{"product_id":"raskatov-black-sun-sikorski","title":"Raskatov: Black Sun","description":"\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eComposer\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003ca href=\"\/fr\/collections\/alexander-raskatov\"\u003eAlexander Raskatov (1953-)\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cstrong class=\"original-instrumentation-title\"\u003eInstrumentation\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cspan class=\"original-instrumentation\"\u003ePiano, Soprano\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWork\u003c\/strong\u003e: Black Sun (2011)\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli class=\"binding hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWork language\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cspan class=\"book-language\"\u003eRussian (Cyrillic)\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISMN\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cspan class=\"book-barcode\"\u003e9790003044002\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSize\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cspan class=\"book-width\"\u003e8.3\u003c\/span\u003e x \u003cspan class=\"book-length\"\u003e11.6\u003c\/span\u003e inches\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli class=\"book-pages hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePages\u003c\/strong\u003e: None\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c!-- split --\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"one-half columns\"\u003e \u003ch4\u003eDescription\u003c\/h4\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"feature_divider\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn his 22-minute song cycle Black Sun, Alexander Raskatov sets seven poems by Ossip Mandelstam – haunting miniatures full of existential fear, metaphysical darkness and fleeting hope. Raskatov dedicated the work to Irina Shostakovich, the widow of Dmitri Shostakovich, with whom he had a long-standing personal friendship: \"How often did she recite poems to me on the telephone, including those by Mandelstam, by heart?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe chosen texts range through extreme emotional registers: from the nightmarish Pomogi, gospo to the grotesquely distorted Scherzo Ni gomori nikomu to the almost mystical enlightenment in O, kak zhe ja hochu. The finale, Zhil Alexander Herzovich, is a simple song line – and at the same time a hasidic dance in which everything seems to disappear.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRaskatov's musical realisation demands the utmost virtuosity, vocal flexibility and breadth of expression from the dramatic soprano voice. The piano part also oscillates between motoric energy and fine-nerved transparency - a duo of radical intensity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe premiere took place on June 29, 2024 as part of the Internationale Shostakovich Tage Gohrisch: with Elena Vassilieva (soprano) and Nathalia Milstein (piano).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFacsimile of the composer's autograph manuscript\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Sikorski","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67817959424079,"sku":"SIK04400","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0900\/1828\/files\/40fb6b497374682097b14452c7d7b35b.jpg?v=1792526883","url":"https:\/\/www.ficksmusic.com\/fr\/products\/raskatov-black-sun-sikorski","provider":"Ficks Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}