ゴッズ&モンスターズ ～ 神話と伝説によるドイツ歌曲集

バッハ・コレギウム・ジャパンとの共演で話題のテノール!
アメリカ古楽界のスター、ニコラス・パーン!

ブーレーズ&シカゴ響のストラヴィンスキー「プルチネッラ」でグラミー賞を受賞したアメリカのテノール、ニコラス・パーン。2016年9月にバッハ・コレギウム・ジャパンに初登場し話題のニコラス・パーンの新録音は、「Gods & Monsters」と題された、神話と伝説に基づくテキストの歌曲集。ニューヨーク・タイムズによって「アメリカ古楽界のスター」と称されたテノールが、ベートーヴェン、ブラームス、マーラー、メンデルスゾーン、シューベルト、シューマン、ヴォルフら、ドイツ&オーストリアの偉大な作曲家たちによるドイツ・リートを歌います。
東京エムプラス

This release earned a Best Classical Solo Vocal nomination from the U.S. Grammy Awards for 2018, and its strength is immediately apparent. Art song is often thought of as a repertory mostly for connoisseurs, but American tenor Nicholas Phan not only puts it across convincingly, he has even, as he explains, done so for children and school audiences. The key is the Gods & Monsters program, which is unique, and which indeed appeals to children with its "Things That Go Bump in the Night" section (tracks ten through 13). For adults, the appeal is that Phan's concept links the whole German Romantic movement together with its focus on supernatural themes, and the music runs from Schubert (and even Beethoven) forward to Mahler and Wolf and back again. Phan's voice is well suited to the intimate concept of the recital, and Avie's engineers, working at the somehow appropriate Skywalker Sound, likewise contribute to the overall effect. Another strength is the tumultuous playing of accompanist Myra Huang, entirely attuned to the activist role required in this repertory. In fact, she tends to overshadow Phan a bit in his not particularly powerful lower register, but she's impressive throughout. Sample anywhere in the "Knights & Kings" section (tracks five through nine) for a taste of the storytelling-night function that was once closely involved with lieder.