JACOB TER VELDHUIS (b. 1951)

premiere recording

Paradiso

A video oratorio for soprano, tenor, sampler, female choir and orchestra

Text by Dante Alighieri and Jacob ter Veldhuis

First performed on 12 September 2001 at the Helpman Centrale, Groningen, The Netherlands

1

I

To Ignition

3:26

2

II

Aurora

6:11

3

III

Cielo del Sole

2:36

4

IV

Cielo della Luna

1:55

5

V

Heaven on Earth

10:54

6

VI

A Sound from Heaven!

3:50

7

VII

Garden of Eden

6:42

8

VIII

Heaven of Love

3:53

9

IX

Heaven of Lust

3:10

10

X

Cielo di Saturno

1:40

11

XI

Heaven of Religion

4:47

12

XII

Nirvana

2:43

13

XIII

Luce Divina

5:30

14

XIV

Heaven of Narcotics

2:28

15

XV

Primo Mobile

8:54

16

XVI

Empireo

4:19

Also available as SACD CHSA 5012

Claron McFadden soprano - Beatrice

Tom Allen tenor - Dante

Karel Gerritsma sampler

Pulsatu video

Alexander Liebreich