Origins

by Lucie Horsch

Overview

It's been a while since the stardom days of Michala Petri (although she's very much still at it), and the major Decca label seems to have gone all in on the young recorder player Lucie Horsch, with high-fashion presentation and a budget that allowed the involvement of a wide variety of collaborators here. The latter is key in this collection of music with folk roots, which is the sense of the Origins title. Horsch seems to try to outdo herself in presenting a wide range of music. Even if Charlie Parker's Ornithology is not folk music, it reveals a certainly hitherto unsuspected suitability to the recorder. Astor Piazzolla, represented several times here, was not a folk musician either, and the recorder doesn't comfortably reproduce the bandoneon's spiky, percussive arpeggios, but it doesn't matter much. Horsch continues to delve into new territory with folkish concert music staples by Bartok, Stravinsky, and Peter Maxwell Davies, limpid traditional tunes like Simple Gifts and the Londonderry Air ("Danny Boy"), Latin American and Chinese pieces, and even two collaborations featuring kora player Bao Sissoko, which are lovely. Even if not everything works, one has the feeling of having traversed a lot of territory, and this is all to the good. Horsch deploys nine separate recorders, including two voice flutes, and Decca captures their sound very well at the Netherlands Radio Center in Hilversum. Recorder buffs will be excited about this bold, career-developing release from Horsch. ~ James Manheim

Product Details

Release Date:	10/28/2022
Label:	Decca
UPC:	0028948531929

Tracks

1. Ornithology
2. Libertango
3. Farewell to Stromness (from The Yellow Cake Revue)
4. Simple Gifts
5. Fuga y Misterio (from the opera Mar¿¿a de Buenos Aires)
6. Romanian Folk Dances, Sz. 56~I. Stick Dance. Allegro moderato
7. Romanian Folk Dances, Sz. 56~II. Sash Dance. Allegro
8. Romanian Folk Dances, Sz. 56~III. In One Spot. Andante
9. Romanian Folk Dances, Sz. 56~IV. Dance from Bucsum. Moderato
10. Romanian Folk Dances, Sz. 56~V. Romanian Polka. Allegro - VI. Fast Dance. Allegro
11. Syrinx L. 129 (137)
12. 3 Pieces for Solo Clarinet~No. 1
13. Mavra: Chanson russe (Russian maiden's song)
14. 3 Pieces for Solo Clarinet~No. 3
15. Histoire de Tango~Caf¿¿ 1930
16. Pa¿¿ona kolo
17. Chinesische Bilder: The Actor with the Monkey
18. 3 Folk Songs from Csik Sz. 35a
19. She Moved through the Fair
20. Londonderry Air / Danny Boy
21. Tilibo
22. Nyami
23. El diablo suelto (The Devil on the Loose)
24. Tico-Tico (Tico-Tico no fub¿¿)

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Lucie Horsch   Primary Artist,Recorder,Voice Flute,Sopranino Recorder
Bao Sissoko   Kora
Sean Shibe   Guitar
Fuse   Ensemble
Ludwig Orchestra   Orchestra
Dani Luca   Cimbalom
Carel Kraayenhof   Bandoneon

Technical Credits

Helen Lewis   Executive Producer
Isang Yun   Composer
Anne Schneider   Liner Note Translation
Joanne Baines   A&R
Dirk Overeem   Engineer
Andrew Stewart   Liner Notes
American Traditional   Composer
Daniel Fesquet   Liner Note Translation
Slovak Traditional   Composer
Max Knigge   Arranger
Frederick Morgan   Instrument Design
Jonathan Allen   Mixing,Recording Editor,Recording Producer
Heraclio Fernandez   Composer
Marijn van Prooijen   Arranger
Fumitaka Saito   Instrument Design
Friedrich von Huene   Instrument Design
Rob Horsting   Arranger
Peter Maxwell Davies   Composer
Dominic Fyfe   Executive Producer
Bob Marvin   Instrument Design
Simon Fowler   Photography
Bao Sissoko   Composer
Stephan Blezinger   Instrument Design
Lucie Horsch   Arranger,Composer
Seiji Hirao   Instrument Design
Trent Van Der Werf   Design
Jenny Stewart   Marketing
Dani Luca   Arranger
Charlie Parker   Composer
Igor Stravinsky   Composer
Bela Bartok   Composer
Zequinha de Abreu   Composer
Astor Piazzolla   Composer
Claude Debussy   Composer
Irish Traditional   Composer