Canto Ergo Sum
CLASSICAL BOY SOPRANO WITH SOLO RECORDING
When the time came for Benjamin Isachsen to find a title for this CD, he suddenly lit on the idea of putting a slightly new twist on Descartes’ famous maxim on doubting, thinking, and being. You see, singing for Benjamin is about being alive, being free, fully realizing himself. He sings, therefore he is. “When I sing,” Benjamin says, “I feel an inner calm, as though I am floating, floating in full control.”
The CD presents a broad repertoire within the classical music genre with reference both to musical periods and to language and tradition. Descartes proceeded from doubt to thought and concluded that he existed. Good art which survives does not create itself. Art is born out of a disruption we may call doubt. The musical works presented here originate perhaps from a different kind of doubt and inner struggle than that with which Descartes was so absorbed. Yet, the sustainability of the songs suggests that they are capable of encompassing doubt and disruption in a way that can also fortify us and give us life. These pieces leave us with the feeling of being alive
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1 Air - How beautiful are the feet from -Messiah - 02:41
George Frideric Händel
2 Ich halte treulich still BW V 466 from Geistliche Lieder 01:44
Bach, Johann Sebastian / Anon poem: J.H.Till
3 Ave Maria 03:07
Bach, Johann Sebastian - Gounod
4 Pie Jesu from \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Requiem\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" 02:55
Gabriel Fauré
5 Cantilena from \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Jeremia\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" 03:14
Kverno, Trond - poem: Eivind Skeie
6 Benedictus from \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Missa Brevis Sti. Joannis de Deo\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" 04:20
Joseph Haydn
7 Ave Maria Ellens dritter Gesang 04:38
(Hymne an die Jungfrau), op.52. No.6.
Schubert, Franz
8 Og Natta ror sin lette båt 03:02
Kjell Mørk Karlsen - arr. Magne H. Draagen - poem: Åse-Marie Nesse
9 Nunc Dimittis 02:29
Burgon, Geoffrey
10 O For The Wings Of A Dove from \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Hear my prayer\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" 05:13
Mendelssohn, Felix - Arr. Martin Neary
11 Bist du bei mir BW V 508 from Geistliche Lieder 02:04
Bach, Johann Sebastian - Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel
12 I himmelen, i himmelen 03:29
Folktune from Heddal - Arr. Kåre Nordstoga - poem: Laurentius L. Laurinus
13 Nun ruhen alle Wälder Symphonischer Choral
für Orgel mit obliga ter Violin - und Singstimme op.87, No.3 14:51
Sigfrid Karg-Elert poem: Paul Gerhardt
Additional information
| Catalogue No. | LWC1004 |
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| Primary Artist | Benjamin Isachsen (soprano), Berit Cardas (violin), Magne H. Draagen (organ) |
| Composer | Elert, Felix Mendelssohn, Franz Joseph Haydn, Franz Schubert, Gabriel Fauré, Geoffrey Burgon, George Frideric Handel, Johann Sebastian Bach, Kjell Mørk Karlsen, Sigfrid Karg, Trond Kverno |
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| Physical Format | CD |
| Label | LAWO Classics |