テラ・マーテル

クリスティーナ・プルハー&ラルペッジャータ巧みに創り上げる独自の融合の世界による自然への讃歌。環境活動家のグレタ・トゥーンベリの母親でオペラ歌手のマレーナ・エルンマンが共演!

自然への賛歌が、比類なきクリスティーナ・プルハーのビジョンのもとに描かれます。プログラムには、スウェーデンの卓越したメゾ・ソプラノ、マレーナ・エルンマンを迎え、四方の風をテーマに展開されます! これは、プルハーの指揮のもと、ラルペッジャータが巧みに創り上げる独自の融合の世界です――海の轟き、陽光のカナリオス、カッコウやナイチンゲールの歌声、囁きや嵐を取り入れたパフォーマンスです。バロックのレパートリー、伝統音楽、そして即興演奏を織り交ぜたこのプログラムは、声楽と器楽の芸術性を鮮やかに祝福し、豊かな大地への敬意を体現します。

メゾ・ソプラノのマレーナ・エルンマンは、スウェーデンのオペラ歌手。オペラやオペレッタのほか、シャンソン、キャバレー、ジャズにも出演し、ミュージカルにも出演。スウェーデン王立音楽アカデミーの会員でもあります。1998年、ストックホルム王立歌劇場で上演された『セビリアの理髪師』や、1999年のドロットニングホルム宮殿劇場への出演以来高評価を得ており、様々なオペラなどに出演しています。彼女の娘は環境活動家のグレタ・トゥーンベリ。
ワーナーミュージック・ジャパン

For some, the attraction of this release may be the presence of mezzo-soprano Malena Ernman, the mother of internationally prominent climate activist Greta Thunberg; she has joined her daughter in refusing to fly on planes. One may note that from Stockholm to the Abbaye Saint-Michel en Thierache in Northern France, where the album was recorded, is a hefty 18 and a half hours by car, and likely more if one figures in local train connections. The booklet to this 2025 release by the historical performance group LArpeggiata and director Christina Pluhar begins with a dire essay about climate change (and the tracklist is adorned with a picture of a mouse). Otherwise, Thunberg is mentioned only in passing, and it seems fair to describe this album on its own terms. It consists of music relating to animals and nature, drawn from Italian Baroque opera and from traditional English song. Ernman has the kind of flexibility that makes her a good choice for this material. Her command of English is excellent, even by the standards of a country where a lot of it is spoken, and she gets the humor in the English songs, many of them originally published by John Playford. She is well served by her background, which is partly in cabaret song and jazz, but she is also strong in the Italian arias, many of which have a pastoral quality; they dont require a Renee Fleming but rather someone who is aware of what she is singing and brings commitment to it. Pluhar demurs that "music cant influence climate change," but the positive qualities of an album like this may do more to bring about useful new directions than any number of harangues. ~ James Manheim