Terrible house from Enchanted Time by Giedrius Alkauskas
is is the 8th Lied from the cycle “While there is still a road...”. Seven other songs were recorded on the first CD. The music is based on ostinato repetition of short motifs and gruesome piano accompaniment.
Tracklist
| 11. | Terrible house | 3:05 |
Lyrics
At night the doors of a wardrobe
Open like a coffin,
There is a black suit,
It swings as though hanged.
It swings in the moonlight,
It is black and headless,
It is terrifying to live
In such a house.
Credits
Vytautas Vepštas – Baritone
Marija Grikevičiūtė – Piano
Lyrics by Juozas Erlickas
License
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0. See the Creative Commons website for details.Recommendations
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Giedrius Alkauskas (b. 1978) is a contemporary Lithuanian composer. Influences range from romantic German and Russian music, opera of various periods, folk music of various cultural traditions, XXth century composers, like B. Bartók, S. Prokofiev and C. Debussy. Inspirations come from poetry, art, mythology, psychology, religion, nature. He has written song cycles, dance suites, chamber music.