one of the most influential ensembles of our time. The meditative work in two movements "is about pain," says Golijov, "but pain seen from inside and from a distance." Despite being Golijov's reflection on today's tormented world, Tenebrae is a work of radiant beauty that offers consolation and a prayer for peace.

This stunning new CD of music by Argentine composer Osvaldo Golijov is a beauty. The title work, Oceana, is scored for instruments (with prominent guitars and percussion), chorus, and solo vocalist (here, the remarkable samba and jazz stylist Luciana Souza). It sets a poem by Pablo Neruda that praises the transcendent power and beauty of the ocean. Filled with dancing rhythms, the work ebbs and flows, ever-moving and fascinating at every turn. The Kronos Quartet then plays Tenebrae, a two-movement lamentation with long, almost Verdian melodies. Three Songs, sung by Dawn Upshaw, ends the CD. One is a tale about the sad fate of Jews and Gypsies during World War II. The second, "Colorless Moon," is a stunning dirge, and the last, a poem by Emily Dickinson, is also a lament about the inevitability of death. Please don't assume from these descriptions that this disc is depressing. This is stunning, original music that uplifts, and it is performed superbly by all involved. A must. --Robert Levine

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